Asking for Flowers

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Asking for Flowers
Studio album by Kathleen Edwards
Released	March 4, 2008
Genre	Country, Rock, Pop
Label	MapleMusic Recordings (CDA) Zoë Records (US)
Producer	Kathleen Edwards Jim Scott
Professional reviews
Robert Christgau link
Kathleen Edwards chronology
Back to Me (2005) Asking for Flowers (2008)

Asking for Flowers is the third studio album by Canadian alt country singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards. The album was released March 4, 2008, and was well-received by critics, similarly to her first two albums released under Zoë Records, Failer and Back to Me. The Canadian Press said of the album's tracklist, "unlike your average floral arrangement, there's not a dud in the bunch."^[1]

The Boston Globe, in an article entitled With Third Album, Edwards Finally Blooms, said of the album "This album sounds a lot like the addictive Back to Me from 2005, unfolding as a series of haunting, hook-filled portraits punctuated by the good-humored joshing that defines her new single, "The Cheapest Key." ...But "Asking for Flowers" shows Edwards maturing as a songwriter and a singer, too. Her ordinary characters - the guy dodging the draft in the poignant "Oil Man's War," the woman done wrong in the title cut - are subtly placed in a socio-political context so that the album has a broader scope."^[2]

The album contains many references to figures in the Canadian media, including murder victim Alicia Ross, and controversial former hockey player Marty McSorley.

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All songs written by Kathleen Edwards.

1. Buffalo - 5:15
2. The Cheapest Key - 2:42
3. Asking for Flowers - 5:02
4. Alicia Ross - 5:06
5. I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory - 4:37
6. Oil Man's War - 4:01
7. Sure As Shit - 4:09
8. Run - 3:43
9. Oh, Canada - 3:59
10. Scared At Night - 4:09
11. Goodnight, California - 6:28
12. Lazy Eye - 3:29 (Bonus track with online album purchase)

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