Chair Beside a Window
| Chair Beside A Window | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Folk, blues, outsider | |||
| Length | 43:24 | |||
| Label | Corwood Industries | |||
| Producer | Corwood Industries | |||
| Jandek chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Forced Exposure | (favorable)[1] |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Chair Beside a Window is the fourth album by avant-folk/blues singer-songwriter Jandek, and Corwood Industries' first release of 1982 (No. 742).
It is the first Jandek album to feature a female vocalist, most likely named Nancy (the song is called "Nancy Sings"); in a letter to Irwin Chusid, Nancy is described as playing an "unaggressive drum stint," and the other female vocalist is referred to as "Nancy's sister Pat."[citation needed]
It is also the first album to reprise the song "European Jewel" after its "incomplete" version abruptly ended Jandek's debut album four years prior.
Track listing
- Down in a Mirror – 4:33
- European Jewel – 4:34
- Unconditional Authority – 3:49
- Poor Boy – 2:55
- You Think You Know How to Score – 2:30
- Nancy Sings – 2:55
- No Break – 3:16
- Mostly All from You – 3:03
- Blue Blister – 2:24
- The Times – 3:27
- Love, Love – 4:19
- The First End – 4:42