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Boneclouds

{{Infobox album

| name = Boneclouds

| type = studio

| artist = Mason Jennings

| cover = Boneclounds album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 16, 2006

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Folk

| length = 38:01

| label = Glacial Pace{{Cite web|url=https://www.glacialpace.com/mason-jennings|title=Mason Jennings|website=Glacial Pace}}

| producer = Noah Georgeson, Mason Jennings

| prev_title = Use Your Voice

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = In the Ever

| next_year = 2008

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/boneclouds-mw0000729669|title=Boneclouds - Mason Jennings | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2=Rolling Stone |rev2Score={{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/10337779/review/10963148/boneclouds|title=Boneclouds : Mason Jennings : Review : Rolling Stone|date=November 4, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104085718/https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/10337779/review/10963148/boneclouds|archive-date=2007-11-04}}

}}

Boneclouds is an album by Mason Jennings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mason-jennings-mn0000389378/biography|title=Mason Jennings | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/mason-jennings-boneclouds/|title=Mason Jennings - Boneclouds|website=No Depression}} It was released in 2006 by Glacial Pace.{{Cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2006/05/30/amateur-proselytizing/|title=Amateur Proselytizing | The Village Voice|website=www.villagevoice.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://indyweek.com/api/content/65d3b7a6-b138-5e30-88b8-8c691f6bf0d5/|title=Mason Jennings|first=Grayson Haver|last=Currin|date=June 14, 2006|website=INDY Week}}

Production

The album was produced by Noah Georgeson, with minor input from Isaac Brock.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/boneclouds/15078/|title=Boneclouds | Prefixmag.com}}

Critical reception

NPR wrote that "though the production is cleaner and fuller sounding than on his earlier records, [Jennings] maintains the level of intimacy and insight that his fans have come to expect."{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5482663|title=Mason Jennings: Pop with Grace and Class|website=NPR.org}} American Songwriter called Boneclouds "the most dynamic and richly textured album of Jennings’ career."{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/mason-jennings-makes-his-move/|title=MASON JENNINGS: Makes His Move « American Songwriter|date=May 1, 2006}} Billboard wrote that "there's a fine line between being genuine and being cheesy, and Boneclouds wrestles with this throughout."{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58036/mason-jennings-boneclouds|title=MASON JENNINGS, "Boneclouds"|website=Billboard}} PopMatters called Jennings "an extraordinary player who dazzles through the charm and eloquence of his fret work."{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/mason-jennings-boneclouds-2495678059.html|title=Mason Jennings: Boneclouds|date=May 18, 2006|website=PopMatters}} Paste lamented Jennings's "penchant for Hallmark sentimentality and easy rhymes."{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/mason-jennings/mason-jennings-boneclouds/|title=Mason Jennings - Boneclouds|date=June 30, 2008|website=pastemagazine.com}}

Track listing

  1. "Be Here Now" – 3:48
  2. "Gentlest Hammer" – 3:14
  3. "If You Ain't Got Love" – 3:16
  4. "Some Say I'm Not" – 3:57
  5. "Moon Sailing on the Water" – 4:34
  6. "Jackson Square" – 4:10
  7. "If You Need a Reason" – 4:35
  8. "Which Way Your Heart Will Go" – 3:18
  9. "Where the Sun Had Been" – 2:12
  10. "Jesus Are You Real" – 4:52
  11. "Things Change" – 3:48 (iTunes bonus track)

References

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Category:2006 albums

Category:Mason Jennings albums

Category:Epic Records albums

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