Hold Time (album)

Hold Time
Studio album by M. Ward
Released	February 17, 2009 (2009-02-17)
Genre	Alternative, folk
Length	42:40
Label	Merge, 4AD
Producer	M. Ward
M. Ward chronology
To Go Home EP (2007) Hold Time (2009) A Wasteland Companion (2012)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
Consequence of Sound	[4]
Drowned in Sound	[5]
KPSU	[6]
Pitchfork	6.8/10[7]
PopMatters	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Slant Magazine	[10]
Spin	[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[12]

Hold Time is the sixth proper studio album from M. Ward, released on February 17, 2009. Hold Time is the follow-up to his 2006 album Post-War and its companion EP To Go Home in 2007.

Hold Time includes guest performances by Jason Lytle of the band Grandaddy, Lucinda Williams, Tom Hagerman of DeVotchKa, and She & Him co-contributor Zooey Deschanel. The album includes a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Rave On". A streaming preview was made available through NPR before the album's release.[13] M. Ward also made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on February 17, 2009.

Track listing

1. "For Beginners" – 2:47
2. "Never Had Nobody Like You" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) – 2:26
3. "Jailbird" – 2:31
4. "Hold Time" – 3:05
5. "Rave On" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) (Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West) – 3:35
6. "To Save Me" (Featuring Jason Lytle)– 3:01
7. "One Hundred Million Years" – 2:11
8. "Stars of Leo" – 3:18
9. "Fisher of Men" – 3:12
10. "Oh Lonesome Me" (Featuring Lucinda Williams) (Don Gibson) – 6:05
11. "Epistemology" – 3:49
12. "Blake's View" – 2:29
13. "Shangri-La" – 2:20
14. "Outro (AKA: I'm a Fool to Want You)" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 3:47

Personnel

• M. Ward – voice, guitar, keyboards, bass, string arrangements
• Mike Coykendall – bass, percussion
• Adam Selzer, Jordan Hudson, Rachel Blumberg, Than Luu – percussion
• Peter Broderick, Tom Hagerman – strings, violins
• Bill Ritchie – upright bass
• Mike Mogis – percussion, bells, mandolin, keyboards
• Dave Campbell – cello
• Allison Stewart – viola
• Elin Palmer – violin
• Zooey Deschanel – vocals on "Never Had Nobody Like You" and "Rave On"
• Jason Lytle – vocals, keyboards, and guitar on "To Save Me"
• Lucinda Williams – vocals on "Oh Lonesome Me"

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	31
US Billboard 200[16]	31
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[17]	7
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[18]	6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19]	1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[20]	10
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[21]	2

References

1. "Hold Time by M. Ward". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
2. Hold Time at AllMusic
3. Christgau, Robert. "Hold Time". Robert Christgau.
4. "Album Review: M. Ward - Hold Time". Archived from the original on 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
5. "Album Review: M. Ward - Hold Time / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound". Archived from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
6. "Hold Time- M. Ward | KPSU". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
7. "Hold Time | Pitchfork". Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
8. "M. Ward: Hold Time < Music | PopMatters". Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
9. Rollingstone
10. "Review: M. Ward, Hold Time". Slant Magazine. March 2009.
11. "M. Ward, 'Hold Time' (Merge)". 4 February 2009.
12. "Music Review: M. Ward - Hold Time".
13. "Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward's 'Hold Time'". NPR. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
14. "Ultratop.be – M. Ward – Hold Time" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
15. "Swedishcharts.com – M. Ward – Hold Time". Hung Medien.
16. "M. Ward Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
17. "M. Ward Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard.
18. "M. Ward Chart History (Digital Albums)".^[dead link‍] Billboard.
19. "M. Ward Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
20. "M. Ward Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
21. "M. Ward Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.