Tanglewood Numbers

Infobox Album |
Name = Tanglewood Numbers
Type = Album
Artist = Silver Jews

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Released = October 18, 2005
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 34:51
Label = Drag City
Producer = David Berman
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mwc8b5m4xsqs link]
*Pitchfork (7.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21716/Silver_Jews_Tanglewood_Numbers 10/21/05]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Silver+Jews link]
*"Rolling Stone" [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/7606657/tanglewood_numbers 9/22/05]
Last album = "Bright Flight" (2001)
This album = "Tanglewood Numbers" (2005)
Next album = "Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea" (2008)

"Tanglewood Numbers" is the fifth full-length album by Silver Jews, released in 2005.

Like on all of their other albums Silver Jews' principal song writer and constant band member is David Berman. On this album fourteen other musicians are involved in the performance and creation.Recurring band member Stephen Malkmus continues on from the previous album "Bright Flight" and Bob Nastanovich returns after appearance on Silver Jews' first full-length album "Starlite Walker". Cassie Berman, wife of David Berman, also appears.

The lyrics of the final song, "There Is A Place," reference a song intended at one point for inclusion on the Silver Jews' fourth album, "American Water". According to an article in Addicted To Noise, a song called "Police Conversation, 1783" was among the tracks in the running for that album. [http://www.weeblackskelf.co.uk/cordsuit/writing/articles/a_great.php]

The album's cover is a photograph by famed Southern photographer William Eggleston.

Track listing

All songs written by David C. Berman unless otherwise noted.
# "Punks in the Beerlight" – 3:31
# "Sometimes a Pony Gets Depressed" – 2:37
# "K-Hole" (D. Berman / Michael Fellows) – 2:38
# "Animal Shapes" – 3:00
# "I'm Getting Back into Getting Back into You" – 2:34
# "How Can I Love You If You Won't Lie Down" – 2:01
# "The Poor, the Fair and the Good" (D. Berman / Cassie Berman) – 4:14
# "Sleeping Is the Only Love" – 2:56
# "The Farmer's Hotel" (D. Berman / Stephen Malkmus / Gate Pratt / Jeff Grosfeld) – 7:03
# "There Is a Place" – 4:19

The Tanglewood Numbers Band

Principal:
* David Berman
* Brian Kotzur
* Mike Fellows
* Stephen Malkmus
* Bob Nastanovich
* Cassie Berman
* Tony Crow
* Paz LenchantinSecondary:
* Azita Youssefi
* Bobby Bare, Jr.
* Will Oldham
* Duane Denison
* Pete Cummings
* William Tyler
* John St. West

External links

* [http://prettyfakes.com/?p=511 An analysis of the song "K-Hole" at Pretty Fakes.]