Voyageur

Rating

Album: Voyageur
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Empty Threat	More Info...	3:37
2)	Chameleon/Comedian	More Info...	4:41
3)	A Soft Place To Land	More Info...	4:26
4)	Change The Sheets	More Info...	4:30
5)	House Full Of Empty Rooms	More Info...	3:01
6)	Mint	More Info...	4:52
7)	Sidecar	More Info...	2:38
8)	Pink Champagne	More Info...	5:09
9)	Going To Hell	More Info...	4:18
10)	For The Record	More Info...	7:07
2)	Chameleon/Comedian	More Info...	0:04
3)	A Soft Place to Land	More Info...	0:04
4)	Change the Sheets	More Info...	0:04
5)	House Full of Empty Rooms	More Info...	0:03
6)	Mint	More Info...	0:05
7)	Sidecar	More Info...	0:02
8)	Pink Champagne	More Info...	0:05
9)	Going to Hell	More Info...	0:04
10)	For the Record	More Info...	0:07

Album: Voyageur
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Empty Threat	More Info...	3:37
2)	Chameleon/Comedian	More Info...	4:41
3)	A Soft Place To Land	More Info...	4:26
4)	Change The Sheets	More Info...	4:30
5)	House Full Of Empty Rooms	More Info...	3:01
6)	Mint	More Info...	4:52
7)	Sidecar	More Info...	2:38
8)	Pink Champagne	More Info...	5:09
9)	Going To Hell	More Info...	4:18
10)	For The Record	More Info...	7:07
2)	Chameleon/Comedian	More Info...	0:04
3)	A Soft Place to Land	More Info...	0:04
4)	Change the Sheets	More Info...	0:04
5)	House Full of Empty Rooms	More Info...	0:03
6)	Mint	More Info...	0:05
7)	Sidecar	More Info...	0:02
8)	Pink Champagne	More Info...	0:05
9)	Going to Hell	More Info...	0:04
10)	For the Record	More Info...	0:07

Performer Notes

Audio Mixers: Justin Vernon; Craig Silvey; Denis Tougas.
Recording information: Fall Creek, WI (08/2010-05/2011); Toronto, Canada (08/2010-05/2011).
Photographer: Cameron Wittig.
Singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards has different kinds of traveling in mind on her album Voyageur. There is the geographic kind, of course, but also the journey through the seasons of nature, and, especially, the trip a love affair represents from its beginning to end. Edwards seems to be in transit right from the start, at least in terms of intentions, with the folk-pop leadoff track proclaiming, "I'm movin' to America," before the singer quickly adds, "It's an empty threat." Still, that's a good representation of the themes of the record, as Edwards explores troubled feelings, often expressing dissatisfaction with a lover she is simultaneously obsessed with and unhappy about. "I don't want to feel this way," she says on the slow, ethereal "Pink Champagne," but by the next song she is declaring, "Anywhere you go, I'll follow," even though the song is called "Going to Hell." The folk and rock arrangements, sometimes ambient, sometimes reminiscent of Sheryl Crow (especially the deliberately paced electric guitar rocker "Mint"), support Edwards' listless, melancholy soprano singing, which in turn reflects her unhappiness and pessimism. She manages to sing through her torment on Voyageur, in hope that the journey is ultimately redemptive. ~ William Ruhlmann

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.54) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "VOYAGEUR is the rare post-breakup album that cozies up to the future rather than lashing out at the past."

Entertainment Weekly (p.73) - "VOYAGEUR is gorgeously weathered heartbreak, straight from the gravelliest Ontario roads." -- Grade: A-

Billboard (p.44) - "[W]ith its spare aesthetic, VOYAGEUR turns the pain into genuine beauty, from the easy shuffle of 'Empty Threat' to the airy melancholy of 'A Soft Place to Land'..."

Pitchfork (Website) - "[T]here's more drama and dynamism in these songs than in her past work..."

Uncut (magazine) (p.85) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[B]rutally honest....This is a song cycle that documents a journey from darkness to light at the end of the tunnel."