Hold Time (album)

Hold Time is the sixth proper studio album from M. Ward, released on February 17, 2009. Hold Time is the follow-up to his 2006 album Post-War and its companion EP To Go Home in 2007.

Hold Time
Studio album by
M. Ward
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2009 (2009-02-17)
GenreAlternative, folk
Length42:40
LabelMerge, 4AD
ProducerM. Ward
M. Ward chronology
To Go Home EP
(2007)		 Hold Time
(2009)		 A Wasteland Companion
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
Consequence of Sound[4]
Drowned in Sound[5]
KPSU[6]
Pitchfork6.8/10[7]
PopMatters[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Slant Magazine[10]
Spin[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes[12]

Hold Time includes guest performances by Jason Lytle of the band Grandaddy, Lucinda Williams, Tom Hagerman of DeVotchKa, and She & Him co-contributor Zooey Deschanel. The album includes a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Rave On". A streaming preview was made available through NPR before the album's release.[13] M. Ward also made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on February 17, 2009.

Track listing
  1. "For Beginners" – 2:47
  2. "Never Had Nobody Like You" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) – 2:26
  3. "Jailbird" – 2:31
  4. "Hold Time" – 3:05
  5. "Rave On" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) (Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West) – 3:35
  6. "To Save Me" (Featuring Jason Lytle)– 3:01
  7. "One Hundred Million Years" – 2:11
  8. "Star of Leo" – 3:18
  9. "Fisher of Men" – 3:12
  10. "Oh Lonesome Me" (Featuring Lucinda Williams) (Don Gibson) – 6:05
  11. "Epistemology" – 3:49
  12. "Blake's View" – 2:29
  13. "Shangri-La" – 2:20
  14. "Outro (AKA: I'm a Fool to Want You)" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 3:47

Personnel

Charts
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 31
US Billboard 200[16] 31
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[17] 7
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[18] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[20] 10
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[21] 2

References
  1. "Hold Time by M. Ward". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. Hold Time at AllMusic
  3. Christgau, Robert. "Hold Time". Robert Christgau.
  4. http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/02/05/album-review-m-ward-hold-time/
  5. http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13940/reviews/4136089
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/69795-m-ward-hold-time
  9. https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/25823371/review/25895694/hold_time
  10. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/m-ward-hold-time/1650
  11. http://www.spin.com/reviews/m-ward-hold-time-merge
  12. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/m-ward-hold-time
  13. "Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward's 'Hold Time'". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  14. "Ultratop.be – M. Ward – Hold Time" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  15. "Swedishcharts.com – M. Ward – Hold Time". Hung Medien.
  16. "M. Ward Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  17. "M. Ward Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard.
  18. "M. Ward Chart History (Digital Albums)". Billboard.
  19. "M. Ward Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  20. "M. Ward Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  21. "M. Ward Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.



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