On Leaving

On Leaving
Studio album by Nina Nastasia
Released	September 11, 2006
Genre	Folk
Length	33:59
Label	Fat Cat
Producer	Steve Albini
Nina Nastasia chronology
Run to Ruin (2003) On Leaving (2006) You Follow Me (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10) link
Stylus	B link

On Leaving is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia. It was released on September 11, 2006 on Fat Cat Records. It was recorded by Steve Albini and produced by Nastasia, Kennan Gudjonsson, and Albini. The album received generally favorable reviews; Allmusic considered the album a "deeply poetic record."^[1] Stylus Magazine commented the album was "full bodied and masterful, overshadowing many big-footed leading ladies’ recent folk releases."^[2] Pitchfork Media found it "difficult to hear Nastasia pull back to a songwriter-with-guitar style."^[3]

Track listing

1. Jim's Room
2. Brad Haunts a Party
3. Our Day Trip
4. Counting Up Your Bones
5. Dumb I Am
6. Why Don't You Stay Home
7. One Old Woman
8. Treehouse Song
9. Lee
10. Settling Song
11. Bird of Cuzco
12. If We Go to the West

Recording information

Engineered by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.

References

External links

• Fat Cat announcement