The Messenger (Matt Joe Gow and the Dead Leaves album)

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The Messenger
The Messenger album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 2009
RecordedSing Sing Studios, Richmond, Victoria
Genre Alternative country
Length40:00 (43:29 with bonus tracks)
Label Liberation Music
Producer Nash Chambers
Professional ratings
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The Dominion Post Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Australian Musician (Favourable) [7]
Blue's (Favourable) [8]
South Coast Register(Favourable) [9]
NZ Musician Magazine(Favourable) [10]
Beat Magazine(Favourable) [11]
Elsewhere.co.nz(Favourable) [12]

The Messenger is the debut album from Melbourne-based artist Matt Joe Gow, released in Australia on 18 July 2009.

Contents

Produced by Nash Chambers, the album features instrumental contributions from Jim Moginie of Midnight Oil and Bill Chambers as well as vocal contributions from Catherine Britt.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matt Joe Gow except Track 1, written by Grant-Lee Phillips.

No.TitleLength
1."Come To Mama, She Say"3:13
2."Come What May"4:20
3."At The Bar"3:15
4."The Light"3:39
5."Steady Life"3:36
6."Land is Burning"4:22
7."Things Fall Apart"4:13
8."At The Seams"4:11
9."I Let You Be"3:50
10."It's Not Hard"3:36
11."Up on the Hill"3:41


Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Open Plains" (Released as an iTunes exclusive album-only track.)3:29

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References

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  2. "CD Reviews". Otago Daily Times . 1 August 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  3. Nelson Mail review
  4. The Sydney Morning Herald review
  5. Kara, Scott (20 August 2009). "Matt Joe Gow and the Dead Leaves – The Messenger". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  6. The Dominion Post review
  7. Australian Musician review
  8. Blues review
  9. South Coast Register review
  10. NZ Musician Magazine review
  11. Beat Magazine review
  12. Elsewhere.co.nz review