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Transmitter Failure

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Transmitter Failure
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 26, 2009
GenreIndie, alternative rock
Length47:36
LabelNettwerk
Jenny Owen Youngs chronology
The Take Off All Your Clothes EP
(2007)
Transmitter Failure
(2009)
An Unwavering Band of Light
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Consequence of Sound[2]
PopMatters[3]

Transmitter Failure is the second album by American singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs. It was released May 26, 2009, by the Nettwerk label.[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Jenny Owen Youngs except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."First Person"0:40
2."Led to the Sea" (Youngs, Dan Romer)3:27
3."Dissolve"3:49
4."Here Is a Heart" (Youngs, Bess Rogers, Dan Romer)4:23
5."Clean Break"3:02
6."If I Didn't Know" (Youngs, Dan Romer)4:09
7."What Beats Within" (Youngs, Dan Romer, Osei Essed)3:55
8."Secrets" (Youngs, Justin Pierre)3:05
9."No More Words" (Youngs, Dan Romer)6:29
10."Last Person"3:15
11."Nighty Night" (Youngs, Dan Romer)3:37
12."Transmitter Failure" (Youngs, Bess Rogers)4:46
13."Start + Stop"2:59
Total length:47:36

Personnel

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Performance

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  • Jenny Owen Youngs – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, bass, ukulele
  • Chris Kuffner – double bass, bass, voice
  • Adam Christgau – drum kit, hands and feet, percussion, voice
  • Dan Romer – electric guitar, keys, glockenspiel, marimba, programming, accordion, organ, banjo, acoustic guitar
  • Bess Rogers – voice, electric guitar, flute
  • Meredith Godreau – voice
  • Saul Simon-MacWilliams – voice, moog
  • Hiroko Taguchi – violin
  • Olivier Manchon – violin
  • Jessica Troy – viola
  • Ben Kalb – cello
  • Brad Gordon – mbira, percussion
  • Wil Farr – voice
  • Kenny Warren – trumpet
  • Dave Smith – trombone

Recording

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  • Production and arrangements by Dan Romer
  • Mixing by Ryan Freeland
  • Mastering by Gavin Lurssen
  • Engineering by – Dan Romer, Michael Trepagnier (strings), Adam Thompson (piano), George Gregory (strings and piano), Jesse Lauter (basic tracking), Nick Smeraski (basic tracking)

References

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