''A Wasteland Companion'' is the seventh studio album from
M. Ward, released in Australia and New Zealand on April 6, 2012; in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2012; and in the United States on April 10, 2012. ''A Wasteland Companion'' is the follow-up to his 2009 album ''
Hold Time''.
''A Wasteland Companion'' was recorded in eight studios in the United States and the United Kingdom. M. Ward promoted the new album on his 2012 European and American tour, March 20 to May 24.
The album garnered a rating of 75 out of 100 from critics as compiled by
Metacritic
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.
Track listing
# "Clean Slate" - 2:51
# "Primitive Girl" - 3:10
# "Me and My Shadow" - 2:36
# "Sweetheart" (
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Dale Johnston (January 22, 1961 – September 11, 2019) was an American singer, musician and artist regarded as a significant figure in Outsider music, outsider, Lo-fi music, lo-fi, and alternative rock, alternative music scenes. Most ...
) - 3:31
# "I Get Ideas" - 2:39
# "The First Time I Ran Away" - 3:17
# "A Wasteland Companion" - 2:54
# "Watch the Show" - 3:40
# "There's a Key" - 2:57
# "Crawl After You" - 3:41
# "Wild Goose" - 2:35
# "Pure Joy" - 2:57
Personnel
*
M. Ward – guitar, piano, vocals
*
Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Claire Deschanel ( ; born January 17, 1980) is an American actress and musician. She made her film debut in ''Mumford (film), Mumford'' (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film ''Almost Famous'' (2000). Deschanel is known f ...
– vocals
* Susan Sanchez – backing vocals
* Rachel Cox – backing vocals
* Toby Leaman – bass
* Tyler Tornfelt – bass
*
Mike Coykendall – percussion, bass, acoustic guitar
*
John Parish
John Parish (born 11 April 1959) is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer.
Parish is best known for his work with singer-songwriter PJ Harvey. He has also worked with such artists as Eels, Aldous Harding, Tracy Chapm ...
– percussion, marimba
* Jordan Hudson – percussion
*
Steve Shelley
Steven Jay Shelley (born June 23, 1962) is an American drummer. He is best known as the longtime drummer of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, for whom he played from 1985 until their 2011 disbandment.
Biography
Shelley was born in Midland, ...
– percussion
* Scott McPherson – percussion
* John Graboff – pedal steel
*
Howe Gelb
Howard “Howe” Gelb (born October 22, 1956, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer based in Tucson, Arizona.
Projects
Gelb's approach to music is collaborative and he has recorded wit ...
– piano
* Nathan Jr. Andersen – piano
*
Mike Mogis
Mike Mogis is an American producer/mixer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who owns ARC Studios (Another Recording Company) in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha. Mike, along with his brother A. J. Mogis, A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Stud ...
– organ, orchestra bells
*
Tom Hagerman – strings
* Amanda Lawrence – violin
Charts
References
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M. Ward albums
2012 albums