''Olden'' is a compilation album by

16 Horsepower 16 Horsepower was an American band based in Denver, Colorado, United States. Their music often invoked religious imagery dealing with conflict, redemption, punishment, and guilt through David Eugene Edwards's lyrics and the heavy use of traditio ...

, released July 8, 2003. It would be the last record released by 16 Horsepower before their break-up. The album is divided into three sections, with each section separated by two short interviews with

David Eugene Edwards David Eugene Edwards (born February 24, 1968 in Englewood, Colorado) is an American musician. He is the lead singer of Wovenhand, and also the main songwriter and the principal musician on the recordings of the band. He is the former lead s ...

, the band's vocalist and lead musician. The first seven tracks were recorded at the Night Owl Studio in

Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

in 1993, and are referred to as the "Night Owl Studio sessions." The next six songs were recorded at Kerr Macy studio in Denver in 1994. The last six songs are live recordings from their session at the Mercury Cafe in Denver in 1994.

Track listing

All songs by David Eugene Edwards/16 Horsepower, except track 12 by Keven Soll/16 Horsepower. #"American Wheeze" – 3:55 #"Coal Black Horses" – 3:27 #"Scrawled in Sap" – 2:52 #"Prison Shoe Romp" – 2:51 #"I Seen What I Saw" – 2:59 #"Neck on the New Blade" – 3:08 #"Interview" – 0:20 #"South Pennsylvania Waltz" – 4:56 #"My Narrow Mind" – 4:56 #"American Wheeze" – 3:40 #"Shametown" – 2:51 #"Train Serenade" – 4:20 #"Strong Man" – 4:36 #"Interview" – 1:03 #"Slow Guilt Trot (Live)" – 3:34 #"Low Estate (Live)" – 3:38 #"Pure Clob Road (Live)" – 3:01 #"Heel on the Shovel (Live)" – 2:43 #"Sac of Religion (Live)" – 3:00 #"Dead Run (Live)" – 3:10 Mastered: Absinthe Studio, Denver, CO

Personnel

- vocals,

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, guitars,

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

Keven Soll -

acoustic bass guitar The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar a ...

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, vocals (on track 12)
Jean-Yves Tola - drums {{Authority control 16 Horsepower albums 2003 compilation albums