My Old, Familiar Friend

My Old, Familiar Friend
My Old, Familiar Friend
Studio album by Brendan Benson
Released 18 August 2009
Recorded Nashville, TN and London, England
Genre Rock
Length 40:25
Label ATO Records
Producer Dave Sardy, Gil Norton
Brendan Benson chronology
The Alternative to Love
(2005)		 My Old, Familiar Friend
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars [1]
Drowned in Sound 5/10 stars [2]
The Guardian 4/5 stars [3]
Paste Magazine (7.4/10) [4]
Pitchfork Media (7.0/10) [5]
PopMatters 8/10 stars [6]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars [7]
Slant Magazine 3.5/5 stars [8]
Spin 3/5 stars [9]

My Old, Familiar Friend is the fourth album by American musician Brendan Benson, released August 18, 2009. The first single "A Whole Lot Better" was released the on the same day. The album debuted at #110 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums in the US.

"My Old, Familiar Friend" was recorded in 2007, in between Benson's work on Broken Boy Soldiers and Consolers of the Lonely, as a member of The Raconteurs.

Contents

Track listing

All songs on the record written by Brendan Benson.

No. Title Length
1. "A Whole Lot Better"   3:23
2. "Eyes on the Horizon"   3:54
3. "Garbage Day"   3:21
4. "Gonowhere"   3:47
5. "Feel Like Taking You Home"   3:33
6. "You Make a Fool Out of Me"   3:31
7. "Poised and Ready"   3:11
8. "Don't Wanna Talk"   3:48
9. "Misery"   3:53
10. "Lesson Learned"   4:29
11. "Borrow"   3:38

iTunes Bonus Track

No. Title Length
12. "I'll Never Tell"   3:14

Limited Edition

No. Title Length
12. "New Words of Wisdom"   2:59
13. "I'll Never Tell"   3:14


References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1621066
  2. ^ Drowned in Sound review
  3. ^ The Guardian review
  4. ^ Paste review
  5. ^ Pitchfork review
  6. ^ PopMatters review
  7. ^ Rolling Stone review
  8. ^ Slant review
  9. ^ Spin review

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