On February 17, 2009, “Merge” and “4AD” labels released “Hold Time”, the sixth M. Ward studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by M. Ward.
Personnel:
- M. Ward – voice, guitar, keyboards, bass, string arrangements
- Jason Lytle – vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Mike Coykendall – bass, percussion
- Adam Selzer, Jordan Hudson, Rachel Blumberg, Than Luu – percussion
- Peter Broderick, Tom Hagerman – strings, violins
- Bill Ritchie – upright bass
- Mike Mogis – percussion, bells, mandolin, keyboards
- Elin Palmer – violin
- Allison Stewart – viola
- Dave Campbell – cello
- Zooey Deschanel – vocals
- Lucinda Williams – vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by M. Ward, except where noted.
- For Beginners
- Never Had Nobody Like You
- Jailbird
- Hold Time
- Rave On – Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West
- To Save Me
- One Hundred Million Years
- Stars of Leo
- Fisher of Men
- Oh, Lonesome Me – Don Gibson
- Epistemology
- Blake’s View
- Shangri-La
- Outro (aka: I’m a Fool to Want You) – Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf