John Wesley Harding

Awake

John Wesley Harding - Awake

03/10/1998

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All Music Guide Review

Billed as John Wesley Harding and the Gangsta Folk, Dare seems to be an attempt to recast the singer/songwriter in a different light, incorporating elements of electronica to earn more street cred. The Gangsta Folk are in truth not a band, but rather Harding handling multiple instruments (often of the more exotic variety like e-bow, moogs, and mellotron), along with a few guests like Scott McCaughey, Robert Lloyd, Kelly Hogan, and pop purist Chris von Schneidern. And while the experimentation is implemented quite well -- especially in the lighter-and-match-strike percussion loop of "Burn" -- Harding's craft remains untouched. His acid-tongued, always-clever phrasing, folky leanings, and strong sense of melody show him to be one of the finest (and unfairly overlooked) songwriters of the '90s. ~ Chris Woodstra, All Music Guide

Awake Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Good Morning (I Just Woke Up)
  • :43

  • 2
  • Your Ghost (Don't Scare Me No More)
  • 3:53

  • 3
  • Window Seat
  • 4:46

  • 4
  • Burn
  • 4:40

  • 5
  • It's All My Fault
  • 5:01

  • 6
  • Sweat Tears Blood and Come
  • 6:26

  • 7
  • Poor Heart
  • 3:42

  • 8
  • Miss Fortune
  • 5:03

  • 9
  • Song I Wrote Myself in the Future
  • 3:23

  • 10
  • Something to Write Home About
  • 4:32

  • 11
  • You're Looking at Me
  • 4:05

  • 12
  • You So & So
  • 3:10

  • 13
  • I'm Staying Here (And I'm Not Buying a Gun)
  • 3:37

  • 14
  • Good Bye (Late O'Clock)
  • 2:44

    • Credits of Awake

    • CVS
    • Bass, Guitar (Electric), Shaker, E-Bow, Vocals (Background), Percussion
    • Robert Lloyd
    • Organ, Organ (Hammond), Mandolin, Accordion, Piano
    • John Wesley Harding
    • Organ, Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Cymbals, Guitar (Electric), Triangle, Vocals, Guitar (12 String), Moog Synthesizer, Bells, Rhythm, Producer, Sampling, Mellotron, Ebo, Main Performer, Sleigh Bells, Tubular Bells, Orchestration, 12-String Bass Guitar, Moog Bass, Telephone Voice

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