Thirteen Years

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Thirteen Years
Thirteenyears.jpg
Studio album by
Released1993
Genre Alternative country, heartland rock
Length52:02
Label Watermelon [1]
Producer Turner Stephen Bruton
Alejandro Escovedo chronology
Gravity
(1992)
Thirteen Years
(1993)
With These Hands
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Thirteen Years is an album by Alejandro Escovedo. [4] [5] The cover painting is by Jack Smith.

Contents

Critical reception

Ira Robbins, in Trouser Press , wrote that "the album — a testament to patience and virtue — is a marvel of presentation more than content." [1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Alejandro Escovedo and Stephen Bruton

  1. "Thirteen Years Theme" – 0:49
  2. "Ballad of the Sun and the Moon" – 4:33
  3. "Try, Try, Try" – 4:35
  4. "Way It Goes" – 4:54
  5. "Losing Your Touch" – 3:56
  6. "Thirteen Years" – 4:03
  7. "Thirteen Years Theme" – 1:10
  8. "Helpless" – 4:37
  9. "Mountain of Mud" – 3:48
  10. "Tell Me Why" – 3:47
  11. "Thirteen Years Theme" – 1:25
  12. "She Towers Above" – 4:50
  13. "Baby's Got New Plans" – 4:51
  14. "The End" – 3:41
  15. "Thirteen Years Theme" – 1:03

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "Alejandro Escovedo". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on May 12, 2008.
  4. Kot, Greg (April 1994). "WATCHING IT ALL FALL APART". chicagotribune.com.
  5. "Alejandro Escovedo – Gravity / Thirteen Years – No Depression". www.nodepression.com.