Emerald City (John Vanderslice album)

Emerald City is the sixth album by American singer-songwriter John Vanderslice. It was released in the United States on July 24, 2007; it leaked to the Internet on or around June 23, 2007.[1] The album is named after the nickname of the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. "I was so beaten down after the 2000 election and after 9/11 and then the invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan," said Vanderslice. "I was so depleted as a person after all that stuff happened, that I had to write my way out of it. I really had to write political songs because for me it is a way of making sense and processing what is going on."[2]

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Metacritic	(82/100) link
Pitchfork Media	(6.2/10)
The Wheel's Still in Spin	link
Slant	link

Emerald City
Studio album by John Vanderslice
Released	July 24, 2007
Genre	Indie rock
Length	38:16
Label	Barsuk
John Vanderslice chronology
Pixel Revolt (2005) Emerald City (2007) Romanian Names (2009)

Track listing

1. "Kookaburra" (5:30)
2. "Time to Go" (2:28)
3. "The Parade" (4:41)
4. "White Dove" (4:00)
5. "Tablespoon of Codeine" (5:26)
6. "The Tower" (4:06)
7. "The Minaret" (4:27)
8. "Numbered Lithograph" (2:22)
9. "Central Booking" (5:16)

References

1. ♪ ĻĖÅĶĘĐ! ♪ The Album Leak Alert – OKKERVIL RIVER's "The Stage Names" | JOHN VANDERSLICE's "Emerald City" – loopnote.com
2. Interview with John Vanderslice, David Shankbone, Wikinews, September 27, 2007.