Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Label: | Sub Pop – SP 888 |
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Format: | |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock, Folk, World, & Country |
Style: | Indie Rock, Folk |
Tracklist
| A1 | Montezuma | 3:36 | |
| A2 | Bedouin Dress | 4:29 | |
| A3 | Sim Sala Bim | 3:14 | |
| B1 | Battery Kinzie | 2:49 | |
| B2 | The Plains / Bitter Dancer | 5:53 | |
| B3 | Helplessness Blues | 5:03 | |
| C1 | The Cascades | 2:07 | |
| C2 | Lorelai | 4:24 | |
| C3 | Someone You'd Admire | 2:29 | |
| D1 | The Shrine / An Argument | 8:07 | |
| D2 | Blue Spotted Tail | 3:05 | |
| D3 | Grown Ocean | 4:35 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Reciprocal Recording
- Recorded At – Avast! Recording Co.
- Recorded At – Bear Creek Studios
- Recorded At – Dreamland Recording Studios
- Recorded At – Fort Warden Water Cistern
- Copyright © – Foxes Fellowship
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sub Pop Records
- Copyright © – Sub Pop Records
- Mixed At – Avast! Recording Co.
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 19721
- Lacquer Cut At – Record Technology Incorporated – 19721
- Published By – Foxes Fellowship
Credits
- A&R – Mark Byrne (4), Sue Busch
- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Harp [Water], Arranged By – Skyler Skjelset
- Arranged By [Harmony Arrangements] – Casey Wescott
- Artwork [Color] – Chris Alderson
- Bass [Upright], Woodwind, Arranged By – Morgan Henderson
- Booking – James Alderman, Trey Many
- Co-producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Phil Ek
- Design – Dusty Summers
- Design, Photography By, Artwork [Photo Collage] – Sean Pecknold
- Illustration [Cover Mind-map] – Toby Liebowitz
- Legal [Legal Guardian] – Brian McPherson (2)
- Management – Aja Pecknold
- Mastered By – Greg Calbi
- Mastered By [Cut By] – RJ*
- Painting [Sunburst] – Olivia Park-Sargent
- Piano, Pump Organ, Mellotron, Harmonium, Harpsichord, Other [Etc.], Arranged By [Additional Harmonies], Musical Box, Zither [Tremoloa], Singing Bowls [Tibetan], Synthesizer [Crumar Bass], Synthesizer [Moog], Marxophone – Casey Wescott
- Producer, Arranged By – Fleet Foxes
- Recorded By [Assistant] – Adam Armstrong, Brian Kornfeld, Cathy Ferrante, Davey Brozoowski, Jay Follette, Jonny Mendoza, Trevor Spencer
- Technician [Luthier] – Greg Pecknold
- Typography [Type Design] – Robin Pecknold
- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Fiddle, Mandolin, Dulcimer [Hammer], Harmonium, Synthesizer [Moog], Harp [Lever], Lyrics By, Arranged By, Synthesizer [Prophet], Written-By – Robin Pecknold
- Vocals, Arranged By, Electric Bass – Christian Wargo*
- Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Arranged By – Josh Tillman*
Notes
℗ & © 2011 Sub Pop Records
Studios:
Reciprocal Recording - Seattle, WA - January to December 2010
Dreamland Studios - West Hurley, NY - Twelve days in April 2010
Bear Creek Studios - Woodinville, WA - Ten days in July 2010
Avast Recording - Seattle, WA - Four weeks mixing and recording, Fall 2010
Fort Warden Water Cistern - Port Townsend, WA - Loud Noises
This album is dedicated to Andy Kotowicz. XO
Includes Oversized Two Sided Poster & Free MP3 Download Card
Preorder includes two stickers (1 generic Sub Pop logo, 1 round & red Fleet Foxes sticker) and one foldout poster.
All songs... Foxes Fellowship [ASCAP] Administered by Chrysalis in the U.K.
Studios:
Reciprocal Recording - Seattle, WA - January to December 2010
Dreamland Studios - West Hurley, NY - Twelve days in April 2010
Bear Creek Studios - Woodinville, WA - Ten days in July 2010
Avast Recording - Seattle, WA - Four weeks mixing and recording, Fall 2010
Fort Warden Water Cistern - Port Townsend, WA - Loud Noises
This album is dedicated to Andy Kotowicz. XO
Includes Oversized Two Sided Poster & Free MP3 Download Card
Preorder includes two stickers (1 generic Sub Pop logo, 1 round & red Fleet Foxes sticker) and one foldout poster.
All songs... Foxes Fellowship [ASCAP] Administered by Chrysalis in the U.K.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Printed): 0 98787 08881 6
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): SP 888-A 19721.1(3)... RJ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): SP 888-B 19721.2(3)... RJ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side C): SP 888-C 19721.3(3)... RJ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side D): SP 888-D 19721.4(3)... RJ STERLING
Other Versions (5 of 23)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Helplessness Blues (CD, Album, Cardboard Sleeve ) | Bella Union | BELLACD283 | Europe | 2011 | ||
New Submission | Helplessness Blues (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, White) | Sub Pop | SP 888 | US | 2011 | ||
| Helplessness Blues (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) | Bella Union | BELLAV283 | Europe | 2011 | |||
Recently Edited | Helplessness Blues (CD, Album) | Sub Pop, Sub Pop | SPCD 888, SP 888 | US | 2011 | ||
Recently Edited | Helplessness Blues (CD, Album) | Love Da Records, Sub Pop | LOVECD122, none | Asia | 2011 |
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Reviews
Agree with every positive comment here. Sounds great, packaging is wonderful, vinyl is nice and heavy. Can't recommend it enough.
picked mine up for 18$ was really blown away by the packaging even has a poster! def an album to own- Amazing packaging! Feels very premium. The records sound incredible. Super dynamic. Surface noise is very evident but only doing the starting runout. During the songs it’s perfectly fine. Very happy with this!
This album is really well mixed and mastered. Record sounds super clean.
Overall dead silent RTI vinyl but scattered pops probably due to the lack of poly lined sleeves. Sound quality is impressive.
As with the debut pressing in my collection, this sounds no different. Superb pressing and dynamic mastering.- Edited 2 years agoGreat pressing, but with a runtime of 49 min 57 sec, couldn't they have made it 3 sides with the 4th an etched image like other bands? Or even just a nice blank gloss. The album is beautiful. Having it interrupted so much and so often is a shame. Bands: Just because there are four sides doesn't mean you have to use all four sides. Play some vinyl and see for yourself what's a better experience.
Edited 2 years agoSome popping throughout Blue Spotted Tail but otherwise an excellent pressing.
edit: Was able to remove the surface noise with a Spin Clean.
Really impressive and affordable pressing, loads of detail to dig into
Edited 2 years agoI would love to see a "Second Collection" of this album like they did the the debut album and "First Collection"!
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