Woman King - EP
Iron & Wine
Open iTunes to preview, buy and download music.
| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Woman King | Iron & Wine | 4:20 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
2 |
Jezebel | Iron & Wine | 5:07 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
3 |
Gray Stables | Iron & Wine | 3:55 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
4 |
Freedom Hangs Like Heaven | Iron & Wine | 4:00 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
5 |
My Lady's House | Iron & Wine | 3:32 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
6 |
Evening On the Ground (Lilith's Song) | Iron & Wine | 3:04 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 6 Songs |
Album Review
Anyone still hoping that Sam Beam and Iron & Wine will ever go back to the lo-fi sound of their first album might as well give up on that pipe dream. On the 2005 EP Woman King, Iron & Wine's sound is more produced and varied than ever. The record's arrangements are overflowing with a wealth of percussion, vocal harmonies, banjos, violins, and pianos. Beam's vocals, while always a thing of beauty, sound more assured and powerful than ever. Iron & Wine sound like a real band here; if you heard them in a big-budget Hollywood film, you wouldn't even flinch. The widening and smoothing of the band's approach does Beam's songs great favors, too. While his songwriting is as emotionally direct and haunting as ever (no amount of studio sheen could change that), this EP never feels insular, as his previous albums sometimes did. It sounds widescreen and universal. Woman King is too short to be considered the high point of Iron & Wine's career — it certainly points in that direction, though.
Customer Reviews
Awesome
I didn't like this when I first listened to it, but as I persevered it really got under my skin. I was expecting the slow, folky sound of the first two releases, but this, for the most part, is foot-tappingly uptempo. In fact, it's the slower My Lady's House, which is probably the weakest track. Lyrically, Sam Beam is on top form and remains one of the most poetic composers currently writing. He hasn't got the most musical voice perhaps, but is able to make the most of what he does have, and the result is beautifully crafted songs. Gray Stables is never out of my top five most played list.
First class
Having been recommended the iTunes live EP on the useful but now gone 'Just For You' option, I bought this as well. Both are magnificent. His song writing is superb and this EP has a mix of more expansive sounds in tracks 1-3 and more haunting sounds,especially track 5. There isn't a bad song on this and having owned it now for 4 months it only gets better.
jezebel
Beautiful, I love this song it has even inspired me to learn the banjo. don't stop making music
Biography
Born: 26 July 1974 in Columbia, SC
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Iron & Wine
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Flightless Bird, American Mouth | Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Single | 4:01 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
2 |
Flightless Bird, American Mouth | The Shepherd's Dog | 4:02 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
|
3 |
Such Great Heights | Such Great Heights - EP | 4:10 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
4 |
Naked As We Came | Our Endless Numbered Days | 2:32 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
5 |
Boy With a Coin | The Shepherd's Dog | 4:05 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
6 |
He Lays In the Reins | In the Reins - EP | 3:43 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
7 |
Passing Afternoon | Our Endless Numbered Days | 4:00 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
8 |
History of Lovers | In the Reins - EP | 3:09 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
9 |
New Slang (Featuring Iron & Wine) [Live] | Fighting In a Sack - EP | 3:51 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
|
10 |
Dead Man's Will | In the Reins - EP | 3:13 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
- £4.74
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, College Rock
- Released: 22 February 2005
- ℗ 2005 Sub Pop
