A Loud Call

A Loud Call is the third studio album by Australian indie-folk artist Holly Throsby. It was released on 14 July 2008, which peaked at No. 34 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Throsby worked with Nashville-based producer, Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Andrew Bird). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 she was nominated for Best Female Artist for the album.

A Loud Call
Studio album by Holly Throsby
Released	14 July 2008 (2008-07-14)
Studio	Beech House, South Nashville Tony Dupé, Kangaroo Valley
Genre	Indie folk
Length	42:54
Label	Spunk/EMI
Producer	Mark Nevers
Holly Throsby chronology
Under the Town (2006) A Loud Call (2008) See! (2010)

Background

Most of A Loud Call, the third studio album by Australian indie folk singer-songwriter, Holly Throsby, was recorded at Beech House Studios, the residence of producer Mark Nevers, in South Nashville, United States.[1][2] Nevers had previously produced material for Lambchop and Andrew Bird.[1] Some additional recording of strings and horns was done at Tony Dupé's home studio in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales.[3]

A Loud Call was Radio National's album of the week when it was released on 14 July 2008.[4] The album peaked at No. 34 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[5] In September 2008, Throsby was nominated for Best Female Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 for the album.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Holly Throsby,[7] unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Warm Jets"	3:55
2.	"A Heart Divided" (Throsby, Bree van Reyk)	3:37
3.	"Now I Love Someone"	3:56
4.	"On the Wharf" (Throsby, van Reyk)	5:58
5.	"The Time It Takes"	4:12
6.	"Would You?" (featuring Bonnie "Prince" Billy)	3:12
7.	"One of You for Me"	3:13
8.	"We Carry"	3:46
9.	"And Then We're Gone"	4:14
10.	"A Widow's Song"	2:56
11.	"To Begin With" (Throsby, van Reyk)	3:55

Personnel

Credits:[1][8]

Musicians

• Holly Throsby – guitars (acoustic, electric), keyboards, piano, lead vocals

• Bonnie "Prince" Billy – backing vocals, co-lead vocals ("Would You?")
• Jena Birchell – cello, bass guitar, mandolin
• Tony Crow – synthesiser, backing vocals
• Tony Dupé – clarinet, bass clarinet, French Horn, guitar, horn arrangements, piano, string arrangements, backing vocals
• Penny McBride – flugelhorn, trumpet, backing vocals
• Mark Nevers – guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Swanson – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Gary Tussing – cello
• William Tyler – electric guitar, backing vocals
• Bree van Reyk – drums, organ, accordion

Production details

• Jim DeMain – mastering engineer
• Tony Dupé – engineer
• Mark Nevers – audio engineer, audio production, engineer, mixing engineer
• Tim Whitten – mixing engineer

References

1. Deming, Mark. "A Loud Call – Holly Throsby". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
2. Phillips, Greg (10 September 2008). "Holly Throsby – A Loud Call". Australian Musician. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
3. "Holly Throsby Returns in September". Under the Radar. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
4. "Music from album of the week: A Loud Call by Holly Throsby". RN Breakfast. Radio National. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
5. Hung, Steffen. "Holly Throsby – A Loud Call". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
6. Tregoning, Jack (10 September 2008). "ARIA nominations are in". Faster Louder.
7. "'Warm Jets' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 February 2017. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:'
8. "A Loud Call [sound recording] – Version Details". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 February 2017.