A Loud Call

A Loud Call is the third studio album by Australian indie-folk artist Holly Throsby. It was released on 14 July 2008, which peaked at No. 34 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Throsby worked with Nashville-based producer, Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Andrew Bird). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 she was nominated for Best Female Artist for the album.

A Loud Call
Studio album by Holly Throsby
Released	14 July 2008 (2008-07-14)
Studio	Beech House, South Nashville Tony Dupé, Kangaroo Valley
Genre	Indie folk
Length	42:54
Label	Spunk/EMI
Producer	Mark Nevers
Holly Throsby chronology
Under the Town (2006) A Loud Call (2008) See! (2010)

Background

Most of A Loud Call, the third studio album by Australian indie folk singer-songwriter, Holly Throsby, was recorded at Beech House Studios, the residence of producer Mark Nevers, in South Nashville, United States.^[1][2] Nevers had previously produced material for Lambchop and Andrew Bird.^[1] Some additional recording of strings and horns was done at Tony Dupé's home studio in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales.^[3]

A Loud Call was Radio National's album of the week when it was released on 14 July 2008.^[4] The album peaked at No. 34 on the ARIA Albums Chart.^[5] In September 2008, Throsby was nominated for Best Female Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 2008 for the album.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Holly Throsby,^[7] unless otherwise noted

A Loud Call track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Warm Jets"	3:55
2.	"A Heart Divided" (Throsby, Bree van Reyk)	3:37
3.	"Now I Love Someone"	3:56
4.	"On the Wharf" (Throsby, van Reyk)	5:58
5.	"The Time It Takes"	4:12
6.	"Would You?" (featuring Bonnie "Prince" Billy)	3:12
7.	"One of You for Me"	3:13
8.	"We Carry"	3:46
9.	"And Then We're Gone"	4:14
10.	"A Widow's Song"	2:56
11.	"To Begin With" (Throsby, van Reyk)	3:55
Total length:		42:54

Personnel

Credits:^[1][8]

Musicians

• Holly Throsby – guitars (acoustic, electric), keyboards, piano, lead vocals
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy – backing vocals, co-lead vocals ("Would You?")
• Jena Birchell – cello, bass guitar, mandolin
• Tony Crow – synthesiser, backing vocals
• Tony Dupé – clarinet, bass clarinet, French Horn, guitar, horn arrangements, piano, string arrangements, backing vocals
• Penny McBride – flugelhorn, trumpet, backing vocals
• Mark Nevers – guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Swanson – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Gary Tussing – cello
• William Tyler – electric guitar, backing vocals
• Bree van Reyk – drums, organ, accordion

Production details

• Jim DeMain – mastering engineer
• Tony Dupé – engineer
• Mark Nevers – audio engineer, audio production, engineer, mixing engineer
• Tim Whitten – mixing engineer

Charts

Chart performance for A Loud Call

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	34