Emoh

Emoh
Studio album by Lou Barlow
Released	January 24, 2005 (UK)
Recorded	2004
Studio	The Beech House Recording Megaplex in Wedgewood Sound, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genre	Folk rock, lo-fi
Length	50:14
Label	Merge (U.S., MRG254) Domino (UK, WIG153)
Producer	, Mark Miller, , Wally Gagel
Lou Barlow chronology
Songs from Loobiecore (2002) Emoh (2005) Goodnight Unknown (2009)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	63/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Pitchfork Media	(7.9/10) link
Rolling Stone	no.967, p.84
Uncut	p.108

Emoh is a solo album by Lou Barlow, the first with his real name; the album was released in the USA in 2005 by Domino and by Merge Records and recorded in 2004.^[2][3]

Rolling Stone gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and noted:^[4] "[F]ull of quiet lyricism and Nick Drake beauty..." Uncut (p. 108) gave 4 stars out of 5 and said: "Using acoustic guitar, piano and vocals, he delivers 14 sweetly somber neo-folk tunes that reveal just how subtly persuasive the man's influence really is."

Track listing[]

1. "Holding Back the Year" – 3:30
2. "Home" – 3:23
3. "Caterpillar Girl" – 3:35
4. "Legendary" – 4:11
5. "Royalty" – 3:45
6. "Puzzle" – 3:36
7. "If I Could" – 3:42
8. "Monkey Begun" – 3:02
9. "Morning's After Me" – 3:44
10. "Round-N-Round" – 2:34
11. "Mary" – 3:10
12. "Confused" – 3:45
13. "Imagined Life" – 4:14
14. "The Ballad of Daykitty" – 4:03

Personnel[]

• Lou Barlow – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, baritone electric guitar, bass, harp, piano, Korg bass and Roland Juno synthesizer, chord organ, Roland percussion pad, (sampled) percussion, xylophone, glockenspiel, backing vocals^[5]
• Imaad Wasif – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 4), electric guitar (1, 4, 12), slide guitar (12), percussion (4, 5), backing vocals (4)
• Carey Kotsionis – harmony vocals (1, 7)
• Jason Loewenstein – drums, knee slapping (1, 12)
• Erin Hugely – cello (2, 11)
• Wally Gagel – additional rhythm programming and synthesizer (3)
• Russell Pollard – cut-up drums (3)
• Abby Barlow – cello (6)
• Mark Schwaber – electric guitar and bass (6)
• Adam Harding – harmony vocals, electric guitar and piano (9)

Production

• Mark Nevers – recording (1, 2, 7, 11, 12, Beech House, Nashville, TN), mix (1, 2, 7, 11, Wedgewood, Nashville)
• Wally Gagel – recording, mix and production (3, Bliss, Los Angeles, CA, 2001)
• Josh Schwartz – recording (4), mix (4, 10, 12, 14, Spaceshed, Los Angeles)
• Lou Barlow - recording (5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, at home, Los Angeles), mix (5, 8, 9, 13, at home)
• Mark Miller – recording and mix (6, Slaughterhouse, Hadley, MA)
• Mark Chalecki – mastering (Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA)

References[]

Sources[]

• Emoh at Discogs

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