Self Help Serenade

Self Help Serenade is the debut album by indie rock band Marjorie Fair, first released in the United Kingdom and Europe on May 31, 2004, and in the United States on July 19, 2005. The album was produced and mixed by Rob Schnapf, "Empty Room" was mixed by Tom Lord-Alge, and the album features guest contributions from Jon Brion and Joey Waronker. "Empty Room" was not included on the UK pressings of the album.

Self Help Serenade
Studio album by
Marjorie Fair
Released May 31, 2004
July 19, 2005
Recorded2002
GenreRock, indie rock
Length48:52
LabelEMI / Capitol Records
ProducerRob Schnapf, Jerry Finn
Marjorie Fair chronology
Self Help Serenade
(2004)		 I Am My Own Rainbow
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Drowned in Sound6/10[3]
Lost at Sea7.5/10[4]
Pitchfork6.9/10[5]
Uncut[6]

"Empty Room" was featured in the One Tree Hill episode "An Attempt to Tip the Scales" (3.4).

The band were dropped from Capitol Records after the album's release.

Track listing

All tracks written by Evan Slamka.

  1. "Don't Believe" – 4:18
  2. "Halfway House" – 5:13
  3. "Empty Room" – 3:43
  4. "Stare" – 4:20
  5. "How Can You Laugh" – 5:07
  6. "Waves" – 4:13
  7. "Please Don't" – 4:04
  8. "Cracks in the Wall" – 4:06
  9. "Stand in the World" – 5:01
  10. "Hold on to You" – 2:39
  11. "Silver Gun" – 5:14
  12. "My Sun Is Setting Over Her Magic" – 6:28

Singles

"Stare" (May 17, 2004)

  1. "Stare" – 4:20
  2. "How Can You Laugh" – 5:07
  3. "Science of Your Mind" – 4:35
  4. "Timmy" – 4:36

"Waves" (October 18, 2004)

  1. "Waves" – 4:13
  2. "What I Said" – 1:51
  3. "True Lovers" – 4:36

References
  1. "Self Help Serenade by Marjorie Fair Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  2. Loftus, Johnny. Self Help Serenade at AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  3. Dobson, Gareth (June 7, 2004). "Album Review: Marjorie Fair - Self Help Serenade". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  4. Peters, Sarah. "Marjorie Fair Self Help Serenade". Lost at Sea. Archived from the original on December 12, 2005. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  5. Khong, Rachel (September 26, 2005). "Marjorie Fair: Self Help Serenade Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  6. "Marjorie Fair - Self Help Serenade - Review". Uncut. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2020.



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