Good-bye Lizelle

Good-bye Lizelle
Studio album by Mark Olson
Released September 15, 2014
Genre Alternative country
Length 36:04
Label Glitterhouse
Producer Mark Olson
Mark Olson chronology
Many Colored Kite
(2010)		 Good-bye Lizelle
(2014)

Good-bye Lizelle is an album by American singer/songwriter Mark Olson, released in 2014.

The songs were recorded with local musicians using portable recording equipment while Olson and his wife Ingunn Ringvold traveled in Europe, South Africa and numerous other countries.[1] Olson had recently reunited with his former band The Jayhawks and recorded Mockingbird Time. He left the group again after the tour.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
PopMatters [3]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Mark Deming wrote of the album; "What Olson hasn't done before is explore world music, and Good-bye Lizelle, his third solo effort, suggests there's a good reason for that: he doesn't seem to have much of a knack for it... most of Good-bye Lizelle plays like Olson is working his way into a new and more diverse musical approach that hasn't quite meshed with his core strengths yet, and following his first two solo works and his one-off reunion with the Jayhawks, Mockingbird Time, this project is a severe disappointment."[1] Charles Pitter of PopMatters wrote that Olson and Ringvold's voices blend well together and the album "has a warm sonic atmosphere and an international flavour."[3] Terry Staunton of Record Collector praised the album and wrote; "The accumulative result is an album of great warmth and intimacy that reveals ever more treasures with each listen."[4]

Track listing

All songs by Mark Olson and Ingunn Ringvold except as noted.

  1. "Lizelle Djan" – 3:21
  2. "Running Circles" – 4:07
  3. "Poison Oleander" (Olson) – 3:53
  4. "Heaven's Shelter" (Olson, Øystein Greni) – 3:03
  5. "All These Games" (Olson) – 3:00
  6. "Cherry Thieves" – 3:23
  7. "Which World Is Ours?" (Olson) – 3:03
  8. "Long Distance Runner" – 3:26
  9. "Say You Are the River" (Olson) – 2:55
  10. "Jesse in an Old World" – 3:16
  11. "Go-Between Butterfly" – 2:37

Personnel

Production notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 Deming, Mark. "Good-bye Lizelle > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ Chris Riemenschneider (2015-08-29). "Exclusive: Jayhawks co-leaders in disharmony again". Minnesota Star Ledger. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  3. 1 2 Pitter, Charles. "Good-bye Lizelle > Review". PopMatters. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ Staunton, Terry. "Good-bye Lizelle > Review". Record Collector. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
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