Miles from the Lightning

Miles from the Lightning
Studio album by
Jeffrey Foucault
Released2001
RecordedNov 2000–Feb 2001
GenreFolk, Americana
LabelAcoustic Roots
ProducerJeffrey Foucault
Jeffrey Foucault chronology
Miles from the Lightning
(2001) 		Stripping Cane
(2004)

Miles from the Lightning is the debut album of singer/songwriter Jeffrey Foucault, released in 2001. It is a low-key album mainly consisting of ballads. He is joined by Peter Mulvey.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
No Depression(no rating) [2]

Writing for No Depression, music critic Linda Ray called Foucault "the bard of small-town anywhere" and wrote of the album "Foucault delivers his plaintive poetry in the troubadour tradition... His insights are of the small, cold places in Wisconsin he calls home."[2]

Track listing

All songs by Jeffrey Foucault.

  1. "Ballad of Copper Junction (A Journeyman's Lament)" – 5:08
  2. "Dove and the Waterline" – 3:50
  3. "Walking at Dusk (The Liberty Bell)" – 4:39
  4. "Thistledown Tears" – 5:13
  5. "Californ-I-A" – 4:29
  6. "Highway and the Moon" – 6:37
  7. "Battle Hymn (of the College Dropout Farmhand)" – 4:39
  8. "Crossing Mississippi" – 4:20
  9. "Secretariat" – 6:32
  10. "Sunrise in the Rearview" – 5:04
  11. "Street Light Halos" – 2:48
  12. "Buckshot Moon" – 5:35
  13. "I'm Alright" – 5:03
  14. "Miles From the Lightning" – 3:20

Personnel

  • Jeffrey Foucault - acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Peter Mulvey - guitar, lap steel guitar, background vocals

Production notes:

  • Produced by Jeffrey Foucault
  • Design by Eric Stein
  • Photography by Eric Vandeveld and Mark Olson
  • Recorded and mastered by Joel O’Neill

References

  1. ^ Allmusic entry for Miles from the Lightning
  2. ^ a b Ray, Linda (Jan–Feb 2003). "Review: Miles from the Lightning". No Depression. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03.