Sharon van Etten: Born 1981. Songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist
Van Etten self-released handmade CDs until 2009, when her debut professional album ” Because I Was in Love”
was released on Language of Love.
Van Etten released her second album, ”Epic” on Ba Da Bing Records in 2010 with no set band at the time. The first song recorded for the album was "Love More", recorded in December 2009 by producer Brian McTear for Weathervane Music's Shaking Through documentary video series. The remainder of the album was produced by Brian McTear with engineer Amy Morrissey in May 2010 at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia.
”Tramp”, Van Etten's third studio album was released on February 7, 2012, on Jagjaguwar. ”Tramp” was produced by The National's Aaron Dessner and recorded in his home studio in Brooklyn, New York. The album features musicians Doug Keith, Thomas Bartlett, Bryan Devendorf, Bryce Dessner, Matt Barrick, Rob Moose, Julianna Barwick, Peter Silberman, Logan Coale, Clarice Jensen, Ben Lanz, Zach Condon, and Jenn Wasner.
”Are We There” was released on Jagjaguwar in 2014. Van Etten produced the record with Stewart Lerman, with the guidance of bandmate and manager Zeke Hutchins. Most of the recording was done at Hobo Sound Studios in Weehawken, New Jersey, with piano tracks being recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
On October 2, 2018, Van Etten released a new track entitled ”Comeback Kid” and announced her next album ”Remind Me Tomorrow”, which was released in January 2019.
Source: Wikipedia
Discography:
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1. Because I Was in Love - Language of Stone 2009
Tracks:
1. I Wish I Knew / 2. Consolation Prize / 3. For You / 4.I Fold / 5. Have You Seen / 6. Tornado / 7. Much More Than That / 8. Same Dream / 9. Keep / 10. It’s Not Like / 11. Holding Out 6:07
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2. Epic - Ba Da Ding - 2010
Tracks:
1. A Crime / 2. Peace Sign / 3. Save Yourself 7 4. DSharpG / 5. Don't Do It / 6. One Day / 7. Love More 5:14
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3. Tramp - Jagjaguwar 2012
Tracks:
1. Warsaw / 2. Give Out / 3. Serpents / 4. Kevin's / 5. Leonard / 6. In Line / 7. All I Can / 8. We Are Fine / 9. Magic Chords / 10. Ask / 11. I'm Wrong / 12. Joke or a Lie
Rating : 6
4. Are We There - Jagjaguwar 2014
Tracks:
1. Afraid of Nothing / 2. Taking Chances / 3. Your Love Is Killing Me / 4. Our Love / 5. Tarifa / 6. I Love You but I'm Lost / 7. You Know Me Well / 8. Break Me / 9. Nothing Will Change / 10. I Know / 11. Every Time the Sun Comes Up
Rating : 8
5. I Don't Want to Let you Down - Jagjaguwar 2015
Tracks:
1. I Don't Want to Let You Down / 2. Just Like Blood / 3, I Always Fall Apart / 4. Pay My Debts / 5. Tell Me
Rating : 8
6.Remind Me Tomorrow - Jagjaguwar 2019
Tracks:
1. I Told You Everything / 2. No One's Easy to Love / 3. Memorial Day / 4. Comeback Kid / 5. Jupiter / 6. Seventeen / 7. Malibu / 8. You Shadow / 9. Hands / Stay 4:00
Rating : 7
7. We've Been Going About This All Wrong - Jagjaguwar 2022
Tracks:
1. Darkness Fades / 2. Home to Me / 3. I'll Try / 4. Anything / 5. Born / 6. Headspace / 7. Come Back / 8. Darkish / 9. Mistakes / 10. Far Away
Rating : 7
Essential Albums!
Original albums as listed and rated on “Rate Your Music” - April 14 - 2019
22 Remind me Tomorrow - 2019
39 Are We There - 2014
94 Epic - 2010
270 Tramp - 2012
949 Because I was in Love - 2009
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December 25 - "rateyourmusic.com"
My Suggestion For a 80 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation: ( More tracks will be added eventually!)
1. Every Time the Sun Comes Up ( Van Etten ) Are We There
2. Our Love ( Van Etten ) Are We There
3. Tarifa ( Van Etten ) Are We There
4. Taking Chances ( Van Etten ) Are We There
5. Your Love Is Killing Me ( Van Etten ) Are We There
6. We are Fine ( Van Etten ) Tramp
7. Serpents ( Van Etten ) Tramp
8. Ask ( Van Etten ) Tramp
9. Nothing Will Change ( Van Etten ) Are We There
10. I Don't Want to Let You Down ( Van Etten ) I Don't Want to Let You Down
11. Seventeen ( Van Etten ) Remind Me Tomorrow
12. Comeback Kid ( Van Etten ) Remind Me Tomorrow
13. Malibu ( Van Etten ) Remind Me Tomorrow
14. I'll Try ( Van Etten ) We've Been Going About this All Wrong
15. Anything ( Van Etten ) We've Been Going About this All Wrong
16. Mistakes ( Van Etten ) We've Been Going About this All Wrong
17. Pay My Debts ( Van Etten ) I Don't Want to Let You Down
18. Tell Me ( Van Etten ) I Don't Want to Let You Down
19. Darkness Fades ( Van Etten ) We've Been Going About this All Wrong
LINKS:
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