Self Help Serenade
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| Self Help Serenade | ||||
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| Released | May 31, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 48:52 | |||
| Label | EMI / Capitol | |||
| Producer | Rob Schnapf, Jerry Finn | |||
| Marjorie Fair chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Self Help Serenade | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 68/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Drowned in Sound | 6/10[3] |
| Lost at Sea | 7.5/10[4] |
| Pitchfork | 6.9/10[5] |
| Uncut | [6] |
Self Help Serenade is the debut album by American indie rock band Marjorie Fair, first released in the United Kingdom and Europe on May 31, 2004, and in the United States on July 19, 2005. The album was produced and mixed by Rob Schnapf, "Empty Room" was mixed by Tom Lord-Alge, and the album features guest contributions from Jon Brion and Joey Waronker. "Empty Room" was not included on the UK pressings of the album.
"Empty Room" was featured in the One Tree Hill episode "An Attempt to Tip the Scales" (3.4).
The band were dropped from Capitol Records after the album's release, and the band did not release another album until 2016's I Am My Own Rainbow.
All tracks written by Evan Slamka.
- "Don't Believe" – 4:18
- "Halfway House" – 5:13
- "Empty Room" – 3:43
- "Stare" – 4:20
- "How Can You Laugh" – 5:07
- "Waves" – 4:13
- "Please Don't" – 4:04
- "Cracks in the Wall" – 4:06
- "Stand in the World" – 5:01
- "Hold on to You" – 2:39
- "Silver Gun" – 5:14
- "My Sun Is Setting Over Her Magic" – 6:28
