Hello Starling | ||||
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Studio album by Josh Ritter | ||||
Released | September 9, 2003 January 17, 2010 (Deluxe Edition) |
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Recorded | February 17, 2003 – March 3, 2003 at Black Box Studios, La Dionnaie, France | |||
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Length | 43:09 | |||
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Signature Sounds (2003) Stetanta (2003) Independent/RMG (2003) V2 (2005) |
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Producer | David Odlum | |||
Josh Ritter chronology | ||||
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Singles from Hello Starling | ||||
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Hello Starling is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. It was Ritter's second album release nationally on the label Signature Sounds. It was originally released on September 9, 2003, a two-disc deluxe edition was re-issued on January 17, 2010
As Ritter's previous albums have done, Hello Starling was compared to other Americana greats such as Woody Guthrie, Townes Van Zandt,Bob Dylan, and Leonard Cohen. His voice on the album was described as smooth with sleepy, rough edges. George Graham praised the lyrics and vocal delivery.
All songs written by Josh Ritter.
Hello Starling was reissued on January 17, 2010 as a two-disc Deluxe Edition. The Deluxe Edition includes the complete original studio album and a second bonus disc. The bonus disc contains solo acoustic versions of all the original tracks (re-recorded by Ritter in Nashville of June 2008) as well as four live bonus tracks, an introduction by Dennis Lehane, and a full color lyric and photo booklet with never-before-seen photos.