At Home with Owen

At Home with Owen
Studio album by Owen
Released	November 7, 2006
Studio	Semaphore Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Indie folk
Length	37:40
Label	Polyvinyl Records, Hobbledehoy Record Co.
Owen chronology
I Do Perceive (2004) At Home with Owen (2006) Owen/The City on Film Split 7" (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Absolutepunk	(8.5/10) link
Allmusic
PopMatters	link
PunkNews	link
Sputnikmusic	(5/5) link
Ultimate-Guitar.com	(7.7/10) link

At Home with Owen is the fourth full-length studio album by Chicago artist Mike Kinsella under the name Owen. It was released on November 7, 2006, on Polyvinyl Records. In November and December, Owen went on a US tour alongside Copeland, The Appleseed Cast and Acute.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bad News"	6:30
2.	"The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi"	3:13
3.	"Bags of Bones"	3:52
4.	"Use Your Words"	4:27
5.	"A Bird in Hand"	7:33
6.	"Windows and Doorways"	4:47
7.	"Femme Fatale"	3:34
8.	"One of These Days"	3:44
Total length:		37:40

Japan Bonus Track

No.	Title	Length
9.	"A Fever"	3:13
10.	"Stolen Bike"	4:51
Total length:		45:44

Personnel

• Mike Kinsella - guitar, vocals

Guest musicians

• Kristina Dutton - violin
• Andy Rader - upright bass
• Jamie Burns - vocals
• Gillian Lisee - vocals

Trivia

• "Femme Fatale" is a cover of The Velvet Underground song with the same name from the album The Velvet Underground & Nico.
• "Stolen Bike" is a cover of the Bruce Springsteen song "Stolen Car" from the album "The River".
• "Pietro Crespi" from the song "The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi" is a reference to Mike's car, named after the character from the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez.

External links

• Owen's Webpage
• Owen's Myspace
• Interview with Mike Kinsella about At Home With Owen from herohill.com