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To say that Swedish singer/songwriter Anna Ternheim found a sympathetic figure for collaboration in Matt Sweeney turned out to be an understatement, given that their resulting effort, The Night Visitor, with Sweeney handling production and arrangements at a series of Nashville sessions, is one strikingly enjoyable listen. The realm of stately country/Americana productions, from Lee Hazlewood and the Band to the Walkabouts and beyond, is a pretty long and storied one, and The Night Visitor fits well within that tradition, but Ternheim's enjoyable singing and the appropriately moody though by no means constantly downbeat music result in a series of strong, well-sequenced songs. "Solitary Move" kicks things off with hushed, stark chamber pop with steady acoustic guitar and swirling textures, down to lovely filigrees on the concluding break, a sense of cryptic melodrama that rarely leaves the record. A song like "All Shadows" is almost all cryptic melodrama, doing the combination of stinging feedback, distant drums, and string parts very well. Some other notably strong moments include the excellent "Bow Your Head," which takes a statelier, lofty folk stance, sweetly moving the chorus along before a bit of a quieter rock snarl breaks in a further verse, and the gentle "Walking Aimlessly," quicker and a little more freewheeling, reflecting the title just enough. "Ghost of a Man" is much more hushed and focused in contrast, with swift but still genteel acoustic guitar leading the way, while the fiddle on "Lorelie-Marie" and the accordion on "What Remains?" add to the sense of place and history being invoked throughout without feeling like museum pieces of authenticity as fetish.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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Peter Townsend, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Sweeney, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Dugmore, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Sullivan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Roger Cook, ComposerLyricist - Pat McLaughlin, ComposerLyricist - Matt Sweeney, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joey Miskulin, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Malone, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Sullivan, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Ferguson, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Tim O'Brien, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Pat McLaughlin, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Sweeney, Producer, Electric Guitar, Bass, Electric 6-String, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Malone, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Pat McInerney, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Sullivan, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Matt Sweeney, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Malone, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Sullivan, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Matt Sweeney, Producer, Nylon-String Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joey Miskulin, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - John Catchings, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Sullivan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Peter Townsend, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Sweeney, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Catchings, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie McCoury, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Sullivan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Will Oldham, Asst. Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Jack Clement, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Townsend, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Sweeney, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Dugmore, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Malone, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie McCoury, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Sullivan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Will Oldham, Asst. Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Matt Sweeney, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN MOCK, Whistle, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Sullivan, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Whistle, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Peter Townsend, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Sweeney, Producer, Electric Guitar, Nylon-String Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joey Miskulin, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Sullivan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Peter Townsend, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Sweeney, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Catchings, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Sullivan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Oldham, Asst. Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Matt Sweeney, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Dugmore, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Malone, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie McCoury, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Sullivan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Oldham, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Matt Sweeney, Producer, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trad., ComposerLyricist - Sean Sullivan, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Matt Sweeney, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - JOHN MOCK, Flute, Concertina, AssociatedPerformer - Sean Sullivan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Matt Sweeney, Producer, Electric Guitar, Bass, Electric 6-String, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Malone, Bells, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Ferguson, Mixer, Tambourine, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Ternheim, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
Album review
To say that Swedish singer/songwriter Anna Ternheim found a sympathetic figure for collaboration in Matt Sweeney turned out to be an understatement, given that their resulting effort, The Night Visitor, with Sweeney handling production and arrangements at a series of Nashville sessions, is one strikingly enjoyable listen. The realm of stately country/Americana productions, from Lee Hazlewood and the Band to the Walkabouts and beyond, is a pretty long and storied one, and The Night Visitor fits well within that tradition, but Ternheim's enjoyable singing and the appropriately moody though by no means constantly downbeat music result in a series of strong, well-sequenced songs. "Solitary Move" kicks things off with hushed, stark chamber pop with steady acoustic guitar and swirling textures, down to lovely filigrees on the concluding break, a sense of cryptic melodrama that rarely leaves the record. A song like "All Shadows" is almost all cryptic melodrama, doing the combination of stinging feedback, distant drums, and string parts very well. Some other notably strong moments include the excellent "Bow Your Head," which takes a statelier, lofty folk stance, sweetly moving the chorus along before a bit of a quieter rock snarl breaks in a further verse, and the gentle "Walking Aimlessly," quicker and a little more freewheeling, reflecting the title just enough. "Ghost of a Man" is much more hushed and focused in contrast, with swift but still genteel acoustic guitar leading the way, while the fiddle on "Lorelie-Marie" and the accordion on "What Remains?" add to the sense of place and history being invoked throughout without feeling like museum pieces of authenticity as fetish.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:38
- Main artists: Anna Ternheim
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music AB
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB ℗ 2011 Only Records Ternheim AB
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