Emoh

Emoh
Studio album by Lou Barlow
Released	January 24, 2005 (UK)
Recorded	2004
Genre	Folk rock, lo-fi
Length	50:14
Label	Merge (U.S., MRG254) Domino (UK, WIG153)
Producer	Mark Nevers, Mark Miller, Josh Schwartz, Wally Gagel
Lou Barlow chronology
Free Sentridoh: Songs from Loobiecore (2002) Emoh (2005) Goodnight Unknown (2009)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	63/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pitchfork Media	(7.9/10) link
Rolling Stone	no.967, p.84
Uncut	p.108

Emoh is the first solo album from Lou Barlow, the Sebadoh and Folk Implosion frontman. The album was released in 2005 and recorded at The Beech House Recording Megaplex (2004) in Wedgewood Sound, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

Rolling Stone (No. 967, p. 84) gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and noted: "[F]ull of quiet lyricism and Nick Drake beauty..." Uncut (p. 108) gave 4 stars out of 5 and said: "Using acoustic guitar, piano and vocals, he delivers 14 sweetly somber neo-folk tunes that reveal just how subtly persuasive the man's influence really is."

Track listing

1. "Holding Back the Year" – 3:30
2. "Home" – 3:23
3. "Caterpillar Girl" – 3:35
4. "Legendary" – 4:11
5. "Royalty" – 3:45
6. "Puzzle" – 3:36
7. "If I Could" – 3:42
8. "Monkey Begun" – 3:02
9. "Morning's After Me" – 3:44
10. "Round-N-Round" – 2:34
11. "Mary" – 3:10
12. "Confused" – 3:45
13. "Imagined Life" – 4:14
14. "The Ballad of Daykitty" – 4:03

Personnel

• Lou Barlow – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, baritone guitar, bass, piano, vocals, percussion, synthesizer, xylophone, glockenspiel, backing vocals, harp
• Erin Hugely – cello
• Wally Gagel – synthesizer, rhythm programming
• Russell Pollard – drums
• Imaad Wasif – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, drums, backing vocals
• Mark Scwaber – bass, electric Guitar
• Abby Barlow – cello
• Jason Loewenstein – knee slapping, drums
• Carey Kotsionis – vocal harmonies
• Adam Harding – vocal harmonies

References

Sources

• Emoh at Discogs