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{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Emoh | type = studio | artist = [[Lou Barlow]] | cover = Lou_Barlow_-_Emoh.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2005|1|24}} | recorded = 2004 | venue = | studio = The Beech House Recording Megaplex in Wedgewood Sound, [[Nashville, Tennessee]], [[United States]] | genre = [[Folk rock]], [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]] | length = 50:14 | label = [[Merge Records|Merge]] ([[United States|U.S.]], MRG254) [[Domino Recording Company|Domino]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], WIG153) | producer = [[Mark Nevers]], Mark Miller, [[Josh Schwartz (music producer)|Josh Schwartz]], [[Wally Gagel]] | prev_title = [[Songs from Loobiecore]] | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = [[Goodnight Unknown]] | next_year = 2009 }} {{Music ratings | MC = 63/100 <ref name="Metacritic entry">{{cite web|title=Emoh Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/emoh|work=Metacritic|accessdate=24 May 2012}}</ref> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r728109|pure_url=yes}} link] | rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev2Score = (7.9/10) [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1149-emoh link] | rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}} no.967, p.84 | rev4 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}} p.108 | noprose = yes }} '''''Emoh''''' is a solo album by [[Lou Barlow]], the first with his real name; the album was released in the US in 2005 by [[Domino Recording Company|Domino]] and by [[Merge Records]] and recorded in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1149-emoh/|title=Lou Barlow: Emoh|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/emoh-mw0000139065|title=Emoh - Lou Barlow {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>

''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and noted:<ref>''[[Rolling Stone]]'' #. 967, p. 84</ref> "[F]ull of quiet lyricism and [[Nick Drake]] beauty..." ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' (p. 108) gave 4 stars out of 5 and said: "Using acoustic guitar, piano and vocals, he delivers 14 sweetly somber neo-folk tunes that reveal just how subtly persuasive the man's influence really is."

The album was recorded when Barlow was "in a better place" after some years of struggling due to [[Sebadoh]]'s hiatus, John Davis leaving [[The Folk Implosion]] and personal problems. When the album was re-released in 2020, Barlow reflected: "Though Emoh was an overwhelmingly positive step forward for me, listening now, I realize the songs have a lot of pain in them. They clearly track the slow dissolution of my first marriage, the fatal break of several partnerships, and my struggle to acclimate to living in LA. Emoh is primarily an acoustic LP with live performances at its core, and that was a personal achievement for me. I’m still very pleased with it."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-13 |url=https://www.diversevinyl.com/product/emoh/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |title=Diverse Vinyl |language=en-gb}}</ref>

==Track listing== #"Holding Back the Year" – 3:30 #"Home" – 3:23 #"Caterpillar Girl" – 3:35 #"Legendary" – 4:11 #"Royalty" – 3:45 #"Puzzle" – 3:36 #"If I Could" – 3:42 #"Monkey Begun" – 3:02 #"Morning's After Me" – 3:44 #"[[Round and Round (Ratt song)|Round-N-Round]]" – 2:34 #"Mary" – 3:10 #"Confused" – 3:45 #"Imagined Life" – 4:14 #"The Ballad of Daykitty" – 4:03

===2020 reissue=== 15. Finger (Demo) 16. Helpless (Demo) 17. Legendary (Demo) 18. Puzzle (Demo) 19. Home (Demo) 20. If I Could (Demo) 21. Mary (Demo) 22. Confused (Demo)

==Personnel== *[[Lou Barlow]] – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, baritone electric guitar, bass, harp, piano, [[Korg]] bass and [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] Juno synthesizer, chord organ, [[Roland Octapad#Roland SPD-8 (1990), SPD-11 (1993), and SPD-20 (1998)|Roland percussion pad]], ([[Sampling (music)|sampled]]) percussion, xylophone, glockenspiel, backing vocals<ref>All credits taken from home page [http://www.loobiecore.com/emohindex.html Loobiecore.com]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> *[[Imaad Wasif]] – acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 4), electric guitar (1, 4, 12), slide guitar (12), percussion (4, 5), backing vocals (4) *Carey Kotsionis – harmony vocals (1, 7) *[[Jason Loewenstein]] – drums, knee slapping (1, 12) *Erin Hugely – cello (2, 11) *[[Wally Gagel]] – additional rhythm programming and synthesizer (3) *[[Russell Pollard]] – cut-up drums (3) *Abby Barlow – cello (6) *Mark Schwaber – electric guitar and bass (6) *Adam Harding – harmony vocals, electric guitar and piano (9) ;Production *Mark Nevers – recording (1, 2, 7, 11, 12, Beech House, [[Nashville, TN]]), mix (1, 2, 7, 11, Wedgewood, Nashville) *[[Wally Gagel]] – recording, mix and production (3, Bliss, [[Los Angeles, CA]], 2001) *Josh Schwartz – recording (4), mix (4, 10, 12, 14, Spaceshed, Los Angeles) *Lou Barlow - recording (5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, at home, Los Angeles), mix (5, 8, 9, 13, at home) *Mark Miller – recording and mix (6, Slaughterhouse, [[Hadley, MA]]) *Mark Chalecki – mastering ([[Capitol Studios]], [[Hollywood, CA]])

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.discogs.com/release/490669 ''Emoh''] at [[Discogs]]

[[Category:2005 albums]] [[Category:Lou Barlow albums]] [[Category:Merge Records albums]] [[Category:Domino Recording Company albums]]