Hold Time (album)
2009 studio album by M. Ward
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Hold Time is the sixth studio album from M. Ward, released on February 17, 2009. Hold Time is the follow-up to his 2006 album Post-War and its companion EP To Go Home in 2007.
| Hold Time | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 17, 2009 | |||
| Genres | Alternative, folk | |||
| Length | 42:40 | |||
| Labels | Merge, 4AD | |||
| Producer | M. Ward | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau |  [3] |
| Consequence of Sound | [4] |
| Drowned in Sound |  [5] |
| KPSU | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 6.8/10[7] |
| PopMatters | [8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Slant Magazine | [10] |
| Spin | [11] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [12] |
Hold Time includes guest performances by Jason Lytle of the band Grandaddy, Lucinda Williams, Tom Hagerman of DeVotchKa, and She & Him co-contributor Zooey Deschanel. The album includes a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Rave On". A streaming preview was made available through NPR before the album's release.[13] M. Ward also made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on February 17, 2009.
Track listing
- "For Beginners" – 2:47
- "Never Had Nobody Like You" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) – 2:26
- "Jailbird" – 2:31
- "Hold Time" – 3:05
- "Rave On" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) (Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West) – 3:35
- "To Save Me" (Featuring Jason Lytle) – 3:01
- "One Hundred Million Years" – 2:11
- "Stars of Leo" – 3:18
- "Fisher of Men" – 3:12
- "Oh Lonesome Me" (Featuring Lucinda Williams) (Don Gibson) – 6:05
- "Epistemology" – 3:49
- "Blake's View" – 2:29
- "Shangri-La" – 2:20
- "Outro (AKA: I'm a Fool to Want You)" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 3:47
Personnel
- M. Ward – voice, guitar, keyboards, bass, string arrangements
- Mike Coykendall – bass, percussion
- Adam Selzer, Jordan Hudson, Rachel Blumberg, Than Luu – percussion
- Peter Broderick, Tom Hagerman – strings, violins
- Bill Ritchie – upright bass
- Mike Mogis – percussion, bells, mandolin, keyboards
- Dave Campbell – cello
- Allison Stewart – viola
- Elin Palmer – violin
- Zooey Deschanel – vocals on "Never Had Nobody Like You" and "Rave On"
- Jason Lytle – vocals, keyboards, and guitar on "To Save Me"
- Lucinda Williams – vocals on "Oh Lonesome Me"
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] | 33 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] | 31 |
| US Billboard 200[16] | 31 |
| US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[17] | 7 |
| US Digital Albums (Billboard)[18] | 6 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19] | 1 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[20] | 10 |
| US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)[21] | 2 |
