The words "Lynn Teeter Flower" won't mean much to anyone who wasn't a part of Maria Taylor's formative years in Birmingham, AL, but they have a way of imparting a sense of what the artist's sophomore disc sounds like -- pretty, charmingly off-kilter, this side of eccentric.
Unlike 11:11, Taylor's great debut disc, Lynn Teeter Flower, named for a onetime family friend, follows its own carefully considered path.
Where the first album leaned hard on the jittery Bright Eyes sound, the second charts a course through sparer but still pillowy sounding territory.
In ten songs (the eleventh is more a late-coming interlude than a song -- it unspools a child's sing-songy tribute to "Lynn Flower"), Taylor lays out tales of sadness, self-doubt and elusive love that seem hand-dunked in humanity -- see "My Own Fault" and "Smile and Wave" for the best examples.
Throughout, a cutback on shimmery electronic effects results in a lived-in sound; there's a shabby chic-ness to these songs, and also a believability.
Taylor's voice is part Elizabeth Mitchell and part Sarah McLachlan, minus the syrup.
Like the name "Lynn Teeter Flower," it issues from somewhere plain and true and captivates fully.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Good StartMaria Taylor | Maria Taylor | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 2 | Clean GetawayMaria Taylor | Maria Taylor | Play | 03:10 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 3 | Smile and WaveMaria Taylor | Maria Taylor | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 4 | No StarsMaria Taylor | Maria Taylor | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 5 | ReplayMaria Taylor | Maria Taylor | Play | 05:09 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 6 | Small Part of MeLouis Schefano, Maria Taylor | Maria Taylor | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | Irish GoodbyeRIG | Maria Taylor, RIG | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 8 | My Own FaultMaria Taylor | Maria Taylor | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 14 MB |
| 9 | The Ballad of Sean FoleyConor Oberst, Maria Taylor | Maria Taylor | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | Lost TimeMaria Taylor | Maria Taylor | Play | 02:49 | 6 MB | 14 MB |
| 11 | Lynn Teeter FlowerMaria Taylor | Maria Taylor | Play | 01:12 | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| 38 mins | 88 MB | |||||
| 38 mins | 227 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brad Armstrong | Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 2 | Jake Bellows | Vocal Engineer |
| 3 | Tim Broddin | Photography |
| 4 | Conor | Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals |
| 5 | Autumn de Wilde | Photography |
| 6 | Stefanie Drootin | Bass |
| 7 | Doug Easley | Engineer, Guitar (Electric), Mixing, Producer |
| 8 | Jim Eno | Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Tracking |
| 9 | Roger Fritz | Engineer |
| 10 | Butch Hogan | Photography |
| 11 | Andy LeMaster | Beats, Engineer, Instrumentation, Mixing, Producer, Vocals |
| 12 | Macey | Bass, Guitar (Electric) |
| 13 | Dan McCarthy | Engineer |
| 14 | Nate Nelson | Choir/Chorus |
| 15 | Zack Nipper | Artwork |
| 16 | Conor Oberst | Composer, Engineer |
| 17 | RIG | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 18 | Louis Schefano | Composer |
| 19 | Kate Taylor | Cover Photo, Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Wurlitzer |
| 20 | Macey Taylor Sr. | Engineer |
| 21 | Maria Taylor | Choir/Chorus, Composer, Drums, Drums (Snare), Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Organ, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Tambourine, Vocals |
| 22 | Doug Van Sloun | Mastering |
| 23 | Zack Young | Drums |
| 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. |