A Loud Call is the third studio album by Australian indie-folk artist Holly Throsby. It was released on 14 July 2008, which peaked at No. 34 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Throsby worked with Nashville-based producer, Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Andrew Bird). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 she was nominated for Best Female Artist for the album.

A Loud Call
Studio album by
Released14 July 2008 (2008-07-14)
Studio
GenreIndie folk
Length42:54
LabelSpunk/EMI
ProducerMark Nevers
Holly Throsby chronology
Under the Town
(2006)
A Loud Call
(2008)
See!
(2010)

Background

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Most of A Loud Call, the third studio album by Australian indie folk singer-songwriter, Holly Throsby, was recorded at Beech House Studios, the residence of producer Mark Nevers, in South Nashville, United States.[1][2] Nevers had previously produced material for Lambchop and Andrew Bird.[1] Some additional recording of strings and horns was done at Tony Dupé's home studio in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales.[3]

A Loud Call was Radio National's album of the week when it was released on 14 July 2008.[4] The album peaked at No. 34 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[5] In September 2008, Throsby was nominated for Best Female Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 for the album.[6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Holly Throsby,[7] unless otherwise noted

A Loud Call track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Warm Jets"3:55
2."A Heart Divided" (Throsby, Bree van Reyk)3:37
3."Now I Love Someone"3:56
4."On the Wharf" (Throsby, van Reyk)5:58
5."The Time It Takes"4:12
6."Would You?" (featuring Bonnie "Prince" Billy)3:12
7."One of You for Me"3:13
8."We Carry"3:46
9."And Then We're Gone"4:14
10."A Widow's Song"2:56
11."To Begin With" (Throsby, van Reyk)3:55
Total length:42:54

Personnel

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Credits:[1][8]

Musicians

  • Holly Throsby – guitars (acoustic, electric), keyboards, piano, lead vocals
  • Bonnie "Prince" Billy – backing vocals, co-lead vocals ("Would You?")
  • Jena Birchell – cello, bass guitar, mandolin
  • Tony Crow – synthesiser, backing vocals
  • Tony Dupé – clarinet, bass clarinet, French Horn, guitar, horn arrangements, piano, string arrangements, backing vocals
  • Penny McBride – flugelhorn, trumpet, backing vocals
  • Mark Nevers – guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Swanson – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Gary Tussing – cello
  • William Tyler – electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Bree van Reyk – drums, organ, accordion

Production details

  • Jim DeMain – mastering engineer
  • Tony Dupé – engineer
  • Mark Nevers – audio engineer, audio production, engineer, mixing engineer
  • Tim Whitten – mixing engineer

Charts

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Chart performance for A Loud Call
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 34

References

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  1. ^ a b c Deming, Mark. "A Loud Call – Holly Throsby". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. ^ Phillips, Greg (10 September 2008). "Holly Throsby – A Loud Call". Australian Musician. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Holly Throsby Returns in September". Under the Radar. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Music from album of the week: A Loud Call by Holly Throsby". RN Breakfast. Radio National. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  5. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Holly Throsby – A Loud Call". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. ^ Tregoning, Jack (10 September 2008). "ARIA nominations are in". Faster Louder. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017.
  7. ^ "'Warm Jets' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 February 2017. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:'
  8. ^ "A Loud Call [sound recording] – Version Details". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Holly Throsby – A Loud Call". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 October 2022.