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| Our Endless Numbered Days | 
 enlarge | Artist: Iron & Wine
Label: Sub Pop
Category: Music
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $10.08
You Save: $4.90 (33%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $8.49
Avg. Customer Rating:  (132 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1112
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 630
UPC: 098787063028
EAN: 0098787063028
ASIN: B0001ENX54
Release Date: March 23, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | On Your Wings | | • | Naked As We Came | | • | Cinder And Smoke | | • | Sunset Soon Forgotten | | • | Teeth In The Grass | | • | Love And Some Verses | | • | Radio War | | • | Each Coming Night | | • | Free Until They Cut Me Down | | • | Fever Dream | | • | Sodom, South Georgia | | • | Passing Afternoon |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
Listening to Our Endless Numbered Days makes plain Sam's deft touch with words and melody; one that allows him to turn out stories about love, loss, faith, or the lack of it that are at once personal and universal, set to music that is sweetly haunting and timeless.
Amazon.com
Florida?s brilliant singer-songwriter Sam Beam expands Iron & Wine from solo project to a gaggle of friends and family on slide guitar, percussion, and backing vocals on his second album. Fans need not worry--the hushed immediacy and rich melodies remain the focus--but new flavors abound. For instance, the strange "Cinder And Smoke" sounds like a collaboration (with banjos of course) between America, Robert Wyatt and Low. Meanwhile, "On Your Wings," "Free Until They Cut Me Down," and "Teeth in the Grass" showcase a brooding, earthy, Southern-rock-on-laudanum side that the band had previously only demonstrated in concert. It's rare when an artist who's become known for bedroom recordings makes the transition to the studio to produce work that's better--Daniel Johnston, Lou Barlow, and Liz Phair all made their defining moments crouched above a cassette recorder at home. But Beam is the exception to the rule, as he has easily bested himself on the second Iron & Wine album. --Mike McGonigal
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| Customer Reviews: Read 127 more reviews...
 Great music, not so hot on the mix/production August 14, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed Samuel Beam's style and artistry but the mix on the CD itself left something to be desired. I'm unsure if this was one of his "home mixed" recordings but the CD quality could use a little polish. (It was necessary to seriously tweak my settings to get the sound I wanted to hear.)However, the artist's style was very enjoyable and the lyrics held my interest with their message.
I will definitely check out some of his more recent works in search of a more enjoyable sound mix.
 one of the best metal albums of all time! May 2, 2008
Did I say metal, I meant indie. well personally I like this album very much. Listening to this calms the nerves and makes one think they're not quite on the same planet. I suppose one's mood might also factor in to that as well, but anyway this is great stuff.
Hauntingly Uplifting February 16, 2008
The enigmatic Iron & Wine were recommended to me by a like-minded, holistically-oriented friend, and I now keep them in heavy rotation. Their music at once hypnotic, rejuvenating and energizing. It's easy to see why they have so many devotees. Take what you need each time you listen and savor the rest another time!
Antidote to Today's Pop Glitz January 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I own "Our Endless Numbered Days," "Woman King," and "The Creek Drank the Cradle." "OEND" is definitely my favorite.
Beam's style is minimalist in every way - minimal allegorical lyrics, minimal production, minimal photos, minimal graphics in the CD/sleeve, etc. But in "OEND" less is way better.
Iron and Wine was one of my best discoveries of 2007. Its difficult to describe how the music and words fit so well. Lets be honest; for most of the songs, its really impossible to tell exactly what's going on! A good example would be the lyric "there will be teeth in the grass." from the fifth track, "Teeth in the Grass." If someone out there can tell me what that means, leave me a comment! Nevertheless, primitive, raw feelings are conveyed, and although usually somber and at times melancholy, it all sounds and feels so good.
How can anyone not be moved by "OEND's" tracks 2, 3, 9, and especially 8 and 10?
I'll probably purchase the newer CD with "Boy with a Coin," which is another great Iron and Wine song. [2/14/08 UPDATE: I have purchased "The Shepherd's Dog." With the remarkable exception of "Boy With a Coin," this CD was a disappointment. Its way over-produced, wanders all over the place, and on a few tracks, sounds apallingly "POP." For me, perhaps, the expectations created by OEND were just too high to match.]
In music, we have our virtuosos, and geniuses, i.e., the Van Halens and Mozarts, who are technically superior.
Then we have the people who write music to which we long to listen, like Iron and Wine.
Awesome album January 15, 2008
I'm not a music expert or critic, or into the sub-pop scene. I just know good music when I hear it, and this is it. I first got turned on to Iron and Wine after hearing the Garden State Soundtrack (an album/movie that had a profound impact on me). NAKED AS WE CAME is one of the most poignant (spelling?) songs I have ever heard. It is raw emotion turned into sound waves.
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