Transmitter Failure

Transmitter Failure is the second album by American singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs. It was released May 26, 2009, by the Nettwerk label.^[4]

Transmitter Failure
Studio album by Jenny Owen Youngs
Released	May 26, 2009
Genre	Indie, alternative rock
Length	47:36
Label	Nettwerk
Jenny Owen Youngs chronology
The Take Off All Your Clothes EP (2007) Transmitter Failure (2009) An Unwavering Band of Light (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Consequence of Sound	[2]
PopMatters	[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jenny Owen Youngs except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"First Person"	0:40
2.	"Led to the Sea" (Youngs, Dan Romer)	3:27
3.	"Dissolve"	3:49
4.	"Here Is a Heart" (Youngs, Bess Rogers, Dan Romer)	4:23
5.	"Clean Break"	3:02
6.	"If I Didn't Know" (Youngs, Dan Romer)	4:09
7.	"What Beats Within" (Youngs, Dan Romer, Osei Essed)	3:55
8.	"Secrets" (Youngs, Justin Pierre)	3:05
9.	"No More Words" (Youngs, Dan Romer)	6:29
10.	"Last Person"	3:15
11.	"Nighty Night" (Youngs, Dan Romer)	3:37
12.	"Transmitter Failure" (Youngs, Bess Rogers)	4:46
13.	"Start + Stop"	2:59
Total length:		47:36

Personnel

Performance

• Jenny Owen Youngs – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, bass, ukulele
• Chris Kuffner – double bass, bass, voice
• Adam Christgau – drum kit, hands and feet, percussion, voice
• Dan Romer – electric guitar, keys, glockenspiel, marimba, programming, accordion, organ, banjo, acoustic guitar
• Bess Rogers – voice, electric guitar, flute
• Meredith Godreau – voice
• Saul Simon-MacWilliams – voice, moog
• Hiroko Taguchi – violin
• Olivier Manchon – violin
• Jessica Troy – viola
• Ben Kalb – cello
• Brad Gordon – mbira, percussion
• Wil Farr – voice
• Kenny Warren – trumpet
• Dave Smith – trombone

Recording

• Production and arrangements by Dan Romer
• Mixing by Ryan Freeland
• Mastering by Gavin Lurssen
• Engineering by – Dan Romer, Michael Trepagnier (strings), Adam Thompson (piano), George Gregory (strings and piano), Jesse Lauter (basic tracking), Nick Smeraski (basic tracking)