Starlite Walker

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FieldValue
nameStarlite Walker
typeAlbum
artistSilver Jews
coverStarlite.jpg
releasedOctober 24, 1994
recordedJune 1994
genreAlternative country
length32:46
labelDrag City
producerDavis McCain, Doug Easley, Silver Jews
prev_titleThe Arizona Record
prev_year1993
next_titleThe Natural Bridge
next_year1996
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Starlite Walker is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Silver Jews. It was released in 1994 as an LP and CD on Drag City (DC55) in America and on Domino (WIG15) in Europe.

Production

Starlite Walker was recorded in 1994 at Easley Recordings, in Memphis, Tennessee. It was produced by Davis McCain, Doug Easley, and the band.

In a documentary about the band, Berman stated that the early development of the album was influenced by his job as a security guard at the Whitney: "We were working at the Whitney with all this conceptual art, and we were learning about it … and so I thought, “Well let’s just make this record that looks like a record, and has song titles and everything, but the songs would be the ones we make at home that sound terrible.”

Music

In his book Gimme Indie Rock, music journalist Andrew Earles wrote that the album "mixes '70s afternoon rock, Pavement's indie balladry, Berman's poignant lyricism, and lone troubadour folk of the '60s and '70s".

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "while it gets laid-back enough at times to pass for a long-lost New Riders of the Purple Sage album, Starlite Walker possesses enough temperate charm to soothe even the most savage discordophile." Drowned in Sound wrote that the album "may very well be the greatest jam session of half-formed ideas ever made."

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Berman; except where indicated

  1. "Introduction II"
  2. "Trains Across the Sea"
  3. "The Moon Is the Number 18"
  4. "Advice to the Graduate"
  5. "Tide to the Oceans" (Berman, Stephen Malkmus)
  6. "Pan American Blues"
  7. "New Orleans"
  8. "The Country Diary of a Subway Conductor"
  9. "Living Waters"
  10. "Rebel Jew"
  11. "The Silver Pageant"

Personnel

Personnel

;The Silver Jews

  • David Berman – lead vocals, guitar, piano, percussion
  • Stephen Malkmus – guitar, backing vocals, piano, bass, percussion
  • Steve West – drums, backing vocals, percussion
  • Bob Nastanovich – drums, backing vocals, percussion, synthesizer ;Additional personnel
  • Doug Easley – pedal steel guitar; whistle on "Living Waters"
  • David McCain — pink noise
  • Andra Sherman — triangle
  • Dan Mackta — Wurlitzer electric piano on "The Country Diary of a Subway Conductor"
  • David McCain – engineer, producer
  • Doug Easley – engineer, producer
  • Billy Smith – photography

References

References

  1. Buckley, Peter. (2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". [[Rough Guides]].
  2. Phares, Heather. "Starlite Walker - Silver Jews {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits". [[AllMusic]].
  3. Larkin, Colin. (2006). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". MUZE.
  4. Browne, David. (January 27, 1995). "The latest in indie music".
  5. (1999). "MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide". [[Visible Ink Press]].
  6. (2004). "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". Simon & Schuster.
  7. "Starlite Walker - Record Collector Magazine".
  8. Phares, Heather. "Silver Jews Biography, Songs, & Albums". [[AllMusic]].
  9. Bevan, David. (September 6, 2012). "SILVER JEWS – 'STARLITE WALKER'".
  10. "Silver Jews - Starlite Walker {{!}} Drag City". Drag City.
  11. "Silver Jews - Starlite Walker (CD) {{!}} Domino Mart". Domino Recording Company.
  12. (August 9, 2019). "15 Songs That Defined David Berman's Heavy Magic".
  13. Deluca, Leo. (2018-10-19). "Silver Jews' 'American Water' Turns 20".
  14. Earles, Andrew. (2014). "Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996". Voyageur Press.
  15. "Silver Jews".
  16. Porter, Bruce. (June 30, 2009). "Alt Country Week: Silver Jews - A Morality Play in Six Acts".

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