Pete Yorn recorded Break Up in 2006 on the heels of one, but it sat on the shelf until 2009, appearing just a matter of months after Back & Fourth, and a year after his duet partner, Scarlett Johannson, cast as Brigitte Bardot to Yorn's Serge Gainsbourg, made an awkwardly arty splash with a Tom Waits' cover album, but the album that really casts a shadow over this is Vol.
1, the 2008 record by She & Him, the teaming of M.
Ward and Zooey Deschanel.
Yorn and Johannson cut their album long before She & Him, but surfacing in its wake, they can't help but seem a bit like the polished, polite answer to the twee, precious charms of Zooey & M.
Ward.
Break Up does trump Vol.
1 conceptually, chronicling the dissolution of a romance as a series of duets, and Scarlett is a more-than-worthy foil to Yorn.
If anything, her hushed, husky voice -- showcased better here than on her own debut -- is a greater presence than his self-pity.
In this tasteful context, it's easy to hear why he pines after her but not so clear what she ever saw in him in the first place.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RelatorPete Yorn | Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn | Play | 02:33 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 2 | Wear And TearPete Yorn | Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 3 | I Don't Know What To DoPete Yorn | Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn | Play | 03:29 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 4 | Search Your HeartPete Yorn | Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 5 | Blackie's DeadPete Yorn | Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn | Play | 02:37 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 6 | I Am The CosmosChris Bell | Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 7 | ShampooPete Yorn | Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 8 | CleanPete Yorn | Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | SomedayPete Yorn | Scarlett Johansson, Pete Yorn | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 29 mins | 66 MB | |||||
| 28 mins | 177 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Bell | Composer |
| 2 | Robert Francis | Banjo, Bass, Guitar (Electric), Pedal Steel, Pedal Steel Guitar, Slide Guitar |
| 3 | Max Goldblatt | Banjo, Synthesizer Bass, Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Max Goldblatt | Banjo, Cover Photo, Executive Producer, Photography, Synthesizer Bass, Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Scarlett Johansson | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 6 | Masaki Koike | Art Direction, Design |
| 7 | Sunny D. Levine | Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Programming, Synthesizer Bass |
| 8 | Giuseppe Patanè | Bass |
| 9 | Martin Pradler | Digital Editing |
| 10 | James "Big Jim" Wright | Photography |
| 11 | Jim Wright | Photography |
| 12 | Amir Yaghmai | Strings, Synthesizer |
| 13 | Pete Yorn | Banjo, Composer, Executive Producer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Piano, Primary Artist, Tambourine, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |