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Formats and Editions
1. Intro/The Border
2. Moving Back Home #2
3. $87 and a Guilty Conscience That Gets Worse the Longer I Go
4. I Fell into Painting Houses in Phoenix, Arizona
5. Tiradito, El
6. Ghost I Became, A
7. Westward Ho
8. St. Ides, Parked Cars, And Other People's Homes
9. Kid from Belmont Street, The
10. Capsized
11. Ballad of Dan Fanta
12. Disappearance of Ray Norton, The
13. Four Walls
14. Lost in This World
More Info:
Reissue of 2007 release. Thirteen Cities follows the elegant, stripped down The Fitzgerald and the alt-country classic Post To Wire, both of which have been declared modernday masterpieces. Producer JD Foster enlisted instrumental contributions from Giant Sand's Howe Gelb and Calexico's Joey Burns and Jacob Valenzuela, as well as multi-instrumentalist Paul Brainard. The result is an album of sonic depth and diversity brave enough to support Willy Vlautin's nourish, narrative lyrics. Reviewers worldwide are comparing Vlautin's storytelling to greats such as Carver, Steinback and Bukowski, giving credence to his simple, heartfelt style.
