Viewfinder (album)

Viewfinder
Studio album by Pullman
Released	August 21, 2001
Recorded	Summer 2000
Genre	Acoustic rock, folk, alternative folk
Length	53:45
Label	Thrill Jockey
Producer	Ken Brown
Pullman chronology
Turnstyles & Junkpiles (1998) Viewfinder (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
All About Jazz	Positive [2]
Pitchfork	[3]

Viewfinder is Pullman's second album, the follow-up to 1998's Turnstyles & Junkpiles .

Background

Recorded, mixed and edited by Ken Brown in the summer 2000 at Soma Electronic Music Studio in Chicago, Illinois, Viewfinder was released on August 21, 2001, by Thrill Jockey. The album was digitally mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering, Phoenix, Arizona.

Track listing

All songs written and performed by Chris Brokaw, Ken Brown, Curtis Harvey and Doug McCombs, with Tim Barnes, except as indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"Same Grain With New Wood"			4:49
2.	"Delta One"	Brokaw	Brokaw	2:51
3.	"Or, Otherwise"			4:23
4.	"Forty Fingers"			3:35
5.	"FLT"			3:05
6.	"Hatah"	Harvey and Brown	Harvey and Brown	1:45
7.	"Isla Mujeres"			4:56
8.	"Chicken Smoked Blanket"			7:58
9.	"Bookends"	Brown	Brown	0:51
10.	"Felucca"			3:18
11.	"Quantum Mechanic"	Brokaw and McCombs		2:28
12.	"Narrow Canyon"			4:22
13.	"Street Light"	McCombs	McCombs	2:26
14.	"Wire and One Good Shoe"	Harvey		2:12
15.	"Brewster Road"	Brokaw		4:46
Total length:				53:45

Personnel

• Chris Brokaw  – Nylon String Guitar, electric guitar, Slide Guitar, Electric Bass Guitar, Percussion, Whistling
• Ken Brown  – Acoustic Guitars, Electric guitars, E-Bow
• Curtis Harvey – Acoustic Guitars, Electric guitars, Electric Bass Guitar, Bazouki, Fender Bass VI, Accordion, Mountain Dulcimer
• Doug McCombs  – Acoustic Bass Guitars, Electric Bass Guitars, Double Bass, Nylon String Guitar, electric guitar, Clavioline, Dobro, Lap Steel

with

• Tim Barnes  – Drum kit, Percussion, Sea Shanty

Additional personnel

• Ken Brown  – Producer
• Curtis Harvey – Photography and Design
• Sheila Sachs – Additional Layout

References

1. Nathan Bush. "Viewfinder". Allmusic. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
2. Nils Jacobson (September 1, 2001). "Pullman: Viewfinder". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
3. Paul Cooper (June 6, 2002). "Pullman: Viewfinder". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 24, 2013.

External links

• Allmusic, Review of Pullman's Viewfinder
• All About Jazz, Review of Pullman's Viewfinder