Will You Find Me is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Ida, released in 2000 on Tiger Style Records.
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| Released | July 11, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, Indie folk, Baroque pop, Acoustic, Dream pop | |||
| Label | Tiger Style Records | |||
| Producer | Ida, Trina Shoemaker, Warren Defever, Tony Lash | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| CMJ New Music Monthly | (favorable) [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (A) [3] |
| Pitchfork | (5.9/10) [4] |
| Spin | (favorable) [5] |
| The Village Voice | (favorable) [6] |
| The Washington Post | (favorable) [7] |
Will You Find Me was reviewed as "Album of the Week" in The New York Times, where Jon Pareles described the songs as being "like the whispers of uncertain lovers in a perpetual dance of vulnerability and assurance, parting and reconciliation."[8] According to Eric Weisbard (writing in The Village Voice) "they've inflated everything that was irritating about them—and made their first memorable album.[6]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Down on Your Back" | 4:21 |
| 2. | "Maybelle" | 6:45 |
| 3. | "This Water" | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Shrug" | 5:18 |
| 5. | "The Radiator" | 2:04 |
| 6. | "Shotgun" | 4:31 |
| 7. | "Turn Me On" | 5:21 |
| 8. | "Man in Mind" | 3:43 |
| 9. | "Past the Past" | 4:37 |
| 10. | "Georgia" | 3:10 |
| 11. | "Triptych" | 3:13 |
| 12. | "Firefly" | 2:39 |
| 13. | "Encantada" | 3:36 |
| 14. | "Don't Get Sad" | 4:27 |
Personnel
edit- Musicians
- Daniel Littleton – vocals, guitar, piano, wurlitzer, c3, silvertone organ, wineglass
- Elizabeth Mitchell – vocals, guitar, wurlitzer, mimbal
- Karla Schickele – vocals, bass, piano, organ, wineglass
- Michael Littleton – drums, percussion, melodica, accordi0n, wineglass
- Ida Pearle – violin
- Rick Lassiter – double bass
- Cecilia Littleton – viola, violin
- Sue Havens – accordion, clarinet
- Tim Thomas – piano
- Tara Jane ONeil – melodica
- Cynthia Nelson – harmonica
- Bernie Worrell – wurlitzer, moog synthesizer
- Elaine Ahn – cello
- Rose Thomson – plastic hose, piano
- Eddie Gormley – percussion
- Hanna Fox – percussion
- Andrew Hall – double bass
- Warn Defever – dictaphone, wire recorder, salt packet
- Technical
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Pat Graham – photography
- Stacy Wakefield – layout
References
edit- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Will You Find Me - Ida". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ Perry, Jonathan (August 2000). "Ida: Will You Find Me". CMJ New Music Monthly. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ Hermes, Will (14 July 2000). "Will You Find Me Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ LeMay, Matt (11 July 2000). "Ida: Will You Find Me | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ Wawerna, Beth (January 2001). "The Ten Best Records You Didn't Here of the Year". Spin. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ a b Weisbard, Eric (5 September 2000). "Mixed-and-Matched Emotions". The Village Voice. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (21 July 2000). "IDA "Will You Find Me" Tiger Style; CALIBOS "Calibos" Arlingtone". The Washington Post. p. N.13. Retrieved 21 November 2011.[dead link]
- ^ Pareles, Jon (18 August 2000). "Album of the Week". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 November 2011.