Chair Beside a Window

Chair Beside a Window is the fourth album by avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek, and Corwood Industries' first release of 1982 (#742).

It is the first Jandek album to feature a female vocalist, most likely named Nancy (the song is called "Nancy Sings"); in a letter to Irwin Chusid, Nancy is described as playing an "unaggressive drum stint," and the other female vocalist is referred to as "Nancy's sister Pat."

It is also the first album to reprise the song "European Jewel" after its "incomplete" version abruptly ended Jandek's debut album four years prior.

Track listing

1. Down in a Mirror – 4:33
2. European Jewel – 4:34
3. Unconditional Authority – 3:49
4. Poor Boy – 2:55
5. You Think You Know How to Score – 2:30
6. Nancy Sings – 2:55
7. No Break – 3:16
8. Mostly All From You – 3:03
9. Blue Blister – 2:24
10. The Times – 3:27
11. Love, Love – 4:19
12. The First End – 4:42

References

External links

• Seth Tisue's Chair Beside a Window review