M. Ward - Transfiguration of Vincent (CD)
- Transfiguration No. 1
- Vincent O'Brien
- Sad, Sad Song
- Undertaker
- Duet for Guitars No. 3
- Outta My Head
- Involuntary
- Helicopter
- Poor Boy, Minor Key
- Fool Says
- Get to the Table on Time
- A Voice at the End of the Line
- Dead Man
- Let's Dance
- Transfiguration No. 2
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Indie Rock
- Catalog No.
- 223
- Tracks
- 15
- Colour
- Black
- Pressing
- Download CardColored Vinyl
- Edition
- Reissue
In 2003, everything broke open for Ward with the release of Transfiguration of Vincent. Critically lauded and long beloved, Pitchfork hailed it as an album that ""broadcasts timelessness and defies genre constraints,"" and Slant placed it on their list of the best albums of the 2000s. On Transfiguration of Vincent, Ward's elegant fingerpicking, evocative croon, and heartrending lyricism came into full bloom, casting a spell so powerful that even a song as universal as David Bowie's ""Let's Dance"" felt not only new but irrevocably his. One of the most cherished albums in the Merge catalog, Transfiguration of Vincent is both a great place to begin your love affair with M. Ward and a deep, stunningly realized work that listeners have returned to over and over again for 20 years.
- Transfiguration #1
- Vincent O'Brien
- Sad, Sad Song
- Undertaker
- Duet for Guitars #3
- Outta My Head
- Involuntary
- Helicopter
- Poor Boy, Minor Key
- Fool Says
- Get to the Table on Time
- A Voice at the End of the Line
- Dead Man
- Let's Dance
- Transfiguration #2
- Format
- CD
- Genre
- Indie Rock
- Tracks
- 15
This Portland-based songwriter's music bridges the gap between folk, country, blues and rock. Armed with a guitar, harmonica, sparse percussion and a tin pan alley-esque piano. Ward spins timeless classics that seem to flow effortlessly. Simple yet eloquent tales alive with metaphor and imagery, told in a raspy, sepia-toned croon. He's been compared to Tom Waits, Granddaddy, Sparklehorse and Howe Gelb.
