Mortal City
Studio album by
Dar Williams
ReleasedJanuary 23, 1996
StudioSorcer Sound, Spa Studios and Live Wire, New York City
GenreFolk
Length42:16
LabelRazor & Tie
ProducerSteven Miller
Dar Williams chronology
The Honesty Room
(1993)		 Mortal City
(1996)		 End of The Summer
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert Christgau(dud)[2]

Mortal City is Dar Williams' second album, released in January 1996 by Razor & Tie.

The songs "As Cool as I Am" and "The Christians and the Pagans" were released as singles in 1996; the former was also accompanied by a music video. Unlike Williams' previous album, The Honesty Room, which was entirely acoustic, Mortal City featured electric backup on a number of the album's songs, particularly "The Ocean" and "The Blessings".

Joan Baez covered the song "February" on the album Gone from Danger.

Track listing

All songs written by Dar Williams, except where noted.

  1. "As Cool As I Am" – 3:35
  2. "February" – 3:51
  3. "Iowa (Travelling III)" – 4:46
  4. "The Christians and the Pagans" – 3:03
  5. "This Was Pompeii" – 3:53
  6. "The Ocean" – 5:16
  7. "Family" (Pierce Pettis) – 3:22
  8. "The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-Ed" – 3:12
  9. "The Blessings" – 3:50
  10. "Southern California Wants To Be Western New York" – 4:08
  11. "Mortal City" – 7:15

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic Review
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Dar Williams". Robert Christgau.


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