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''ArrangingTime'' is a 2016 studio album by American rock singer-songwriter
Pete Yorn Peter Joseph Yorn (born July 27, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He first gained international recognition after his debut record, '' Musicforthemorningafter'', was released to critical and commercial acclaim in 2001. He is ...
, released on
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.


Critical reception

''ArrangingTime'' received generally favorable reviews from critics noted at review aggregator
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score of 69 out of 100, based on 11 reviews.. Editors at
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summed up eight reviews as a 6.2 out of 10. It was called “one of the years most engaging listens” by '' No Ripcord'' and reviewer Angel Aguilar rated it an eight out of 10. Editors of
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gave ''ArrangingTime'' 3.5 out of five stars, with critic
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noting "On this record, Yorn seems to master mood more than tune, but that winds up being to his benefit. This tonal elasticity gives ArrangingTime an enveloping warmth, one that is alluring even if it tends to shift concentration away from the songwriting that allegedly was his greatest strength."


Track listing

All songs written by Pete Yorn, except where noted #"Summer Was a Day"– 3:58 #"Lost Weekend"– 4:11 #"Halifax"– 2:51 #"In Your Head"– 4:04 #"She Was Weird"– 4:17 #"I'm Not the One"– 3:35 #"Shopping Mall"– 3:51 #"Roses"– 3:52 #"Screaming at the Setting Sun"– 2:46 #"Walking Up" (Marc Dauer, Pete Yorn)– 3:15 #"Tomorrow"– 3:14 #"This Fire" (Darren Geare, Jeff Tucker, Yorn)– 4:04


Personnel

*"Summer Was a Day" :*
Pete Yorn Peter Joseph Yorn (born July 27, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He first gained international recognition after his debut record, '' Musicforthemorningafter'', was released to critical and commercial acclaim in 2001. He is ...
– acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, singing,
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:*Scott Seiver– drums, percussion, electric guitar, synthesizer, engineering, production at Loma Lada Studio, Los Angeles, California :*Kennie Takahashi– mixing at The Living Room in Santa Clarita, California *"Lost Weekend" :*Pete Yorn– guitar, synthesizer, vocals, production :*Gabe Noel– bass cello :*Sunny Levine– synthesizer, programming, engineering, production at Pap Pap's Palace, Venice, California :*Kennie Takahashi– mixing at The Living Room in Santa Clarita, California *"Halifax" :*Pete Yorn– acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, vocals, production :*Scott Seiver– drums, bass guitar,
Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. ...
, tambourine, shaker, bass keyboard,
Wurlitzer electric piano The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from the mid-1950s to mid-1980s. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is concept ...
, engineering, production at Loma Lada Studio, Los Angeles, California :*Kennie Takahashi– mixing at The Living Room in Santa Clarita, California *"In Your Head" :*Pete Yorn– acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, drum machine, vocals, production :*
R. Walt Vincent R. Walt Vincent is a Los Angeles-based record producer, recording engineer, composer, and multi instrumentalist known for his work with indie rock icons Pete Yorn, Liz Phair and Tommy Keene. Grandson of recording pioneer George Robert Vincent, fou ...
celesta The celesta or celeste , also called a bell-piano, is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. It looks similar to an upright piano (four- or five- octave), albeit with smaller keys and a much smaller cabinet, or a large wooden music box ...
, drum programming, electric guitar,
Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...
, engineering, mixing, production at Spring Street Sound, Los Angeles, California *"She Was Weird" :*Pete Yorn– guitar, synthesizer, bass guitar, vocals, production :*Shawn Everett– mixing at Subtle McNugget, downtown Los Angeles, California :*Sunny Levine– programming, synthesizer, engineering, production at Pap Pap's Palace, Venice, California :*Scott Seiver– additional editing :*Amir Yaghmai– synthesizer *"I'm Not the One" :*Pete Yorn– acoustic guitar,
electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...
, lead and
harmony vocals Vocal harmony is a style of vocal music in which a consonant note or notes are simultaneously sung as a main melody in a predominantly homophonic texture. Vocal harmonies are used in many subgenres of European art music, including Classical ...
, production :*Jeff Trott– acoustic, baritone, electric, and
tenor guitar The tenor guitar or four-string guitar is a slightly smaller, four-string relative of the steel-string acoustic guitar or electric guitar. The instrument was initially developed in its acoustic form by Gibson and C.F. Martin so that players of ...
s; bass guitar, drum programming, engineering, mixing, production at Atomic Halo Recording, Los Angeles, California *"Shopping Mall" :*Pete Yorn– baritone guitar, keyboard bass,
Rhodes electric piano The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...
, vocals, production :*R. Walt Vincent– drum programming, electric guitar, synthesizer, engineering, mixing, production at Spring Street Sound, Los Angeles, California *"Roses" :*Pete Yorn– acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, vocals, production :*J. D. King– additional recording :*R. Walt Vincent–
hurdy gurdy The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a vi ...
,
marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbr ...
, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano,
tubular bells Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family. Their sound resembles that of church bells, carillon, or a bell tower; the original tubular bells were made to duplicate the sound of church bells wit ...
, Mellotron, string arrangement, engineering, mixing, production at Spring Street Sound, Los Angeles, California *"Screaming at the Setting Sun" :*Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Voice, Backing Vocals – Pete Yorn– electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, backing and lead vocals, production :*Drum Programming, Keyboards, Soloist uitar Solo Backing Vocals – R. Walt Vincent– drum programming,
guitar solo A guitar solo is a melodic passage, instrumental section, or entire piece of music, pre-written (or improvised) to be played on a classical guitar, electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. In 20th and 21st century traditional music and popular ...
, keyboards, backing vocals, engineering, production at Spring Street Sound, Los Angeles, California :*Kennie Takahashi– mixing at The Living Room in Santa Clarita, California *"Walking Up" :*Pete Yorn– acoustic guitar, drums, vocals, production :*Marc Dauer– bass guitar, drums, guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, engineering, production at The Clinic, Los Angeles, California :*R. Walt Vincent– cymbal, flute, Mellotron, additional mixing, additional production at Spring Street Sound, Los Angeles, California *"Tomorrow" :*Pete Yorn– acoustic and electric guitars, Rhodes electric piano, vocals, production :*R. Walt Vincent– drum programming, synthesizer, engineering, mixing, production at Spring Street Sound, Los Angeles, California *"This Fire" :*Pete Yorn– electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, lead and backing vocals, production :*R. Walt Vincent– drum programming,
pump organ The pump organ is a type of free-reed organ that generates sound as air flows past a vibrating piece of thin metal in a frame. The piece of metal is called a reed. Specific types of pump organ include the reed organ, harmonium, and melodeon. T ...
, string arrangements, backing vocals, engineering, mixing, production at Spring Street Sound, Los Angeles, California *Andy West Design–
art direction Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in Theatre, theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
*Emily Lazar– mastering at The Lodge, New York City, New York *Jim Wright– photography *Kevin Yorn– back cover photograph


References


External links

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Press release from Capitol RecordsA promotional set
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