War and Peace (Syd Straw album)
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| War and Peace | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Studio | The Studio, Springfield, Missouri | |||
| Label | Capricorn[1] | |||
| Producer | Syd Straw | |||
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War and Peace is the second album by the American musician Syd Straw, released in 1996.[2][3] Straw had been without a record label for four years prior to signing with Capricorn Records.[4] The album title jokingly refers to War and Peace's almost 60-minute running time.[5][6] The first single was "Love, and the Lack of It".[7]
The album was produced by Straw.[8][9] She recorded it, in two weeks, in Springfield, Missouri, where she was backed by the cult band the Skeletons.[7][10] The sessions were paid for by Straw's manager boyfriend.[11]
Many of the songs are about Straw's divorce and past relationships.[11] "Million Miles" was cowritten with Johnette Napolitano.[12] "Static" was originally an instrumental track, composed by Jeff Tweedy; Straw maintains she wrote and recorded the song with an engineer while Wilco was at lunch.[13][14] "Almost as Blue" is dedicated to Kurt Cobain.[15]
