Alejandro Escovedo - Thirteen Years (2015)

Tracklist

01. Thirteen Years Theme
02. Ballad of the Sun and the Moon
03. Try, Try, Try
04. Way It Goes
05. Losing Your Touch
06. Thirteen Years
07. Thirteen Years Theme (Version 2)
08. Helpless
09. Mountain of Mud
10. Tell Me Why
11. Thirteen Years Theme (Version 3)
12. She Towers Above
13. Baby's Got New Plans
14. The End
15. Thirteen Years Theme (Version 4)
16. Thirteen Years (Instrumental Mixes)
17. Way It Goes (Instrumental Mixes)
18. She Towers Above (Instrumental Mixes)
19. Tell Me Why (Instrumental Mixes)
20. Two Angels (Live)
21. I Wish I Was Your Mother (Live)
22. Pale Blue Eyes (Live)
23. Gravity (Buick MacKane Version)

The Austin singer-songwriter reaches deep once again, adding triple violins, harp, and cello to his palette of movingly introspective material. Overall, the expanded lineup provides for plenty of tonal space. Before the mood ever gets maudlin, Escovedo cranks up the volume with guest guitarist Charlie Sexton for "Losing Your Touch," and a playful rocker that could have come from The Replacements/Paul Westerberg camp. With the exception of this track, "Mountain of Mud," and the John Cougar-ish "The End," Thirteen Years keeps to fragile, graceful interiors. [The 2002 reissue includes an eight track album of B-sides, including covers of Ian Hunter's "I Wish I Was Your Mother," Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes," and several remixes.] - AllMusicGuide

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