Blue Horse (album)

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Blue Horse
Studio album by the Be Good Tanyas
Released	2000
Genre	Folk
Length	53:53
Label	Nettwerk[1]
Producer	Garth Futcher
The Be Good Tanyas chronology
Blue Horse (2000) Chinatown (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Blue Horse is the debut album by the Be Good Tanyas.[4][5] It was released in 2000 in Canada, and in 2001 in the U.S.

Production

The album was produced by Garth Futcher, and was recorded in a Vancouver-area wooden shack.[3] The last verse of "The Littlest Birds" references Syd Barrett's song "Jugband Blues", from the Pink Floyd album A Saucerful of Secrets.^[citation needed]

Critical reception

Exclaim! deemed the album "spooky, drowsy gothic folk performed by three western women with voices like junkie angels."[6] The Independent wrote: "A low-key album made on an impossibly low budget, Blue Horse is one of the most beguiling debuts to be heard this year."[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Littlest Birds"	Samantha Parton, Jolie Holland	4:06
2.	"Broken Telephone"	Frazey Ford	4:52
3.	"Rain and Snow"	Traditional	3:59
4.	"The Lakes of Pontchartrain"	Traditional; arranged by Jolie Holland	4:39
5.	"Only in the Past"	Frazey Ford, Samantha Parton	4:56
6.	"The Coo Coo Bird"	Traditional	4:50
7.	"Dogsong aka Sleep Dog Lullaby"	Samantha Parton	4:46
8.	"Momsong"	Frazey Ford	5:33
9.	"Don't You Fall"	Samantha Parton	3:38
10.	"Up Against the Wall"	Frazey Ford	3:19
11.	"Oh! Susanna"	Stephen Foster	4:17
12.	"Light Enough to Travel"	Geoff Berner	4:58
Total length:			53:53

References

1. "The Be Good Tanyas To Release Limited-Edition 'Blue Horse' Vinyl; Band Reunites For Tour Dates | Nettwerk". www.nettwerk.com.
2. "Blue Horse - The Be Good Tanyas | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 476.
4. "The Be Good Tanyas | Biography & History". AllMusic.
5. Loftis, Emily. "The Be Good Tanyas, Down and Dirty".
6. "Be Good Tanyas Blue Horse". exclaim.ca.
7. "The Be Good Tanyas: How to be good". The Independent. July 19, 2002.