Beeline (album)

2002 studio album by Peter Case

Beeline

Studio album by

Peter Case

Released| September 10, 2002
Recorded| April 2002
Genre| Alternative rock, alternative country, folk rock
Label| Vanguard
Producer| Andrew Williams, Peter Case
Peter Case chronology
| Thank You St. Jude
(2001)  | Beeline
(2002)  | Who's Gonna Go Your Crooked Mile?
(2004)

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Beeline is an album by American singer-songwriter Peter Case, released in 2002.

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
No Depression| mixed[2]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Robert L. Doerschuk wrote "The low-budget production suggests that at least one of the goals here is to maintain Case's credibility as an off-center artist. In the end, though, this only contributes to a derivative quality… there's little to distinguish Bee Line from more insightful, wry, and far brighter highlights in the Case catalog."[1] Writing for No Depression, David Menconi wrote of the album "In many ways, Beeline represents Case’s niftiest balancing act to date, adding touches of psychedelic ragtime and exotic raga drones to his steady rolling country blues… Beeline is anything but a downer, although the stoicism is more implied than spelled out."[2]

## Track listing

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All songs written by Peter Case unless otherwise noted.

1. "If You Got a Light to Shine" – 6:08
2. "Evening Raga" – 4:39
3. "I Hear Your Voice" – 5:05
4. "Lost in the Sky" – 5:42
5. "Gone" – 3:49
6. "Something's Coming" – 5:58
7. "Ain't Leaving Your Love" – 3:18
8. "It's Cold Inside" – 3:52
9. "Mañana Champeen" – 5:04
10. "First Light" – 6:29
11. "Something's Coming Remix" (Rob Swift) – 2:59

## Personnel

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* Peter Case – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
* Sandy Chila – drums
* David Meshell – bass
* Joshua Case – guitar
* Andrew Williams – harmonium

Production

* Andrew Williams – producer, engineer, mixing
* Peter Case – producer
* Travis Dickerson – engineer
* Gavin Lurssen – mastering
* Joshua Case – computer editing
* Greg Allen – package design, photography

## References

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1. ^ a b Doerschuk, Robert L. "Beeline > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
2. ^ a b Mencni, David (September–October 2002). "Review: Beeline". No Depression. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013.

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Peter Case

Studio albums|

* Peter Case (1986)
* The Man with the Blue Post-Modern Fragmented Neo-Traditionalist Guitar (1989)
* Six-Pack of Love (1992)
* Sings Like Hell (1993)
* Torn Again (1995)
* Full Service No Waiting (1998)
* Flying Saucer Blues (2000)
* Thank You St. Jude (2001)
* Beeline (2002)
* Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John (2007)
* Wig! (2010)
* HWY 62 (2015)

Compilations|

* Who's Gonna Go Your Crooked Mile? (2004)
* The Case Files 2011

Related articles|

* The Nerves
* The Plimsouls

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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