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1 | Flume 3:39 |
2 | Lump Sum 3:21 |
3 | Skinny Love 3:58 |
4 | The Wolves (Act I and II) 5:22 |
5 | Blindsided 5:29 |
6 | Creature Fear 3:06 |
7 | Team 1:56 |
8 | For Emma 3:40 |
9 | Re: Stacks 6:41 |
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Justin Vernon began recording as Bon Iver following the breakup of DeYarmond Edison, an Indie Folk group similar in tone and manner to Iron & Wine, Little Wings and, to a certain extent, Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Pronounced 'Bohn Eevair', it is French for "good winter" which is spelled wrong deliberately. This debut CD is centered around Justin Vernon, who is the primary force behind Bon Iver, as he moved to a remote cabin in the woods of Northwestern Wisconsin at the onset of winter, alone for three months. From this solitary time emerged a bold, uninhibited new musical focus of all his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, longing, love, loss, and guilt that had been stockpiled over the past six years into songs. The NY Times called this record "Irresistible", and it was given a "Recommended" rating by Pitchfork. 9 tracks. Jagjaguwar Records. 2008.
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It's hard to believe that For Emma, Forever Ago is the work of one man. But when Justin Vernon's old band split he hauled himself (and presumably plenty of instruments and recording equipment) to his dad's hunting cabin in the woods of Wisconsin for the coldest season and worked through his issues in musical form. (The name comes from the French for "good winter"--"bon hiver"). By the start of the spring thaw he had recorded the bulk of this stunning debut, originally self-issued to acclaim last year in the USA and now picked up for a British release. Vernon's voice grabs the ear from the start, switching easily into a smooth falsetto (and unusually for a white indie lad, without the slightest intent of emulating Prince). The formula is straightforward. He layers his vocal harmonies, while a gently strummed acoustic rhythm guitar just about holds the centre. All else from horns to slide guitar is mere detail. The quality is rough and ready but the effect is strangely similar though to the slick vocal confections of European women like Bjork and Camille, all mystery and distance. It's the musical equivalent of reading someone else's diary. In code. Through a dirty window. Enigmatic songs like the elegantly stumbling "Creature Fear" with its rowdy horn parts, the resolute opener "Flume" and the evanescent "Team" are just so pretty they seem to glide by without leaving a mark in the snow. Vernon is apparently a straightforward and friendly guy, but For Emma, Forever Ago genuinely sounds like something from a far off place. --Steve Jelbert
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.88 x 5.71 x 0.39 inches; 2.26 ounces
- Manufacturer : Jagjaguwar
- Item model number : 3850405
- Original Release Date : 2008
- Date First Available : December 20, 2007
- Label : Jagjaguwar
- ASIN : B0011HF6GE
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #19,366 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #384 in Indie Rock
- #609 in Pop Singer-Songwriters
- #1,915 in Alternative Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2024Not much else to say. Absolutely brilliant.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2024Arrived in pristine condition
- Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2024Love this album. Such wonderful music!
- Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2024Millennial or not, this album is to be appreciated and spun. You won’t regret adding this to your quiver.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2023I bought this as a gift for a friend. Made an excellent present that they really loved. Everything came very nicely packaged and seemed solid. The only thing to mention is it didn’t seem to be a “fancy” vinyl in anyway. I collect vinyls and sometimes they send a bunch of extras. This vinyl seemed to just be the record and a plain black one at that. Nothing wrong with that, just something to note.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2024My daughter got this for her boyfriend. He had been wanting it for a while. He loved it. And it came fairly quickly !
- Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024Came in in perfect condition. Works great in our record player🩷
- Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2024My copy arrived pretty badly warped, no sign of mishandling in delivery. Oddly enough maybe just because it’s this record but it doesn’t seem to hurt the sound quality
Top reviews from other countries
- GuyReviewed in Canada on July 25, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Bon Iver
Love Bon Iver so when I got my firat record player this was the first vinyl I got!
Vinyl arrived in good condition, just a bit of a wobble to it but from looking into it that's pretty common. But other then that 20 out of 10 Emmas!
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Erick CamposReviewed in Mexico on December 27, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente calidad
Llegó bien protegido y la calidad del vinilo es excelente. Totalmente recomendado
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GianlucaReviewed in Italy on June 2, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars la trappola di Bon iver
"For emma forever ago" chi non ha sentito perlomeno parlare di questo album...
