Blanket Warm is the debut studio album of Lullaby for the Working Class.[1] It was released in 1996 on Bar/None Records.

Blanket Warm
Studio album by
Released1996
RecordedDecember 1994 – April 1996
StudioWhoopass
GenreIndie folk, indie rock
Length51:38
LabelBar/None
Lullaby for the Working Class chronology
Blanket Warm
(1996)
I Never Even Asked for Light
(1997)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]

The Hartford Courant wrote that "the rough-hewn rural sound here is authentic; you can hear the spaces between notes like the big gaping sky hovering over the Great Plains."[3] The Virginian-Pilot listed Blanket Warm as the fourth best album of 1996.[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Good Morning" - 4:01
  2. "Honey, Drop the Knife" - 3:16
  3. "Turpentine" - 3:44
  4. "Spreading the Evening Sky with Crows" - 3:13
  5. "Boar's Nest" - 3:52
  6. "Eskimo Song Duel" - 1:46
  7. "Three Peas in a Pod" - 4:00
  8. "Rye" - 3:50
  9. "Queen of the Long-Legged Insects" - 3:09
  10. "The Drama of Your Life" - 3:52
  11. "February North 24th St." - 2:49
  12. "The Wounded Spider" - 3:45
  13. "Good Night" - 10:22

Personnel

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Lullaby for the Working Class
  • A.J. Mogis - bass
  • Anil Seth - cello
  • Nathan Putens - clarinet
  • Clint Schnase, Shane Aspegren - drums
  • Mike Mogis - guitar, banjo, mandolin, glockenspiel
  • Andy Strain, Johnathon Hischke - trombone
  • Nate Walcott - trumpet
  • Chris Gordon - violin
  • Ted Stevens - vocals, guitar, lyrics
Production
  • Eric Medley - mastering
  • A.J. Mogis, Mike Mogis - recording, mixing
Artwork
  • Thomas Irvin - layout
  • Rob Walters - photography

References

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  1. ^ "Lullaby for the Working Class - Blanket Warm". No Depression. 31 October 1996. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. ^ Blanket Warm at AllMusic
  3. ^ Catlin, Roger (19 June 1997). "Blanket Warm". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 7.
  4. ^ Shapiro, Craig (22 Dec 1996). "...And the Last Word from Our Own Music Mensch". The Virginian-Pilot. p. E1.