The Golden Hour (album)

The Golden Hour
Studio album by Firewater
Released	May 6, 2008
Genre	Indie rock
Length	56:21
Label	Bloodshot
Producer	Tamir Muskat
Firewater chronology
Songs We Should Have Written (2004) The Golden Hour (2008) International Orange! (2012)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(72/100) [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	(B−) [3]
PopMatters	(7/10) [4]
Uncut	[5]

The Golden Hour is the sixth album by Firewater (their fifth album of original songs), released on May 6, 2008 through Bloodshot Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tod Ashley.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Borneo"	3:34
2.	"This Is My Life"	3:42
3.	"Some Kind of Kindness"	5:11
4.	"Six Forty Five"	5:03
5.	"A Place Not So Unkind"	4:33
6.	"Paradise"	4:23
7.	"Banghra Bros"	2:38
8.	"Electric City"	4:38
9.	"Hey Clown"	3:35
10.	"Already Gone"	3:59
11.	"Feels Like the End of the World"	5:14
12.	"Weird to Be Back"	3:48
13.	"Three Legged Dog"	6:04

Personnel

Musicians

• Sain Muhammad Ali – tumba, additional vocals
• Tod Ashley  – vocals, Farfisa organ, percussion, loops, photography, design, engineering, mixing
• Lal Chand Baral – dhol
• Orçun Bastürk – djembe, dumbek, udu
• Gulsah Guray – spoken word
• Amdad Hussain – dholki
• Ijaz Hussain – harmonium
• Mangu Khan – dhol, clapping
• Tikay Khan – additional vocals
• Uri Brauner Kinrot – banjo, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Avi Lebovich – trombone
• Levantine Boys Choir – additional vocals, clapping
• Tamir Muskat  – drums, percussion, additional vocals, production, mixing
• Ozun Usta – djembe, drums, ghatam
• Tomer Yosef – banjo, darbouka, djembe, percussion
• Itamar Ziegler – acoustic bass, twelve-string guitar, acoustic guitar

Additional musicians and production

• Dan Shatsky – engineering
• Burok Tamer – engineering
• Alan Ward – mastering
• Yoni Zigler – photography

References

1. "The Golden Hour – Firewater". Metacritic . Retrieved June 9, 2013.
2. Phares, Heather. "The Golden Hour". Allmusic. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
3. Rizov, Vadim (May 5, 2008). "Firewater: The Golden Hour". The A.V. Club . Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
4. Price, Marc A. (May 7, 2008). "Firewater: The Golden Hour". PopMatters . Retrieved June 9, 2013.
5. columnist (July 2008). "The Golden Hour – Firewater". Uncut . p. 106. Retrieved June 9, 2013.

External links

• The Golden Hour at Discogs (list of releases)