Year of Meteors

Year of Meteors
Studio album by Laura Veirs
Released	23 August 2005
Recorded	Flora, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Folk
Length	47:34
Label	Nonesuch Records
Producer	Tucker Martine
Laura Veirs chronology
Carbon Glacier (2004) Year of Meteors (2005) Saltbreakers (2007)

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Year of Meteors is a 2005 album by Laura Veirs, not to be confused with Walt Whitman poem "Year of Meteors" (1859).

Track listing

1. "Fire Snakes" – 4:57
2. "Galaxies" – 3:35
3. "Secret Someones" – 5:16
4. "Magnetized" – 2:37
5. "Parisian Dream" – 3:05
6. "Rialto" – 4:00
7. "Through the Glow" – 2:42
8. "Cool Water" – 2:52
9. "Spelunking" – 3:06
10. "Black Gold Blues" – 3:11
11. "Where Gravity is Dead" – 3:40
12. "Lake Swimming" – 3:24
    • "Magnetized (Demo version)" (hidden track) – 1:39

Credits

The Tortured Souls:

• Laura Veirs – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Steve Moore - piano, organs, keyboards
• Karl Blau - bass, electric guitar, vocals, keyboards
• Tucker Martine - drums, beats, percussion

With special guests:

• Eyvind Kang - viola on tracks 1,5,10
• Keith Lowe - upright bass on tracks 1, 6