Guide Note

Emerald City is the sixth solo album by indie rock musician, John Vanderslice. The album was politically motivated and named after the "Green Zone" in Baghdad.

Fast Facts

1. Genre: Indie Rock
2. Release date: July 24, 2007
3. Label: Barsuk Records
4. Producer: Scott Solter
5. Album was leaked on the internet one month prior to being released

1. "Kookaburra"
2. "Time to Go"
3. "The Parade"
4. "White Dove"
5. "Tablespoon of Codeine"
6. "The Tower"
7. "The Minaret"
8. "Numbered Lithograph"
9. "Central Booking"

"'Both on a song-for-song basis and as singular cohesive work, Emerald City demonstrates Vanderslice's masterful control of craft at every structural level and his unrivaled ability to make the political personal." - Slant Magazine

"Throughout Emerald City, Vanderslice uses his celebrated producing talent to control feedback and mold it into an instrument as vital as the guitar and piano that are so central to his music." - Tiny Mix Tapes

"The album, like most of Vanderslice’s albums, meanders along like a pleasant afternoon: it is all fair weather and blithe breezes, fairly consistent in both tone and tempo." -Stylus Magazine