Hold Time (album)

Hold Time
Studio album by
M. Ward
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2009 (2009-02-17)
GenreAlternative, folk
Length42:40
LabelMerge, 4AD
ProducerM. Ward
M. Ward chronology
To Go Home EP
(2007) 		Hold Time
(2009) 		A Wasteland Companion
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[3]
Consequence of Sound[4]
Drowned in Sound[5]
KPSU[6]
Pitchfork6.8/10[7]
PopMatters[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Slant Magazine[10]
Spin[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes[12]

Hold Time is the sixth proper studio album from M. Ward, released on February 17, 2009. Hold Time is the follow-up to his 2006 album Post-War and its companion EP To Go Home in 2007.

Hold Time includes guest performances by Jason Lytle of the band Grandaddy, Lucinda Williams, Tom Hagerman of DeVotchKa, and She & Him co-contributor Zooey Deschanel. The album includes a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Rave On". A streaming preview was made available through NPR before the album's release.[13] M. Ward also made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on February 17, 2009.

Track listing

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  1. "For Beginners" – 2:47
  2. "Never Had Nobody Like You" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) – 2:26
  3. "Jailbird" – 2:31
  4. "Hold Time" – 3:05
  5. "Rave On" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) (Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West) – 3:35
  6. "To Save Me" (Featuring Jason Lytle)– 3:01
  7. "One Hundred Million Years" – 2:11
  8. "Stars of Leo" – 3:18
  9. "Fisher of Men" – 3:12
  10. "Oh Lonesome Me" (Featuring Lucinda Williams) (Don Gibson) – 6:05
  11. "Epistemology" – 3:49
  12. "Blake's View" – 2:29
  13. "Shangri-La" – 2:20
  14. "Outro (AKA: I'm a Fool to Want You)" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 3:47

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (2009) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 31
US Billboard 200[16] 31
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[17] 7
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[18] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[20] 10
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[21] 2

References

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  1. ^ "Hold Time by M. Ward". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ Hold Time at AllMusic
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Hold Time". Robert Christgau.
  4. ^ "Album Review: M. Ward - Hold Time". Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  5. ^ "Album Review: M. Ward - Hold Time / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound". Archived from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  6. ^ "Hold Time- M. Ward | KPSU". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  7. ^ "Hold Time | Pitchfork". Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  8. ^ "M. Ward: Hold Time < Music | PopMatters". Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  9. ^ Rollingstone
  10. ^ "Review: M. Ward, Hold Time". Slant Magazine. March 2009.
  11. ^ "M. Ward, 'Hold Time' (Merge)". 4 February 2009.
  12. ^ "Music Review: M. Ward - Hold Time".
  13. ^ "Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward's 'Hold Time'". NPR. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – M. Ward – Hold Time" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  15. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – M. Ward – Hold Time". Hung Medien.
  16. ^ "M. Ward Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  17. ^ "M. Ward Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard.
  18. ^ "M. Ward Chart History (Digital Albums)".[dead link] Billboard.
  19. ^ "M. Ward Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  20. ^ "M. Ward Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  21. ^ "M. Ward Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.


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