Hold Time (album)

Hold Time is the sixth proper studio album from M. Ward, released on February 17, 2009. Hold Time is the follow-up to his 2006 album Post-War and its companion EP To Go Home in 2007.

Hold Time
Studio album by M. Ward
Released	February 17, 2009 (2009-02-17)
Genre	Alternative, folk
Length	42:40
Label	Merge, 4AD
Producer	M. Ward
M. Ward chronology
To Go Home EP (2007) Hold Time (2009) A Wasteland Companion (2012)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
Consequence of Sound	[4]
Drowned in Sound	[5]
KPSU	[6]
Pitchfork	6.8/10[7]
PopMatters	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Slant Magazine	[10]
Spin	[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[12]

Hold Time includes guest performances by Jason Lytle of the band Grandaddy, Lucinda Williams, Tom Hagerman of DeVotchKa, and She & Him co-contributor Zooey Deschanel. The album includes a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Rave On". A streaming preview was made available through NPR before the album's release.[13] M. Ward also made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on February 17, 2009.

Track listing

1. "For Beginners" – 2:47
2. "Never Had Nobody Like You" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) – 2:26
3. "Jailbird" – 2:31
4. "Hold Time" – 3:05
5. "Rave On" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) (Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West) – 3:35
6. "To Save Me" (Featuring Jason Lytle)– 3:01
7. "One Hundred Million Years" – 2:11
8. "Star of Leo" – 3:18
9. "Fisher of Men" – 3:12
10. "Oh Lonesome Me" (Featuring Lucinda Williams) (Don Gibson) – 6:05
11. "Epistemology" – 3:49
12. "Blake's View" – 2:29
13. "Shangri-La" – 2:20
14. "Outro (AKA: I'm a Fool to Want You)" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 3:47

Personnel

• M. Ward – voice, guitar, keyboards, bass, string arrangements
• Mike Coykendall – bass, percussion
• Adam Selzer, Jordan Hudson, Rachel Blumberg, Than Luu – percussion
• Peter Broderick, Tom Hagerman – strings, violins
• Bill Ritchie – upright bass
• Mike Mogis – percussion, bells, mandolin, keyboards
• Dave Campbell – cello
• Allison Stewart – viola
• Elin Palmer – violin
• Zooey Deschanel – vocals on "Never Had Nobody Like You" and "Rave On"
• Jason Lytle – vocals, keyboards, and guitar on "To Save Me"
• Lucinda Williams – vocals on "Oh Lonesome Me"

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	31
US Billboard 200[16]	31
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[17]	7
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[18]	6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[20]	10
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[21]	2

References

1. "Hold Time by M. Ward". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. Hold Time at AllMusic
3. Christgau, Robert. "Hold Time". Robert Christgau.
4. http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/02/05/album-review-m-ward-hold-time/
5. http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13940/reviews/4136089
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/69795-m-ward-hold-time
9. https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/25823371/review/25895694/hold_time
10. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/m-ward-hold-time/1650
11. http://www.spin.com/reviews/m-ward-hold-time-merge
12. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/m-ward-hold-time
13. "Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward's 'Hold Time'". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
14. "Ultratop.be – M. Ward – Hold Time" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
15. "Swedishcharts.com – M. Ward – Hold Time". Hung Medien.
16. "M. Ward Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
17. "M. Ward Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard.
18. "M. Ward Chart History (Digital Albums)". Billboard.
19. "M. Ward Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
20. "M. Ward Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
21. "M. Ward Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.