''Blanket Warm'' is the debut studio album of

Lullaby for the Working Class Lullaby for the Working Class was an indie folk rock band from Lincoln, Nebraska, active from the mid-to-late 1990s. Fronted by Omaha, Nebraska singer-songwriter Ted Stevens (of the bands Mayday and Cursive), the group also featured multi-instrum ...

. It was released in 1996 on

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Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote that "the rough-hewn rural sound here is authentic; you can hear the spaces between notes like the big gaping sky hovering over the Great Plains." ''

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'' listed ''Blanket Warm'' as the fourth best album of 1996.

Track listing

# "Good Morning" - 4:01 # "Honey, Drop the Knife" - 3:16 # "Turpentine" - 3:44 # "Spreading the Evening Sky with Crows" - 3:13 # "Boar's Nest" - 3:52 # "Eskimo Song Duel" - 1:46 # "Three Peas in a Pod" - 4:00 # "Rye" - 3:50 # "Queen of the Long-Legged Insects" - 3:09 # "The Drama of Your Life" - 3:52 # "February North 24th St." - 2:49 # "The Wounded Spider" - 3:45 # "Good Night" - 10:22

Personnel

;Lullaby for the Working Class * A.J. Mogis - bass *Anil Seth - cello *Nathan Putens - clarinet *Clint Schnase, Shane Aspegren - drums *

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 ...

- guitar, banjo, mandolin, glockenspiel *Andy Strain, Johnathon Hischke - trombone *Nate Walcott - trumpet *Chris Gordon - violin *

Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...

- vocals, guitar, lyrics ;Production *Eric Medley - mastering *A.J. Mogis, Mike Mogis - recording, mixing ;Artwork *Thomas Irvin - layout *Rob Walters - photography

References

1996 debut albums Lullaby for the Working Class albums Bar/None Records albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub