Hold Time (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Hold Time

| type = studio

| artist = M. Ward

| cover = MWHoldTime.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2009|2|17}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative, folk

| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=40}}

| label = Merge, 4AD

| producer = M. Ward

| prev_title = To Go Home EP

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = A Wasteland Companion

| next_year = 2012

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 79/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/hold-time/m-ward|title=Hold Time by M. Ward|website=Metacritic|publisher=|accessdate=3 October 2016}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1471646}}

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm3}}{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=14484 |title=Hold Time |publisher=Robert Christgau |date= |accessdate= }}

| rev3 = Consequence of Sound

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2009/02/05/album-review-m-ward-hold-time/ |title=Album Review: M. Ward - Hold Time |access-date=2010-06-30 |archive-date=2009-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604112608/https://consequence.net/2009/02/05/album-review-m-ward-hold-time/ |url-status=dead }}

| rev4 = Drowned in Sound

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13940/reviews/4136089 |title=Album Review: M. Ward - Hold Time / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound |access-date=2009-02-03 |archive-date=2019-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024025608/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13940/reviews/4136089 |url-status=dead }}

| rev5 = KPSU

| rev5Score = {{rating|8|10}}{{Cite web |url=http://kpsu.org/node/29578 |title=Hold Time- M. Ward | KPSU |access-date=2009-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528204316/http://kpsu.org/node/29578 |archive-date=2009-05-28 |url-status=dead }}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6Score = 6.8/10{{Cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/149029-m-ward-hold-time |title=Hold Time | Pitchfork |access-date=2009-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219160054/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/149029-m-ward-hold-time |archive-date=2009-02-19 |url-status=dead }}

| rev7 = PopMatters

| rev7Score = {{rating|8|10}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/69795-m-ward-hold-time |title=M. Ward: Hold Time < Music | PopMatters |access-date=2009-02-17 |archive-date=2009-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219184939/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/69795-m-ward-hold-time/ |url-status=dead }}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20090210071842/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/25823371/review/25895694/hold_time Rollingstone]

| rev9 = Slant Magazine

| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/m-ward-hold-time/1650|title=Review: M. Ward, Hold Time|website=Slant Magazine|date=March 2009}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/m-ward-hold-time-merge|title = M. Ward, 'Hold Time' (Merge)|date = 4 February 2009}}

| rev11 = Tiny Mix Tapes

| rev11Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/m-ward-hold-time|title=Music Review: M. Ward - Hold Time}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Hold Time is the sixth proper studio album from M. Ward, released on February 17, 2009. Hold Time is the follow-up to his 2006 album Post-War and its companion EP To Go Home in 2007.

Hold Time includes guest performances by Jason Lytle of the band Grandaddy, Lucinda Williams, Tom Hagerman of DeVotchKa, and She & Him co-contributor Zooey Deschanel. The album includes a cover of the Buddy Holly song "Rave On". A streaming preview was made available through NPR before the album's release.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99084694|title=Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward's 'Hold Time'|newspaper=NPR|date=12 January 2009|publisher=|accessdate=3 October 2016}} M. Ward also made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on February 17, 2009.