Regions of Light and Sound of God

Studio album by Jim James

Released

5 February 2013

Genre

Indie rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock

Length

38:24

Label

ATO

Producer

Jim James

Jim James chronology

Tribute To
(2009)

Regions of Light and Sound of God
(2013)

Eternally Even
(2016)

Singles from Regions of Light and Sound of God

"Know Til Now"
Released: 13 November 2012

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Consequence of Sound	^[3]
The Independent	^[4]
The Observer	^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]
Slant Magazine	^[7]
Pitchfork	7.8/10^[8]
Paste Magazine	8.3/10^[9]
A.V. Club	C+^[10]

Regions of Light and Sound of God is the debut solo album by My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James, first released on February 5, 2013.

Title

The name of the album comes from Lynd Ward's 1929 wordless novel Gods' Man, which was given to James while he was considering recording a solo album.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.)"	5:17
2.	"Know Til Now"	6:26
3.	"Dear One"	3:10
4.	"A New Life"	4:28
5.	"Exploding"	2:00
6.	"Of the Mother Again"	3:53
7.	"Actress"	4:38
8.	"All Is Forgiven"	4:56
9.	"God's Love to Deliver"	3:36

Personnel

Jim James - Composer, Producer, Engineering, Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Various Instruments
Jenice Heo - Art Direction
Gary Burden - Art Direction
Carl Broemel - Cover Photo
David Givan - Drums on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9
Emily Hagihara - Percussion
Rick Kwan - Mixing
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
Tucker Martine - Engineer
Adriana Molello - Strings
Scott Moore - Strings
Kevin Ratterman - Mixing assistant
Ben Sollee - Strings
Knaht Voy Yilom - Photography
"Of the Mother Again" contains a sample of "Fat Dog" by Dr. Dog

References

↑ "Regions of Light and Sound of God". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
↑ Jurek, Thom. "Regions of Light and Sound of God". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
↑ Bray, Ryan (2013-02-05). "Album Review: Jim James – Regions of Light and Sound of God". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
1 2 Gill, Andy (2013-02-01). "Album review: Jim James, Regions of Light and Sound of God". The Independent. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
↑ Empire, Kitty (2013-02-03). "Jim James: Regions of Light and Sound of God – review". The Observer (The Guardian). Retrieved 2013-02-05.
↑ David Fricke (2013-02-05). "Jim James, Regions of Light and Sound of God (ATO)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
↑ Scheinmann, Ted (2013-01-31). "Album review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
↑ Harvey, Eric (2013-02-04). "Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
↑ Wyeth, Wyndham (2013-02-05). "Album review". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
↑ Zaleski, Annie (2013-02-05). "Review". A.V. Club. Retrieved 2013-02-06.

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