Tracklist
| 1CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Montezuma
| 3:37 | |
| 2 | Bedouin Dress
| 4:29 | |
| 3 | Sim Sala Bim
| 3:14 | |
| 4 | Battery Kinzie
| 2:49 | |
| 5 | The Plains / Bitter Dancer
| 5:53 | |
| 6 | Helplessness Blues
| 5:03 | |
| 7 | The Cascades
| 2:07 | |
| 8 | Lorelai
| 4:24 | |
| 9 | Someone You'd Admire
| 2:29 | |
| 10 | The Shrine / An Argument
| 8:07 | |
| 11 | Blue Spotted Tail
| 3:05 | |
| 12 | Grown Ocean
| 4:36 | |
Credits
Release
| assistant engineer: | Adam Armstrong Davey Brozowski Cathy Ferrante Jay Follette Brian Kornfeld Jonny Mendoza |
|---|---|
| mastering: | Greg Calbi (American mastering engineer) |
| acoustic guitar, electric guitar and mandolin: | Robin Pecknold (singer/songwriter in Fleet Foxes) Skyler Skjelset |
| bass pedals [crumar bass], harmonium [pump organ], harpsichord, Marxophone, mellotron, musical box [music box], singing bowl [Tibetan singing bowls] and strings [tremoloa]: | Casey Wescott |
| double bass [upright bass] and woodwind [woodwinds]: | Morgan Henderson |
| drums (drum set) [drum kit] and percussion: | Josh Tillman |
| electric bass guitar: | Christian Wargo |
| fiddle, hammered dulcimer, harmonium, harp [lever harp] and synthesizer [Prophet]: | Robin Pecknold (singer/songwriter in Fleet Foxes) |
| harp [water harp]: | Skyler Skjelset |
| Moog and piano: | Robin Pecknold (singer/songwriter in Fleet Foxes) Casey Wescott |
| vocals: | Josh Tillman Christian Wargo |
| recorded at: | Avast! in Seattle, Washington, United States (in 2010) Reciprocal Recordings in Seattle, Washington, United States (from 2010-01 until 2010-12) Dreamland Studios in Hurley, New York, United States (in 2010-04) Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, United States (in 2010-07) |
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| mixed at: | Avast! in Seattle, Washington, United States (in 2010) |
| mastered at: | Sterling Sound (original NYC studio; split/relocated to Nashville and Edgewater in 2018) in Chelsea, New York, New York, United States |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/2887889 [info] |
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| ASIN: | CA: B004LL1HM4 [info] US: B004LL1HM4 [info] |
Release group
| associated singles/EPs: | Battery Kinzie Grown Ocean Helplessness Blues Helplessness Blues / Battery Kinzie Helplessness Blues / Grown Ocean Lorelai |
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| part of: | TheNeedleDrop: Top 50 Albums of 2011 (number: 1) (order: 1) Grammy Award: Best Folk Album nominees (number: 2012) (order: 2) TheNeedleDrop: Top 200 Albums of the 2010s (number: 8) (order: 8) Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s (number: 135) (order: 135) |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/332326 [info] |
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| reviews: | https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/659p [info] |
| other databases: | https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fleet_foxes/helplessness_blues/ [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002110425 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q1294742 [info] |
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