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Silver Ladder is an album by American singer/songwriter Peter Mulvey, released in 2014.

Silver Ladder
Studio album by Peter Mulvey
Released	2014
Recorded	September 2013, Signature Sound, Connecticut
Genre	Indie music, Folk music
Length	34:38
Label	Signature Sounds
Producer	Chuck Prophet, Aidan Hawken
Peter Mulvey chronology
The Good Stuff (2012) Silver Ladder (2014)

Silver Ladder was the first album released by Mulvey after a five-year hiatus from songwriting due to personal issues. He decided to write one song a week and collected enough to record the album. The basic tracks were recorded live over two-and-a-half days followed by overdubs.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
CultureFly	[2]
Irish Times	[3]
The Daily Telegraph	[4]

Writing for the Irish Times, Joe Breen called the album "impressive" and wrote that although Mulvey "can go overboard... he compensates."[3] Martin Chilton of The Telegraph called the album "grown-up country" and wrote that Mulvey had excelled himself.[4] Jason Noble of CultureFly called the album "not a bad return, but it’s not likely to set the world on fire" and wrote "The songs are decent enough, but do suffer from a lack of impact at times, and a little more variation would help..."[2]

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel placed the album 7th in its year-end review of the top 10 best albums of 2014 in Milwaukee.[5]

Track listing

All songs by Peter Mulvey unless noted.

1. "Lies You Forgot You Told" – 2:24
2. "You Don't Have to Tell Me" – 2:29
3. "Sympathies" – 2:32
4. "Remember the Milkman?" (Mulvey, Matt Lorenz) – 2:47
5. "What Else Was It?" – 3:40
6. "Trempealeau" – 3:15
7. "Where Did You Go?" (Mulvey, David Goodrich, Barry Rothman) – 3:41
8. "Josephine" – 2:58
9. "Back in the Wind" (Mulvey, Paul Cebar) – 2:55
10. "Copenhagen Airport" – 2:25
11. "If You Shoot at a King You Must Kill Him" – 4:25
12. "Landfall" – 1:07

Personnel

• Peter Mulvey - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Anita Suhanin – vocals
• Sara Watkins – violin, vocals
• James DePrato – guitar
• Tom Freund – bass
• Aidan Hawken – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• David Kemper – drums
• Phil Parlapiano – accordion
• Chuck Prophet – drums, guitar, vocals

Production notes

• Aidan Hawken – producer
• Chuck Prophet – producer
• Dan Burns – engineer, mixing
• Ian Kennedy – mastering
• Andy Plaisted – engineer
• Meghan Dewar – design
• Hartwig Kopp-Delaney – cover photo

References

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