Post-War

For term of historic periodisation, see Post-war.

Post-War
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Studio album by M. Ward
Released	August 22, 2006
Recorded	Blue Rooms, Portland Type Foundry, Portland Wavelab, Tucson, Arizona Presto!, Lincoln, Nebraska
Genre	Folk rock
Length	37:35
Label	Merge Records (US) 4AD (Europe)
Producer	M. Ward, Jim James
M. Ward chronology
Transistor Radio (2005)Transistor Radio2005 Post-War (2006) To Go Home (2007)To Go Home2007

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100 link
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Being There	link
musicOMH.com	link
Pitchfork Media	8.2/10 link
Rolling Stone	link
Twisted Ear	link

Post-War is the fifth studio album by M. Ward. It was released on August 22, 2006 by Merge Records. It features the single "To Go Home", a cover of a song written by Daniel Johnston. Guest appearances were made by Jim James of My Morning Jacket (who produced the track "Magic Trick"), Neko Case and Mike Mogis. Ward has said that the song "Today's Undertaking" was heavily inspired by Roy Orbison's 1963 single "In Dreams."

Track listing

All songs by Matt Ward except where noted.

1. "Poison Cup" - 2:40
2. "To Go Home" - 3:51 (Daniel Johnston)
3. "Right in the Head" - 4:12
4. "Post-War" - 4:55
5. "Requiem" - 2:48
6. "Chinese Translation" - 3:58
7. "Eyes on the Prize" - 2:37
8. "Magic Trick" - 1:43
9. "Neptune's Net" - 2:06
10. "Rollercoaster" - 2:48
11. "Today's Undertaking" - 2:26
12. "Afterword/Rag" - 3:32
13. "Chinese Translation" (enhanced video)

Personnel

• M. Ward - guitars, voice, keys, chimes on 4
• Mike Coykendall - bass, percussion on 4, 10, voice on 6, 7, 10, drums on 1, 8, harp on 8
• Jordan Hudson - drums on 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, percussion on 7
• Rachael Blumberg - drums on 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, voice on 12
• Mike Mogis - timpani on 1, 11, mandolin on 3, chimes on 9, 11, cymbal on 9, 11, 12, triangle on 9, Omnichord on 11, Chamberlin on 12
• Amanda Lawrence - violin, viola on 1, 11
• Jim James - voice on 6, 8, guitar on 8
• Skip Von Kuske - cello, bass on 1
• Neko Case - voice on 2

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)	28
US Billboard 200	146
US Digital Albums (Billboard)	24
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)	3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)	7
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)	13