The Violet Hour (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Violet Hour
Type = studio
Artist = The Clientele


Released = July 8, 2003
Recorded =
Genre = Indie pop
Length = 49:42
Label = Merge
Producer = The Clientele
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxfuxqraldhe link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16217-the-violet-hour link]
Last album = "Lost Weekend EP"
(2002)
This album = "The Violet Hour"
(2003)
Next album = "Ariadne EP"
(2004)

"The Violet Hour" is the proper debut album by The Clientele, released in July 2003. Its title was taken from T. S. Eliot's masterpiece, "The Waste Land". All songs were written by The Clientele except for "Jamaican Rum Rhumba" (traditional, arranged by The Clientele). The US release features two bonus enhanced videos for "House on Fire" and the single "Reflections After Jane."

Track listing

# "The Violet Hour" – 4:55
# "Voices in the Mall" – 2:09
# "When You and I Were Young" – 3:50
# "Missing" – 4:52
# "Jamaican Rum Rhumba" – 1:21
# "House on Fire" – 4:24
# "Everybody's Gone" – 3:02
# "Porcelain" – 3:34
# "Haunted Melody" – 2:14
# "Prelude" – 2:21
# "Lamplight" – 6:44
# "The House Always Wins" – 8:02
# "Policeman Getting Lost" – 2:21
# "Reflections After Jane" (bonus enhanced video)
# "House on Fire" (bonus enhanced video)

ingles

* "House on Fire" (June 30, 2003)
** b/w: "Jamaican Rum Rhumba" (Take Two) and "Breathing Soft and Low"