Lynn Teeter Flower
| Lynn Teeter Flower | ||||
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| Released | March 6, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 38:24 | |||
| Label | Saddle Creek | |||
| Maria Taylor chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 65/100 link |
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| Rolling Stone |   link |
| Contact Music |   link |
| Allmusic | link |
| Twisted Ear | link |
Lynn Teeter Flower is the second album by Maria Taylor and was released on March 6, 2007. This is the 102nd release of Saddle Creek Records. The album features a guest appearance and co-write from Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst on the track "The Ballad of Sean Foley"[1] in addition to contributions from Jim Eno of Spoon, Andy LeMaster, and Doug Easley (Cat Power).[2] Rolling Stone said that album "offers thoughtful, pretty singer-songwriter fare with spare, delicate backup and dashes of Seventies navel-gazing."[3]
The album's title came from a childhood song made up by Taylor. "My dad had a friend name Lynn and he had a flower shop called Lynn Teeter Flowers. That recording was just me when I was little — I’d always sing and make up words to songs. And the story behind how I chose it as the title is that I had finished the album but didn’t have a name for it. I was with friends and we were trying to figure out the title really late at night. Then my dad e-mailed me the song and said, “Look what I just found!” When I heard it, I thought, “There it is! There’s the title.” I just thought it sounded cool," Taylor said in a 2008 interview.[4]
Track listing
[edit]- "A Good Start" – 4:13
- "Clean Getaway" – 3:10
- "Smile and Wave" – 2:35
- "No Stars" – 4:45
- "Replay" – 5:09
- "Small Part of Me" – 4:18
- "Irish Goodbye" – 3:24
- "My Own Fault" – 2:53
- "The Ballad of Sean Foley" – 3:57
- "Lost Time" – 2:49
- "Lynn Teeter Flower" – 1:12
TV Placements
[edit]- "No Stars" is used in the One Tree Hill episode "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love".
- "Small Part of Me" is used in the Greek episode "Separation Anxiety".
- "Irish Goodbye" is used in the Privileged episode "All About the Big Picture".
- "Clean Getaway" and "A Good Start" are used in the Grey's Anatomy episode "Time After Time".
- "Clean Getaway" is used in the Hart of Dixie episode "A Better Man".
References
[edit]- ^ "Maria Taylor: Lynn Teeter Flower". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Maria Taylor: Lynn Teeter Flower, PopMatters". 28 March 2007.
- ^ Rollingstone
- ^ "LAist Interview: Maria Taylor: LAist". Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
