Dollars and Dimes

Dollars and Dimes
Studio album by
Owen Temple
Released2009
RecordedAustin, Texas, January 2009
GenreCountry
Length36:36
LabelEl Paisano
ProducerGabriel Rhodes
Owen Temple chronology
Two Thousand Miles
(2008) 		Dollars and Dimes
(2009) 		Mountain Home
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Hyperbolium[2]

Dollars and Dimes is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter Owen Temple. It was released June 9, 2009, on El Paisano Records. A concept album focused on hard times in different regions of North America, that the Chicago Sun-Times stated "delivers the concept richly".[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Owen Temple except where noted.
  1. "Broken Heart Land" (Temple, Jeff Burkhart, Gordy Quist)– 3:32
  2. "Black Diamond" (Temple, Adam Carroll, Scott Nolan)– 2:58
  3. "Making a Life" (Temple, Quist, Chris Anderson) – 3:38
  4. "City of the King" (Temple, Quist, Evan Christian)– 4:15
  5. "Dollars and Dimes" (Temple, Carroll)– 3:11
  6. "Memphis" – 3:10
  7. "Los Angeles" – 2:49
  8. "I Don't Want to Do What I Do" (Temple, Carroll)– 3:14
  9. "Quiet Look" – 3:15
  10. "Golden Age" (Temple, Quist)– 3:35
  11. "Winnipeg Waltz" – 3:06

Personnel

Musicians

  • Owen Temple – vocals, acoustic
  • Gabriel Rhodes – acoustic, electric guitar, pump organ, piano, ukulele
  • Will Sexton – bass, electric guitar, harmony vocals
  • Hunt Sales – drums, electric guitar, percussion
  • Brian Standefer – cello
  • Michael Thompson – piano
  • Adam Carroll – harmonica

Production

  • Produced by Gabe Rhodes
  • Engineered by Cris Burns
  • Recorded at Bumshoe Music Services, Austin, Texas

Artwork

  • Art direction/design by Lance Schriner
  • Photography by Jonathan Lurie
  • Photography by Philip Albert Shane

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Freeform American Roots Chart[4] 5
Euro Americana Chart[5] 1

Releases

Year Format Label Catalog #
2009 CD El Paisano Records EPR CD 650181

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Hyperbolium review
  3. ^ [1] Archived 2009-07-11 at the Wayback Machine Hoekstra, Dave (July 5, 2009). "Playing off North America's regions, travel album delivers concept richly". Chicago Sun-Times.
  4. ^ Freeform American Roots (FAR) Chart for August 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
  5. ^ Euro Americana Chart Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine for July 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2009.