Around the Well

Around the Well
Compilation album by Iron & Wine
Released May 19, 2009
Genre folk rock
Length 92:11
Label Sub Pop
Producer Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine chronology
The Shepherd's Dog
(2007)		 Around the Well
(2009)		 Kiss Each Other Clean
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The A. V. Club (B-)[2]
BBC Music (favorable)[3]
NME (8/10)[4]
Pitchfork Media (7.3/10)[5]
Rock Sound [6]
Rolling Stone [7]
Spin [8]

Around the Well is a compilation of out-of-print and previously unreleased tracks by the folk rock artist Iron & Wine, released on May 19, 2009.[9] Iron & Wine toured in May 2009 in support of this release.[10]

Contents

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Dearest Forsaken" - 3:49
  2. "Morning" - 2:41
  3. "Loud as Hope" - 2:56
  4. "Peng! 33" - 3:28 (Stereolab)
  5. "Sacred Vision" - 3:19
  6. "Friends They Are Jewels" - 4:14
  7. "Hickory" - 4:35
  8. "Waitin' for a Superman" - 4:34 (The Flaming Lips)
  9. "Swans and the Swimming" - 3:24
  10. "Call Your Boys" - 3:47
  11. "Such Great Heights" - 4:11 (Gibbard, Tamborello)

Disc 2

  1. "Communion Cups & 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 (Sumner, Hook, Morris, Gilbert)
  6. "Sinning Hands" - 5:31
  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

All songs written by Sam Beam, except where noted.

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ The A. V. Club review
  3. ^ BBC Music review
  4. ^ NME review
  5. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  6. ^ Kennedy, Adam F. (June 2009). "Iron and Wine – Around the Well." Rock Sound (123): 85.
  7. ^ Rolling Stone review
  8. ^ Spin review
  9. ^ "Iron & Wine Rounds Up Rare Tracks, Plots Tour". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/iron-wine-rounds-up-rare-tracks-plots-tour-1003941278.story. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  10. ^ "Iron and Wine Gathers Around The Well, Plans Intimate May Tour". prefixmag.com. http://www.prefixmag.com/news/iron-and-wine-gathers-around-the-well-plans-intima/26045/. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
Iron & Wine
Studio albums
Other albums
Around the Well · Norfolk 6/20/05
EPs
Tour EP · The Sea & the Rhythm · iTunes Exclusive EP · Woman King · In the Reins with Calexico · Such Great Heights · Live Session · Live at Lollapalooza 2006
Singles
"Call Your Boys" · "No Moon" · "Passing Afternoon" · "The Trapeze Swinger" · "Such Great Heights" · "Boy with a Coin" · "Dark Eyes" with Calexico · "Lovesong of the Buzzard" · "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" · "Walking Far from Home"
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