Got No Shadow
Studio album by
Mary Lou Lord
ReleasedJanuary 27, 1998
RecordedSunset Sound
GenreRock/folk
Length46:13
LabelWork Records
ProducerTom Rothrock/Rob Schnapf
Mary Lou Lord chronology
Martian Saints
(1996) 		Got No Shadow
(1998) 		Live City Sounds
(2001)

Got No Shadow is an album by Mary Lou Lord, released in early 1998 on Work Records, a division of Sony Music. It is Lord's only full-length release on a major label.

Song information

"His Lamest Flame" is a reference to the Elvis Presley song "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame".

"She Had You" was a hit in the Philippines, and was played on FM radio in an NU 107 midnight countdown.

"Lights Are Changing", "She Had You", "Supergun" and "Down Along the Lea" were all written by Nick Saloman of British band The Bevis Frond. "Lights Are Changing" first appeared on the band's 1988 album Triptych. Saloman is one of several guitarists playing on this album and a creative collaborator as well; he and Lord also co-wrote "His Lamest Flame", "Two Boats" and "Subway". (Lord has recorded and performed other Saloman songs throughout her career.)

"Some Jingle Jangle Morning" is a re-recording of an original song that first appeared (as "Some Jingle Jangle Morning (When I'm Straight)") in 1993 on Lord's debut 7" vinyl single for Kill Rock Stars. The song is said to be about Kurt Cobain[1] – Mary Lou was briefly involved with Cobain in the early 1990s at the beginning of Nirvana's rise to fame.[2][3]

"Shake Sugaree" is a folk/blues song written by Elizabeth Cotten, appearing on her 1967 album of the same name. "The Lucky One" is a Freedy Johnston cover.

Reception

Following five years of independent-label singles and EPs and a self-released cassette, Lord's long-awaited debut album received glowing, positive reviews and critical acclaim in Rolling Stone, Spin and other music publications, and from Robert Christgau in his Consumer Guide column in The Village Voice.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Spin7/10[6]
The Village VoiceA−[7]






Track listing

  1. "His Lamest Flame" (Nick Saloman, Mary Lou Lord) – 3:37
  2. "Western Union Desperate" (Lord) – 3:09
  3. "Lights Are Changing" (Saloman) – 5:23
  4. "Seven Sisters" (Lord) – 3:36
  5. "Throng of Blowtown" (Lord) – 3:25
  6. "The Lucky One" (Freedy Johnston) – 3:07
  7. "She Had You" (Saloman) – 3:57
  8. "Some Jingle Jangle Morning (When I'm Straight)" (Lord) – 3:44
  9. "Shake Sugaree" (Elizabeth Cotten) – 2:21
  10. "Two Boats" (Saloman, Lord) – 4:02
  11. "Supergun" (Saloman) – 3:34
  12. "Down Along the Lea" (Saloman) – 2:04
  13. "Subway" (Lord, Saloman) – 4:14

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Lazy-I Interview: Mary Lou Lord -- January 2003".
  2. ^ "About a girl - Music Features".
  3. ^ "The Daily Swarm - Mary Lou Lord Blathers on About Her Relationship with Kurt Cobain; Regrets Not Blowing Him". Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Got No Shadow at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  5. ^ Powers, Ann (January 22, 1998). Sheffield, Rob (ed.). "Mary Lou Lord Got No Shadow". Rolling Stone. No. 778. p. 56. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
  6. ^ France, Kim (February 1998). "Mary Lou Lord: Got No Shadow (Sony/Work Group)/Juliana Hatfield: Please Do Not Disturb (Bar None)/Lisa Loeb: Firecracker (Geffen)". Spin. 14 (2): 103.
  7. ^ Christgau, Robert (April 28, 1998). "Consumer Guide: Mary Lou Lord: Got No Shadow". The Village Voice. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
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