Silver Ladder

Silver Ladder
Studio album by Peter Mulvey
Released	2014
Recorded	September 2013, Signature Sound, Connecticut
Genre	Indie music, Folk music
Length	34:38
Label	Signature Sounds
Producer	Chuck Prophet, Aidan Hawken
Peter Mulvey chronology
The Good Stuff (2012) Silver Ladder (2014)

Silver Ladder is an album by American singer/songwriter Peter Mulvey, released in 2014.

Silver Ladder was the first album released by Mulvey after a five-year hiatus from songwriting due to personal issues. He decided to write one song a week and collected enough to record the album. The basic tracks were recorded live over two-and-a-half days followed by overdubs.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
CultureFly	[2]
Irish Times	[3]
The Daily Telegraph	[4]

Writing for the Irish Times, Joe Breen called the album "impressive" and wrote that although Mulvey "can go overboard... he compensates."^[3] Martin Chilton of The Telegraph called the album "grown-up country" and wrote that Mulvey had excelled himself.^[4] Jason Noble of CultureFly called the album "not a bad return, but it’s not likely to set the world on fire" and wrote "The songs are decent enough, but do suffer from a lack of impact at times, and a little more variation would help..."^[2]

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel placed the album 7th in its year-end review of the top 10 best albums of 2014 in Milwaukee.^[5]

Track listing

All songs by Peter Mulvey unless noted.

1. "Lies You Forgot You Told" – 2:24
2. "You Don't Have to Tell Me" – 2:29
3. "Sympathies" – 2:32
4. "Remember the Milkman?" (Mulvey, Matt Lorenz) – 2:47
5. "What Else Was It?" – 3:40
6. "Trempealeau" – 3:15
7. "Where Did You Go?" (Mulvey, David Goodrich, Barry Rothman) – 3:41
8. "Josephine" – 2:58
9. "Back in the Wind" (Mulvey, Paul Cebar) – 2:55
10. "Copenhagen Airport" – 2:25
11. "If You Shoot at a King You Must Kill Him" – 4:25
12. "Landfall" – 1:07

Personnel

• Peter Mulvey - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Anita Suhanin – vocals
• Sara Watkins – violin, vocals
• James DePrato – guitar
• Tom Freund – bass
• Aidan Hawken – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• David Kemper – drums
• Phil Parlapiano – accordion
• Chuck Prophet – drums, guitar, vocals

Production notes

• Aidan Hawken – producer
• Chuck Prophet – producer
• Dan Burns – engineer, mixing
• Ian Kennedy – mastering
• Andy Plaisted – engineer
• Meghan Dewar – design
• Hartwig Kopp-Delaney – cover photo

References

1. Emmons, Mitch. "Peter Mulvey on the Release of 'Silver Ladder'". Guitar World. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
2. Noble, Jason. "Silver Ladder Review". CultureFly. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
3. Breen, Joe. "Silver Ladder Review". Irish Times. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
4. Chilton, Martin. "Silver Ladder Review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
5. "Field Report's 'Marigolden,' Death Blues' 'Ensemble' top list of 10 best Milwaukee albums of 2014". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved February 20, 2016.