Emerald City (John Vanderslice album)

Emerald City is the sixth album by American singer-songwriter John Vanderslice. It was released in the United States on July 24, 2007; it leaked to the Internet on or around June 23, 2007.[1] The album is named after the nickname of the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. "I was so beaten down after the 2000 election and after 9/11 and then the invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan," said Vanderslice. "I was so depleted as a person after all that stuff happened, that I had to write my way out of it. I really had to write political songs because for me it is a way of making sense and processing what is going on."[2]

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Emerald City
Studio album by
John Vanderslice
ReleasedJuly 24, 2007
GenreIndie rock
Length38:16
LabelBarsuk
John Vanderslice chronology
Pixel Revolt
(2005)		 Emerald City
(2007)		 Romanian Names
(2009)

Track listing
  1. "Kookaburra" (5:30)
  2. "Time to Go" (2:28)
  3. "The Parade" (4:41)
  4. "White Dove" (4:00)
  5. "Tablespoon of Codeine" (5:26)
  6. "The Tower" (4:06)
  7. "The Minaret" (4:27)
  8. "Numbered Lithograph" (2:22)
  9. "Central Booking" (5:16)

References
  1. ♪ ĻĖÅĶĘĐ! ♪ The Album Leak Alert – OKKERVIL RIVER's "The Stage Names" | JOHN VANDERSLICE's "Emerald City" – loopnote.com
  2. Interview with John Vanderslice, David Shankbone, Wikinews, September 27, 2007.



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