God's Favorite Customer

by Father John Misty

God's Favorite Customer cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 June 2018
  • Label: Sub Pop
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:37
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 14 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Written during a two-month period where Josh Tillman was living out of a hotel following personal turmoil, his fourth album largely strips away the grandiose sociopolitical satire of its predecessor. Returning to a more intimate, piano-driven 1970s singer-songwriter aesthetic, the record wrestles candidly with profound isolation, marital strain, and depression. It is highly regarded as his most emotionally direct and least cynical work.

Genres

Descriptors: alienation, existential, melodic, confessional, piano, folk, acoustic, male-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Hangout at the Gallows (4:55)
  2. Mr. Tillman (3:03)
  3. Just Dumb Enough to Try (4:02)
  4. Date Night (2:30)
  5. Please Don't Die (3:24)
  6. The Palace (4:09)
  7. Disappointing Diamonds Are the Rarest of Them All (2:23)
  8. God's Favorite Customer (5:21)
  9. The Songwriter (3:45)
  10. We're Only People (And There's Not Much Anyone Can Do About That) (5:02)

Credits

  • Father John Misty - primary artist
  • Chris Bellman - lacquer cut by
  • Jon Titterington - piano, piano, glockenspiel, synth, accordion, trumpet, piano, electric piano [wurly]
  • Bobby Krlic - strings, horns
  • Gabe Noel - arranged by [string arrangement], lap steel guitar, cello, cello, steel guitar, arranged by
  • Elijah Thomson - bass, soloist
  • Mark Ronson - bass
  • David Vandervelde - guitar

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