Iron & Wine / Around The Well
Artist Iron & Wine
Album Title: Around The Well
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Rock: Soft Rock
Format CD (2)
Released 05/19/2009
Label Sub Pop Records
Catalog No SPCD 808
Bar Code No 0 98787 08082 7
Packaging Cardboard Triple Gatefold
Tracks
Around The Well [Disc 1]
1. Dearest Forsaken (3:49)
2. Morning (2:41)
3. Loud as Hope (2:56)
4. Peng 33 (3:28)
5. Sacred Vision (3:19)
6. Friends They Are Jewels (4:14)
7. Hickory (4:35)
8. Waitin' For a Superman (4:34)
9. Swans & the Swimming (3:24)
10. Call Your Boys (3:47)
11. Such Great Heights (4:11)
Around The Well [Disc 2]
1. Communion Cups and Someone's Coat (2:02)
2. Belated Promise Ring (3:45)
3. God Made the Automobile (3:54)
4. Homeward, These Shoes (1:34)
5. Love Vigilantes (3:26)
(B. Sumner/G. Gilbert/P. Hook/S. Morris)
6. Sinning Hands (5:30)
7. No Moon (4:15)
8. Serpent Charmer (2:39)
9. Carried Home (6:31)
10. Kingdom of the Animals (5:05)
11. Arms of a Thief (3:41)
12. The Trapeze Swinger (9:31)
Date Acquired 06/05/2009
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 9.99

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Notes

Booklet contains lyrics.
(Published by) Sam Beam Music (BMI) except
"Waitin' for a Superman" EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Lovely Sorts Of Death Music (BMI)
"Peng! 33" Universal Music MGB Songs obo Complete Music Limited (ASCAP)
"Such Great Heights" Fake Songs/Dying Songs (Administered by Bicycle Music) (BMI)
"Love Vigilantes" CNB Music Corp obo Warner/Chappell Music Ltd (ASCAP)
"Love Vigilantes" recorded December 13, 2004 at Kuow, Puget Sound Public Radio, Seattle, WA.
Photography courtesy of USGS Eros.
Special thanks to Overcoat Management, Sub Pop Records, Inland Empire Touring, CAA, Ted Harris, Engine Studios, Colossal Mastering, Sterling Sound, and (most of all) Kim and the girls.
Sub Pop (logo)
© Sub Pop Records
Sub Pop is a registered trademark of Sub Pop Records.
Packaged in tri-fold cardboard sleeve.
Sticker on front:
Specially-Priced
2cd collection of B-sides
or rarities, and previously
unreleased songs

Art Direction – Dusty Summers, Sam Beam
Design – Dusty Summers
Engineer – Colin Studybaker (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
Engineer [With Additional Engineering By] – Balthazar De Ley (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12), Neil Strauch (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
Mastered By [Compilation Mastered By] – Neil Strauch
Performer [Contributing Musicians Include] – Brian Deck, Ej Holowicki, Jeff McGriff, Jim Becker, Joey Burns, Patrick McKinney, Paul Niehaus, Randy Henry, Rob Burger, Sam Beam, Sarah Simpson
Photography [Photography Coordinated By] – Susan Oyama
Producer – Sam Beam (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11)
Producer, Mixed By – Brian Deck (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
Written-By – Sam Beam (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7, 1-9, 1-10, 2-1 to 2-4, 2-6 to 2-12)

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Analyzed: Iron & Wine / Around the Well, Disc 2
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value:    DR9
Samplerate:             44100 Hz
Channels:                2
Bits per sample:     16
Bitrate:                     872 kbps
Codec:                     FLAC
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Reviews
AllMusic Review by Andrew Leahey:

Named after a lyric from "The Trapeze Swinger," Around the Well collects two discs' worth of B-sides, rarities, and discarded tracks from the Iron & Wine catalog. These kinds of compilations can be tricky to assemble, but Around the Well is both comprehensive and conveniently presented, with each disc representing the two amorphous halves of Iron & Wine's career. Disc one is limited to the group's early days, meaning it's filled with soft bedroom whispers, homespun acoustics, and the lo-fi production that fueled Sam Beam's home recording sessions. Material from those same sessions would later form the track list of The Creek Drank the Cradle, but Around the Well pays attention to the songs that were cut from the album, offering several genuine gems amidst a constant stream of pleasant, stay-in-bed songcraft. Meanwhile, the second disc highlights Iron & Wine's shift from intimate solo project to collaborative indie folk band, beginning with the Our Endless Numbered Days sessions and culminating in the pastoral psychedelia of The Shepherd's Dog. Some of these selections are already familiar to Iron & Wine's biggest fans, including Beam's cover of "Such Great Heights" (heard on the Garden State soundtrack, as well as an oddly trippy M&Ms commercial) and the gorgeous concert staple "The Trapeze Swinger." Even so, few fans outside of Beam's social circle have heard standout tunes like "Kingdom of the Animals" and the vaguely Middle Eastern-sounding "Arms of a Thief," and Around the Well serves as a helpful reminder that a discarded Iron & Wine song is still better than most fine-tuned cuts from other bands.
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