NPR is kind enough to stream the entirety of Joanna Newsom's Have One On Me. Us lucky writer folks have been streaming it for a couple of weeks with a stringent stipulation that we keep our mouths shut. Now that it's out, after the jump are some facts and opinions about the album. Pick up a copy today (we've got the vinyl on hold at Other Music) and feel free to add your own in the comments.
Stream: Joanna Newsom, Have One On Me
-It is definitely her best record
-"Go Long" is the best song. It's so good
-"Go Long" has kora
-There is a part where Joanna Newsom says "silly goose," that's the best part of the record
-Three songs reference being drunk, two in the first line of the song
-There is much less Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe elf quiver in her voice
-The last song, "Does Not Suffice" is a brutal breakup song
-Some of the songs were recorded in "Weed, California" and some were recorded in "Grass Valley, California"
-Jim O'Rourke mixed six songs (in Tokyo)
-Phaedon Sinis plays tarhu and kemençe
Alex Camphouse plays "horn." Just horn
-She references these animals: daddy longlegs, spider, dragon, dog-size horse, goose, rabbit, bunny, gulls, horse, bark-beetle, black bear, deer, fox, goldfish, hawk, monkeys, wolf-spider, magpie, blue jay, bulldog, dove, dog and pup
-The album is three CDs but could have fit on two
-She says "tore up" and it sounds gnarl
-There are no swear words
-The typeface on the cover is Mostra
