11:11

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11:11
Studio album by Maria Taylor

Publication
(s)

May 24, 2005

Label (s) Saddle Creek

Genre (s)

Indie rock , folk pop

Title (number)

10

running time

39:39

production

Andy LeMaster , Mike Mogis , Maria Taylor

Studio (s)

Presto! Recording studios

chronology
Hold on Love (with Azure Ray) 11:11 Lynn Teeter Flower

11:11 is Maria Taylor's first solo album after the temporary breakup of her band Azure Ray . The album was recorded with the help of guests such as Gretta Cohn ( Cursive ), Andy LeMaster ( Now It's Overhead ), Taylor's partner Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis ( Bright Eyes ). In the video "Easy / Lucky / Free" by Bright Eyes, the album is pointed out at 2:40 minutes by Oberst writing the title on a pane of glass.

Style description

laut.de sorts “11:11” as “electronically influenced indie folk”. References to folk, jazz and pop were also found. At Plattentests.de the album is certified as having a "very aptly captured late-at-night atmosphere". Taylor skilfully handles small folk songs and allows relatively little leeway for electronic barriers . Taylor has been compared to singers like Carole King , Laura Nyro, and Rickie Lee Jones .

According to Taylor, since the end of Azure Ray, Taylor has changed her approach to include the feasibility of the songs on stage more.

Critical appraisal

According to laut.de , Taylor's solo debut does not stand out significantly from her work with Azure Ray. However, her voice is "unique and unmistakable" and makes "a large part of the charm of the songs". “11:11” achieved a metascore of 78. The AV Club review assumes that “11:11” is the prettier album compared to Orenda Fink's solo debut .

Tracklist

  1. "Leap Year" - 4:28
  2. "Song Beneath the Song" - 3:59
  3. "Two of Those Too" - 4:26
  4. "Nature Song" - 4:08
  5. "Light House" - 3:36
  6. "One for the Shareholder" - 3:26
  7. "Xanax" - 5:42
  8. "Birmingham 1982" - 3:32
  9. "Speak Easy" - 3:31
  10. "Hitched!" - 2:51

A video was shot for the title "Song Beneath the Song" (director: Tai Yin Ho).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Maria Taylor - 11:11 CD at saddle-creek.com (English)
  2. ↑ Bright Eyes - Easy / Lucky / Free on myspace.com
  3. ↑ a b Vicky Butscher: She takes you in her arms, but she does not comfort you. - Review at laut.de
  4. ↑ Maria Taylor (US). In: www.2fortheroad.de. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007 ; Retrieved July 2, 2013 .
  5. ^ Daniel Gerhard: Review of plate tests online
  6. ↑ Chris Acosta: Maria Taylor: 11:11 Make a Wish. Interview. In: www.synthesis.net. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007 ; accessed on July 2, 2013 .
  7. ↑ 11:11 by Maria Taylor ( Memento from July 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on metacritic.com (English)
  8. ↑ Marc Hawthorne: Maria Taylor - 11:11 ( Memento from January 1, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on avclub.com (English)
  9. ↑ Video of "Song Beneath the Song" ( Memento from November 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) on Myspace