Molina and Johnson

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Molina and Johnson | type = studio | artist = Jason Molina and Will Johnson | cover = SC195 Molina and Johnson.jpg | alt = Molina and Johnson album cover by Jack Delano, 1943 | released = 2 November 2009 | recorded = February 2008 | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative country | length = | label = Secretly Canadian | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} '''''Molina and Johnson''''' is a collaborative album recorded by American songwriters Jason Molina and Will Johnson. It was released on 2 November 2009 by Secretly Canadian.<ref name=SC>Secretly Canadian: ''Molina and Johnson'' release onesheet. Accessed 25 November 2009. [http://www.secretlycanadian.com/onesheet.php?cat=SC195 <link>]</ref>

The cover art for the album was taken from a photograph by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information: ''Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "stop." Calumet City, Ill.'' from 1943.

"All Gone, All Gone" features back-up vocals by Sarah Jaffe.

It received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic, with an aggregate score of 75 as of 25 November 2009.<ref name=MC>''Metacritic'': Molina And Johnson by Molina And Johnson. Accessed 25 November 2009. [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/molinaandjohnson/molinaandjohnson <link>]</ref> According to the ''Austin Chronicle'' reviewer, "this debut collaboration is a testament to just how deeply these two songwriters sympathize with each other's work, revealing a shared penchant for evocatively detailed images that blossom into visceral narratives."<ref name=AC>Austine Powell: "Texas Platters: Molina & Johnson", Austin Chronicle, 30 October 2009, accessed 25 November 2009. [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/issue/review?oid=oid%3A901326 <link>]</ref> The ''Pitchfork Media'' reviewer was less sanguine: "The 14 tracks on ''Molina and Johnson'' comprise an especially slow drive through somber countryside, windows up and speed limit carefully maintained."<ref name=PF>Stephen M. Deusner: "Album review: ''Molina and Johnson'' [5.1]", Pitchfork Media 4 November 2009, accessed 25 November 2009. [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13659-molina-and-johnson/ <link>]</ref>

==Track listing== #"Twenty Cycles to the Ground" #"All Falls Together" #"All Gone, All Gone" #"Almost Let You In" #"In the Avalon/Little Killer" #"Don't Take My Night From Me" #"Each Star Marks a Day" #"Lenore's Lullaby" #"The Lily and the Brakeman" #"Now, Divide" #"What You Reckon, What You Breathe" #"For as Long as It Will Matter" #"34 Blues" #"Wooden Heart"

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/howrad/sets/72157632399250846/ Recording session photos] on Flickr

Category:2009 collaborative albums Category:Jason Molina albums Category:Secretly Canadian albums Category:Will Johnson (musician) albums