''Hold Time'' is the sixth proper studio album from

M. Ward Matthew Stephen Ward (born October 4, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Portland, Oregon. Ward's solo work is a mixture of folk and blues-inspired Americana analog recordings; he has released ten studio albums since 19 ...

, 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 Jason Lytle ( ; born March 26, 1969) is an American musician best known for his work in the indie rock group Grandaddy. The group split in 2005, and Lytle continued to release music as a solo artist and in collaboration with other musicians. Gra ...

of the band

Grandaddy Grandaddy is an American indie rock band from Modesto, California. The group was formed in 1992, and featured Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Kevin Garcia and Tim Dryden, until Garcia's death in 2017 following a stroke. After several ...

Lucinda Williams Lucinda Gayle Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums: '' Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and '' Happy Woman Blues'' (1980), in a traditional country and blues style ...

, Tom Hagerman of DeVotchKa, and

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co-contributor

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. The album includes a cover of the Buddy Holly song "

Rave On "Rave On", also written "Rave On!", is a song written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty in 1958. It was first recorded by West for Atlantic Records, which released his version in February 1958 (as Atlantic 45-1174). Buddy Holly recor ...

". A streaming preview was made available through

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before the album's release. M. Ward also made an appearance on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' on February 17, 2009.

Track listing

# "For Beginners" – 2:47 # "Never Had Nobody Like You" (Featuring

) – 2:26 # "Jailbird" – 2:31 # "Hold Time" – 3:05 # "

" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) (

Norman Petty Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician, record producer, publisher, radio station owner, and considered to be one of the founding fathers of early rock & roll. Biography Petty was born in the small town of Clo ...

, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West) – 3:35 # "To Save Me" (Featuring

)– 3:01 # "One Hundred Million Years" – 2:11 # "Stars of Leo" – 3:18 # "Fisher of Men" – 3:12 # "

Oh Lonesome Me "Oh Lonesome Me" is a popular song written and recorded in December 1957 by Don Gibson with Chet Atkins producing it for RCA Victor in Nashville. Released in 1958, the song topped the country chart for eight non-consecutive weeks. On what beca ...

" (Featuring Lucinda Williams) (

Don Gibson Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 – November 17, 2003) was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson wrote such country standards as " Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoy ...

) – 6:05 # "Epistemology" – 3:49 # "Blake's View" – 2:29 # "Shangri-La" – 2:20 # "Outro (AKA: I'm a Fool to Want You)" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 3:47

Personnel

– 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 Michael Riley Mogis (born May 16, 1974) is an American producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios (previously known as Dead Space Recording and, earlier, Whoopass Recor ...

– percussion, bells, mandolin, keyboards * Dave Campbell – cello * Allison Stewart – viola * Elin Palmer – violin *

– vocals on "Never Had Nobody Like You" and "Rave On" *

– vocals, keyboards, and guitar on "To Save Me" *

– vocals on "Oh Lonesome Me"

Charts

References

2009 albums M. Ward albums 4AD albums Merge Records albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub