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For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward
For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward
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Release date: September 13, 2024
Chinese Translation
Poison Cup
Lets Dance
Never Had Nobody Like You
Lullaby + Exile
Duet for Guitars #3
Vincent OBrien
For Beginners
Magic Trick
Outta My Head
Undertaker
Rollercoaster
Hold Time
Cry
For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward is a collection for M. Ward fans of any vintage. Gathering together 14 tracks from across his Merge Records discography, including the newly recorded song Cry, For Beginners is both a primer and a mixtape of favorites sequenced in a way that gives them new life.
Beginning with Chinese Translation and Poison Cupfrom 2006s Post-War, For Beginners drops in on Ward as he expands his prowess in the studio. His singular cover of David Bowies Lets Dance, from 2003s Transfiguration of Vincent, breaks out into the exuberant Never Had Nobody Like You from 2009s Hold Time. Rather than the neat evolutionary line suggested by a chronological arrangement, what holds For Beginners together is Wards impeccable skill as a songwriter, which remains in focus as his sound expands from low-fi home recordings to electric, radio-ready stompers. Serendipitously timed for release during Merge Records 35-year anniversary, this celebration of one of the labels most beloved artists includes Cryhis first new recording on Merge since 2018a stripped-down cover of the Godley & Creme pop classic featuring Melbourne, Australias Folk Bitch Trio.
Chinese Translation
Poison Cup
Lets Dance
Never Had Nobody Like You
Lullaby + Exile
Duet for Guitars #3
Vincent OBrien
For Beginners
Magic Trick
Outta My Head
Undertaker
Rollercoaster
Hold Time
Cry
For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward is a collection for M. Ward fans of any vintage. Gathering together 14 tracks from across his Merge Records discography, including the newly recorded song Cry, For Beginners is both a primer and a mixtape of favorites sequenced in a way that gives them new life.
Beginning with Chinese Translation and Poison Cupfrom 2006s Post-War, For Beginners drops in on Ward as he expands his prowess in the studio. His singular cover of David Bowies Lets Dance, from 2003s Transfiguration of Vincent, breaks out into the exuberant Never Had Nobody Like You from 2009s Hold Time. Rather than the neat evolutionary line suggested by a chronological arrangement, what holds For Beginners together is Wards impeccable skill as a songwriter, which remains in focus as his sound expands from low-fi home recordings to electric, radio-ready stompers. Serendipitously timed for release during Merge Records 35-year anniversary, this celebration of one of the labels most beloved artists includes Cryhis first new recording on Merge since 2018a stripped-down cover of the Godley & Creme pop classic featuring Melbourne, Australias Folk Bitch Trio.
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