Working On My Farewell

Working On My Farewell is the fourth studio album by the folk-singer John Craigie.[1] It was released in January 2015 on Zabriskie Point Records. Recorded in small studios in Santa Cruz, California, and Portland, Oregon, this album is famous for being Craigie's "electric album", with each song being played on electric guitar – a departure from his primarily acoustic style.[2][3] Although promoted as electric, it is actually one of Craigie's quietest and most melancholic albums, being compared to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska and Beck's Sea Change'.[4] The title "Working On My Farewell"is taken from the lyrics of the song "Rexroth's Daughter" by Greg Brown[5]

Working On My Farewell
Studio album by
John Craigie
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2015
RecordedGadgetbox Studios, Santa Cruz, CA and Fluff & Gravy Studios, Portland, OR
GenreFolk, British folk rock, Indie Folk
Length45:22
LabelZabriskie Point Records
ProducerJohn Craigie
John Craigie chronology
The Apocalypse Is Over
(2013)		 Working On My Farewell
(2015)		 Capricorn in Retrograde...just kidding...Live in Portland
(2016)

As with the three previous studio albums, Randy Schwartz appears on drums and Cian Riordan is chief engineer.[6]

Track listing
No. Title Length
1 Skipping Like a Stone 3:49
2 Burn That Dress 4:34
3 Vast Dead Forest 4:31
4 Mourning You 3:34
5 Catalina 4:52
6 Cactus 3:45
7 Bisbee 4:37
8 Coldest Colorado 4:39
9 My Darkest Lover 5:29
10 Vondelpark 5:31

Personnel
  • John Craigie – electric guitar, vocals, percussion, producer
  • Randy Schwartz - drums, percussion, vocals
  • Justin Landis- electric guitar, electric bass
  • Niko Daoussis - electric guitar, electric bass
  • Steve Varney - electric guitar
  • Leigh Jones - vocals, percussion
  • Kat Fountain - vocals
  • Ben Darwish - piano, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, organ
  • Jason Montgomery - pedal steel guitar
  • Laurie Shook - ghost vocals, banjo
  • Anna Tivel - violin
  • Jamie Mefford - Rhodes

Production:

  • Cian Riordan - engineering[7]
  • Jamie Mefford - mixing
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References
  1. "Music: Folksinger John Craigie not saying goodbye on his 'Working on My Farewell' album". www.bellinghamherald.com. February 25, 2015.
  2. "Columbia City Theater Presents: John Craigie with special guest Kat Fountain". www.northwestmusicscene.com/. February 23, 2015.
  3. "Music: Folksinger John Craigie not saying goodbye on his 'Working on My Farewell' album". bellinghamherald. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  4. "For John Craigie, the best therapy is being heard". www.rapidcityjournal.com/. May 28, 2015.
  5. "PLUGGED IN". www.inlander.com. February 25, 2015.
  6. "John Craigie and Reed Foehl at Starling Farm".
  7. http://www.cianriordan.com


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