Asking for Flowers

Infobox Album |
Name = Asking for Flowers
Type = studio
Artist = Kathleen Edwards


Released = March 4, 2008
Recorded =
Genre = Country, Rock, Pop
Length =
Label = MapleMusic Recordings (CDA)
Zoë Records (US)
Producer = Kathleen Edwards
Jim Scott
Reviews =
*Review-Christgau|hm2|album=13952
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9fyxzqjldse link]
* "The Music Box" Rating|4|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2008/kathleenedwards-flowers-04092008.html 4/2008]
* Pitchfork Media (7.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49364-kathleen-edwards-asking-for-flowers]
* Rolling Stone Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/18396423/review/18690515/askingforflowers]
Last album = "Back to Me"
(2005)
This album = "Asking for Flowers"
(2008)
Next album =

"Asking for Flowers" is the third studio album by Canadian alt country singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards. The album was released March 4, 2008, and was well-received by critics, similarly to her first two albums released under Zoë Records, "Failer" and "Back to Me". "The Canadian Press" said of the album's tracklist, "unlike your average floral arrangement, there's not a dud in the bunch." [ [http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLjLY9WTcpgaqZJFESZIkCr6HqrA Kathleen Edwards blossoms on her new CD 'Asking For Flowers': review] ]

"The Boston Globe", in an article entitled "With Third Album, Edwards Finally Blooms", said of the album "This album sounds a lot like the addictive "Back to Me" from 2005, unfolding as a series of haunting, hook-filled portraits punctuated by the good-humored joshing that defines her new single, "The Cheapest Key." ...But "Asking for Flowers" shows Edwards maturing as a songwriter and a singer, too. Her ordinary characters - the guy dodging the draft in the poignant "Oil Man's War," the woman done wrong in the title cut - are subtly placed in a socio-political context so that the album has a broader scope." [ [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2008/03/04/with_third_album_edwards_finally_blooms/ With third album, Edwards finally blooms] ]

The album contains many references to figures in the Canadian media, including murder victim Alicia Ross, and controversial former hockey player Marty McSorley.

The album peaked at #102 on the Billboard 200 and in the #1 spot on the Top Heatseekers chart, and was a nominee for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize. [ [http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/ Polaris Music Prize] ]

Track listing

All songs written by Kathleen Edwards.
#Buffalo - 5:15
#The Cheapest Key - 2:42
#Asking for Flowers - 5:02
#Alicia Ross - 5:06
#I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory - 4:37
#Oil Man's War - 4:01
#Sure As Shit - 4:09
#Run - 3:43
#Oh, Canada - 3:59
#Scared At Night - 4:09
#Goodnight, California - 6:28
#Lazy Eye - 3:29 (Bonus track with online album purchase)

References