''Yours Truly, the Commuter'' is the debut solo studio album by American

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musician

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. It was released on May 19, 2009, by

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Reception

''Yours Truly, the Commuter'' was generally well received by critics.

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called it "a gorgeously atmospheric record, a panorama of lush California landscapes filtered through the lonely lens of winter air and rural, mountainous terrain. There's a familiar mix of electronics and acoustic instruments here, but they're linked together more discreetly than before", calling it "more cohesive than many of those past randaddyalbums".

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wrote: "''Yours Truly, the Commuter'' sounds an awful lot like a Grandaddy album – not just another Grandaddy album, though, but a really good one, the best since ''

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''." Less favourable was ''

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'', writing: "Lytle settles for repetitive mood-setters that merely re-shuffle the elements he's been working with for more than a decade now, with no discernible progress or mastery."

Track listing

Credits

– all instruments,

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, mixing, recording,

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, sleeve artwork ; Additional personnel * Ariana Murray – additional vocals on "I Am Lost" ; Technical *

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– mixing * Mark Chalecki – mastering * Jen Murse – sleeve design

Charts

References

External links

''Yours Truly, the Commuter''
on ANTI- Records' official website * 2009 debut albums Jason Lytle albums Anti- (record label) albums {{2009-rock-album-stub