Ash Wednesday (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Ash Wednesday
Type = Album
Artist = Elvis Perkins


Released = February 20, 2007 (U.S.)
July 9, 2007 (UK)
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Folk-rock
Length = 50:52
Label = XL Recordings
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3xfuxq8rldde link]
*Pitchfork (7/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/42213-ash-wednesday link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/13155898/ash_wednesday link]
*"The Guardian" Rating|4|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2119387,00.html link]

"Ash Wednesday" is the debut album from singer songwriter Elvis Perkins. It was released in February 2007. It is a chronologically sequenced album of songs written before (Tracks 1 to 6) and after (Tracks 7 to 11) the death of his mother, who died on 9/11. "All the Night Without Love" was the lead single off the album but "Moon Woman II" appears on the "Fast Food Nation" soundtrack, and "While You Were Sleeping" was featured in a season 4 episode of "The O.C.". The album was released on XL Records.

Track listing

# "While You Were Sleeping"
# "All The Night Without Love"
# "May Day!"
# "Moon Woman II"
# "It's Only Me"
# "Emile's Vietnam in the Sky"
# "Ash Wednesday"
# "The Night & The Liquor"
# "It's A Sad World After All"
# "Sleep Sandwich"
# "Good Friday"