Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 76%[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Associated Press | Positive[3] |
Boston Globe | Positive[4] |
MSN Music | A[5] |
Paste | Positive[6] |
Pitchfork Media | 7.4/10[9] |
PopMatters | [8] |
Uncut | 4/5[10] |
Variety | Positive[7] |
The Baseball Project's first album, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails was released on Yep Roc Records on July 8, 2008. The album is available on compact disc and digitally on Yep Roc's site.[11]
Track listing
- "Past Time" (McCaughey) – 2:57
- "Ted Fucking Williams" (Wynn) – 3:04
- "Gratitude (For Curt Flood)" (Wynn) – 3:23
- "Broken Man" (McCaughey) – 2:52
- "Satchel Paige Said" (McCaughey) – 2:25
- "Fernando" (Wynn) – 3:47
- "Long Before My Time" (Wynn) – 3:14
- "Jackie's Lament" (Wynn) – 3:25
- "Sometimes I Dream of Willie Mays" (McCaughey) – 3:33
- "The Death of Big Ed Delahanty" (Scott & Kevin McCaughey) – 3:35
- "Harvey Haddix" (Wynn) – 4:25
- "The Yankee Flipper" (McCaughey) – 3:40
- "The Closer" (Wynn) – 4:24
- Pre-order bonus track
- "Blood Diamond" – 2:59
- On-line bonus tracks
- "Golden Sombrero" – 2:16
- "The Ballad of Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson" – 2:33
Personnel
- The Baseball Project
- Steve Wynn – vocals, guitars, organ, melodica
- Scott McCaughey – vocals, bass, guitars, piano, accordion, harmonica, percussion
- Linda Pitmon – drums, vocals, percussion
- Peter Buck – guitars, electric sitar, mandolin, bouzouki, 6-string bass
Recorded by Adam Selzer at Jackpot!, Portland.
Mixed by Adam with Scott at Type Foundry, Portland
Mastered by Kurt Bloch for Light Bulb Ministries, Inc., Seattle
References
- ^ "Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Associated Press review
- ^ Boston Globe review
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2009-04-01). "Consumer Guide: April 2009". MSN Music. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
- ^ Paste review
- ^ Variety review
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ "The Baseball Project - Volume One: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails". Uncut. 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
- ^ Download Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails