Honey Moon
Studio album by
The Handsome Family
Released2009
Length48:11
LabelCarrot Top / Loose Music
The Handsome Family chronology
Last Days Of Wonder
(2006)		 Honey Moon
(2009)		 Scattered
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. Club(B+)[3]
Pitchfork Media7.2/10[4]

Honey Moon is the eighth studio album released by The Handsome Family. It was released 2009 by Carrot Top Records (North America) / Loose Music (Europe).

Reception

The album was well received by critics: according to Metacritic, the album has received an average review score of 75/100, based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Linger, Let Me Linger" – 3:34
  2. "Little Sparrows" – 3:08
  3. "My Friend" – 4:56
  4. "When You Whispered" – 3:11
  5. "The Loneliness of Magnets" – 3:43
  6. "June Bugs" – 3:38
  7. "A Thousand Diamond Rings" – 3:40
  8. "Love Is Like" – 3:21
  9. "The Petrified Forest" – 4:11
  10. "Wild Wood" - 3:10
  11. "Darling, My Darling" - 3:39
  12. "The Winding Corn Maze" - 4:35
  13. "The Red Leaf Forest" - 3:25
    • Bonus track included on the digital version of the album sold through iTunes[5]

Personnel

  • Rennie Sparks - artwork; lyrics; vocals on "Wild Woods", "The Winding Corn Maze", "Little Sparrows", "The Petrified Forest" and "When You Whispered"
  • Brett Sparks - music; all instruments except as follows
  • Stephen Dorocke - lap steel on "Linger, Let Me Linger" and "Love Is Like"; guitar on "The Loneliness Of Magnets", "A Thousand Diamond Rings", "Wild Wood")
  • Dave Gutierrez - classical guitar ("The Winding Corn Maze"), pedal steel ("Little Sparrows"), dobro ("When You Whispered")
  • Jason Toth - drums
  • Sheila Sachs - Layout assistance
  • Mark Owen - photography[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Honey Moon Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  2. ↑ Mark Deming. "Honey Moon". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Honey Moon · The Handsome Family · Music Review The Handsome Family: Honey Moon · Music Review · The A.V. Club".
  4. ↑ "The Handsome Family: Honey Moon". Pitchfork.
  5. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Honey Moon by The Handsome Family". Itunes.apple.com. 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  6. ↑ cf. Brett & Rennie Sparks (2009): Credits. In Honey Moon [CD booklet]. Chicago: Carrot Top Records.



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