Back Porch Spirituals

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| type = studio

| artist = Jeremy Fisher

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| released = December 9, 2001

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| genre = Folk pop

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| label = Independent album

| producer = Jeremy Fisher

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Back Porch Spirituals is the first studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Jeremy Fisher.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeremy-fisher-mn0000432564/biography|title=Jeremy Fisher | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} It was released independently in 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2008/02/19/smokin_folkie_jeremy_fisher/|title=Smokin' Folkie: Jeremy Fisher|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}

Fisher bicycled alone across North America, from Seattle to Halifax, to promote the album.Dye, David (March 12, 2008). "[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88153891 Jeremy Fisher: Pedal-Powered Rock]", NPR. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- Hasty, Katie (October 11, 2007). "[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1048177/jeremy-fisher-gets-blue Jeremy Fisher Gets 'Blue']", Billboard. Retrieved June 17, 2015.

Reception

In reviewing the album, the Times Colonist wrote that the tracks on the album "seem to have seamlessly grown out of Fisher's Kerouacian rootlessness and contagious energy".Blake, Joseph (February 16, 2003). "Quirky, soulful, earthy – these discs have it", Times Colonist, p. B11.

Track listing

"The Devil Found a Friend in Me"
"Ain't Got Nothing but Plenty of Time"
"Jolly Rodger"
"Kiss the Moon"
"You, Me, and the Sunshine"
"Twister"
"Saddle Up the Horse"
"Marengo, Saskatchewan"
"Song for Robert Zimmerman"
"Safe and Sound"

References

Category:Jeremy Fisher albums

Category:2001 debut albums