Miles from the Lightning

Miles from the Lightning is the debut album of singer/songwriter Jeffrey Foucault, released in 2001. It is a low-key album mainly consisting of ballads. He is joined by Peter Mulvey.[1]

Miles from the Lightning
Studio album by
Jeffrey Foucault
Released2001
RecordedNov 2000-Feb 2001
GenreAmericana, Folk music
LabelAcoustic Roots
ProducerJeffrey Foucault
Jeffrey Foucault chronology
Miles from the Lightning
(2001)		 Stripping Cane
(2004)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
No Depression(no rating) [2]

Writing for No Depression, music critic Linda Ray called Foucault "the bard of small-town anywhere" and wrote of the album "Foucault delivers his plaintive poetry in the troubadour tradition... His insights are of the small, cold places in Wisconsin he calls home."[2]

Track listing

All songs by Jeffrey Foucault.

  1. "Ballad of Copper Junction (A Journeyman's Lament)" – 5:08
  2. "Dove and the Waterline" – 3:50
  3. "Walking at Dusk (The Liberty Bell)" – 4:39
  4. "Thistledown Tears" – 5:13
  5. "Californ-I-A" – 4:29
  6. "Highway and the Moon" – 6:37
  7. "Battle Hymn (of the College Dropout Farmhand)" – 4:39
  8. "Crossing Mississippi" – 4:20
  9. "Secretariat" – 6:32
  10. "Sunrise in the Rearview" – 5:04
  11. "Street Light Halos" – 2:48
  12. "Buckshot Moon" – 5:35
  13. "I'm Alright" – 5:03
  14. "Miles From the Lightning" – 3:20

Personnel
  • Jeffrey Foucault - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Peter Mulvey - guitar, lap steel guitar, background vocals

Production notes:

  • Produced by Jeffrey Foucault
  • Design by Eric Stein
  • Photography by Eric Vandeveld and Mark Olson

References
  1. Allmusic entry for Miles from the Lightning
  2. Ray, Linda (Jan–Feb 2003). "Review: Miles from the Lightning". No Depression. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03.
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