- rock, indie rock
- 62 min
- 17 tracks
- Longtime Listener
Widow City is the sixth full-length album by The Fiery Furnaces. It was released in the UK on October 8, 2007, and in the US on October 9 on Chicago-based label Thrill Jockey. The album art features Eleanor Friedberger on the front and Matthew Friedberger on the back.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1The Philadelphia Grand Jury7:18
- 2Duplexes of the Dead2:40
- 3Automatic Husband2:09
- 4Ex-Guru2:42
- 5Clear Signal From Cairo6:11
- 6My Egyptian Grammar3:22
- 7The Old Hag Is Sleeping2:54
- 8Japanese Slippers2:57
- 9Navy Nurse6:29
- 10Uncle Charlie2:16
- 11Right by Conquest3:36
- 12Restorative Beer2:38
- 13Wicker Whatnots4:27
- 14Cabaret of the Seven Devils2:44
- 15Pricked in the Heart2:15
- 16Widow City4:36
- 17Barnabus and Paul2:44
17 tracks, 62 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Fiery Furnaces
- Label
- Longtime Listener
- Released
- October 6, 2007
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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