L'album trappola di Justin Vernon, ma una trappola per se stesso, la tagliola che in parte gli ha tagliato la carriera. L'album con cui ha dovuto fare i conti ad ogni sua uscita, tra confronti che l'hanno sempre visto uscire sconfitto.
Quando questo album è uscito nel 2008 non si parlava d'altro.... di questo album si sapeva tutto, la genesi completa. Come, dove, perchè è nato.... fatto curioso per un personaggio che fino a quel momento era un perfetto sconosciuto....
Eppure, di qua è di la dell' Oceano, tutti a incensare questo album. Le recensioni a riguardo più che un'analisi su un disco sembravano tesine di psicologia e di sociologia. Vernon isolato in una baita a riflettere sulla sua vita e a leccarsi le ferite era diventato il nuovo eroe romantico e "for Emma forever ago" il suo testamento spirituale. Sarà....
Ora io di cantautori più intensi, lirici e profondi di lui ho avuto modo di incrociarne parecchi... sparo li tre nomi per non annoiare nessuno ma l'elenco è lunghino... Micah P Hinson, Chris Bathgate, Elvis Perkins... per par condicio tre nomi femminili e allora dico Jospehine Foster, Alela Diane, Jolie Holland.... E di album più belli ne ho sentiti davvero tanti.
Però... questo album è bellissimo, intenso, lirico, profondo, essenziale, sinceramente poetico. Sono 37 minuti che mettono in pace con il mondo. La serenità che emana questo lavoro è innegabile ed è contagiosa.
E credo che se all'epoca ci si fosse limitati a dire questo a riguardo, forse si sarebbe fatto un piacere anche al buon Bon Iver.
Invece lo si è trasformato in un manifesto generazionale, in u album da culto. Esagerando un po' tanto....E forse questo album un po' lo odia anche lui anche se non potrà mai ammetterlo.
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hiro11Reviewed in Japan on December 17, 2016
5.0 out of 5 stars ボン・イヴェールの世界
色彩のない世界、静かな音楽がなっている
白い雨が降るというより、透明な雨が降って、虹が
かかっている。ビートは単調だが、その繰り返しが飽きない。
ふぉーえま、フォエヴぁーアゴー、つづいていく
- William SteeleReviewed in the United Kingdom on September 6, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Unmissable, unforgettable - one for the ages
Like no doubt thousands of young guys and girls during the late 00's, I got my heart broken to the soundtrack of Bon Iver. I was an undergraduate at university, and as Nick Hornby in High Fidelity observed, it was hard to tell what came first - was I miserable because I loved Bon Iver, or did I love Bon Iver because I was miserable? Did my enjoyment of the album instil in me a subconscious desire to experience the same things Justin Vernon sang about, draped in eerie harmonies, clicks and scrapes, to run the same gamut of emotions, or was it simply catharsis with the pain that he sings so vividly and almost tangibly about that drew me in closer to the warm tones? Regardless, the album For Emma, Forever Ago brings back powerful, if unrefined, emotions. The peculiar flavour of heartbreak, with its delicate, absolute and all-consuming awfulness and despair is a memory that I think we can all remember or at least empathise with. And it's at its most beautiful in songs like Skinny Love, re:stacks and Blindsided, (and Beach Baby from the LP, Blood Bank) songs of anger, mourning, shock, pain, loss, sadness, and ultimately, by the end of the album, acceptance and redemption. It's an intense experience that draws the listener in and confronts them with raw emotion, exposing their own feelings.
On a more personal level, this was the first album for me that addressed love and loss in such an oblique manner ('there's a black crow sitting across from me; his wiry legs are crossed / And he's dangling my keys, he even fakes a toss' is only one example of many) so as, counter intuitively, to make it seem more genuine, free from what I perceived to be the clichés of songs about heartbreak. Undoubtably the rich use of metaphor, the true impart of the songs wrapped up tightly in the words and sounds rather than overtly on display was a big part of why I liked it so much. It's a deeper album that rewards careful listening on a quiet Saturday night, and although student me devoured it, it's not a self-indulgent piece of navel-gazing only fit for those inexperienced in love - to assume that would be to miss out on something truly special. It's a beautifully crafted paean to the experience of loss, a timeless part of the universal experience of the human condition.