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This Side of Jordan

The third Mandolin Orange album and their first on Yep Roc.
Watchhouse, 2013

Marlin wrote every song but "Waltz About Whiskey", a co-write with David Andrew Hutcheson. He plays vocals, mandolin, acoustic guitar, organ on "Cavalry" and bass on "Waltz About Whiskey"; Frantz plays violin and acoustic guitar and sings; Ryan Gustafson plays electric guitar on "Morphine Girl". We found no studio or recording dates. Bryan C. Reed called it in MAGNET the band's most lyrically pointed album, mixing a full band's depth with front-porch intimacy, and noted "Hey Adam" advocates marriage equality through a Biblical lens. The Daily Tar Heel reportedly gave it four stars; we could not open that page.

Track listing

  1. House of Stone3:17
  2. Turtle Dove and the Crow3:23
  3. There Was a Time4:14
  4. The Runaround3:07
  5. Cavalry3:16
  6. Black Widow3:14
  7. The Doorman4:32
  8. Morphine Girl4:20
  9. Hey Adam4:08
  10. Waltz About Whiskey3:47
  11. Until the Last Light Fades3:20

Sources

  1. This Side of Jordan, Wikipedia
  2. Mandolin Orange: New Traditionalists, MAGNET (2013-08-12)
  3. Watchhouse, Wikipedia