| Virginia Creeper | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 24, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | August 1–14, 2003 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 48:04 | |||
| Label | Zoë | |||
| Producer | Grant-Lee Phillips | |||
| Grant-Lee Phillips chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| E! Online | B[3] |
| The Guardian | [4] |
| PopMatters | favorable[5] |
Virginia Creeper is the third album by American singer-songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips, released on February 24, 2004.
Critical reception
Virginia Creeper was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 14 reviews.[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Grant-Lee Phillips, unless noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mona Lisa" | 4:11 | |
| 2. | "Walking Memory" | 4:07 | |
| 3. | "Lily-A-Passion" | 4:30 | |
| 4. | "Dirty Secret" | 3:37 | |
| 5. | "Always Friends" | 3:33 | |
| 6. | "Calamity Jane" | 3:44 | |
| 7. | "Josephine of the Swamps" | 5:22 | |
| 8. | "Far End of the Night" | 4:46 | |
| 9. | "Susanna Little" | 6:08 | |
| 10. | "Wish I Knew" | 3:58 | |
| 11. | "Hickory Wind" |
| 4:08 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Grant-Lee Phillips – primary artist, piano, producer
- Richard Dodd – cello
- Danny Frankel – percussion
- Eric Gorfain – violin
- Sheldon Gomberg – bass
- Sebastian Steinberg – bass
- Jon Brion – ukelele
- Bill "Luigi" Bonk – accordion
- Greg Leisz – dobro, mandolin
- Leah Katz – viola
- Cindy Wasserman – vocals
- Zac Rae – keyboard
Production
- Gavin Lurssen – mastering
- S. Husky Höskulds – engineer, mixer
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format(s) | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | February 24, 2004 | Cooking Vinyl | CD, LP | COOKCD249[6] |
| US | February 24, 2004 | Zoë | CD, LP | 01143-1043-2[7] |
References
- 1 2 3 Leggett, Steve. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ↑ "E! Online Review". Archived from the original on March 2, 2004. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ↑ Sweeting, Adam (February 13, 2004). "The Guardian Review". The Guardian. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ↑ Metivier, Michael (April 24, 2004). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Archived from the original on August 27, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Virginia Creeper: Grant-Lee Phillips". Amazon. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Virginia Creeper by Grant Lee Phillips". Amazon. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
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