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1996 studio album by Lullaby for the Working Class
Blanket Warm
Studio album by Lullaby for the Working Class
Released1996
RecordedDecember 1994 – April 1996
StudioWhoopass
GenreIndie folk, indie rock
Length51:38
LabelBar/None
Lullaby for the Working Class chronology
Blanket Warm
(1996) 		I Never Even Asked for Light
(1997)

Blanket Warm is the debut studio album of Lullaby for the Working Class. It was released in 1996 on Bar/None Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

The Hartford Courant wrote that "the rough-hewn rural sound here is authentic; you can hear the spaces between notes like the big gaping sky hovering over the Great Plains." The Virginian-Pilot listed Blanket Warm as the fourth best album of 1996.

Track listing

  1. "Good Morning" - 4:01
  2. "Honey, Drop the Knife" - 3:16
  3. "Turpentine" - 3:44
  4. "Spreading the Evening Sky with Crows" - 3:13
  5. "Boar's Nest" - 3:52
  6. "Eskimo Song Duel" - 1:46
  7. "Three Peas in a Pod" - 4:00
  8. "Rye" - 3:50
  9. "Queen of the Long-Legged Insects" - 3:09
  10. "The Drama of Your Life" - 3:52
  11. "February North 24th St." - 2:49
  12. "The Wounded Spider" - 3:45
  13. "Good Night" - 10:22

Personnel

Lullaby for the Working Class
  • A.J. Mogis - bass
  • Anil Seth - cello
  • Nathan Putens - clarinet
  • Clint Schnase, Shane Aspegren - drums
  • Mike Mogis - guitar, banjo, mandolin, glockenspiel
  • Andy Strain, Johnathon Hischke - trombone
  • Nate Walcott - trumpet
  • Chris Gordon - violin
  • Ted Stevens - vocals, guitar, lyrics
Production
  • Eric Medley - mastering
  • A.J. Mogis, Mike Mogis - recording, mixing
Artwork
  • Thomas Irvin - layout
  • Rob Walters - photography

References

  1. "Lullaby for the Working Class - Blanket Warm". No Depression. 31 October 1996. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. Blanket Warm at AllMusic
  3. Catlin, Roger (19 June 1997). "Blanket Warm". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 7.
  4. Shapiro, Craig (22 Dec 1996). "...And the Last Word from Our Own Music Mensch". The Virginian-Pilot. p. E1.



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