Starlite Walker

by Silver Jews

Starlite Walker cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 October 1994
  • Label: Drag City
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 32:43
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Andra Sherman, Stephen Malkmus, David Berman, Steve West, Bob Nastanovich

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut from Silver Jews, 'Starlite Walker', is a poetic and incredibly raw document of mid-90s slacker rock. David Berman's sarcastic and melancholic lyrics are delivered over mellow, lo-fi indie rock arrangements, capturing a warm and distinctly American summer atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, witty, slacker, jangly, literate

Tracklist

  1. Introduction II (1:00)
  2. Trains Across The Sea (3:15)
  3. The Moon Is The Number 18 (3:40)
  4. Advice To The Graduate (3:18)
  5. Tide To The Oceans (3:03)
  6. Pan-American Blues (3:01)
  7. New Orleans (4:17)
  8. The Country Diary Of A Subway Conductor (2:34)
  9. Living Waters (2:48)
  10. Rebel Jew (3:10)
  11. The Silver Pageant (2:31)

Credits

  • Silver Jews - primary artist, producer, recorded by
  • Steve West - drums, backing vocals, percussion
  • Bob Nastanovich - drums, synthesizer, backing vocals, percussion
  • Stephen Malkmus - guitar, piano, bass, backing vocals, percussion, written-by, bass guitar guitar percussion piano
  • Davis McCain - noises [pink noise], producer, recorded by
  • Billy Smith - photography by
  • Doug Easley - producer, recorded by, pedal steel guitar, whistling
  • Andra Sherman - triangle
  • David Berman - vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, written-by
  • Dan Mackta - organ [wurlitzer]

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