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Jandek
Jandek is the musical project of an anonymous outsider musician who operates out of Houston, Texas. Since 1978, Jandek has self-released over 60 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting more than the occasional interview or providing any biographical information. Jandek often plays a highly idiosyncratic and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music, often using an open and unconventional chord structure. Jandek's music is unique, but the lyrics closely mirror the country blues and folk traditions of East Texas. The name "Jandek" is most commonly used to refer specifically to the main—often sole—performer, rather than to the project.
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Glasgow Sunday [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Not Even Water | 10:29 |
| Where I Stay | 7:34 |
| Darkness You Give | 9:42 |
| Sea of Red | 7:55 |
| Real Wild | 6:30 |
| Don't Want to Be | 6:01 |
| Blue Blue World | 6:47 |
| The Other Side | 6:49 |
The Door Behind [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Do You Want Me | 6:14 |
| Gate Strikes One | 8:57 |
| I'm Not That Good | 6:23 |
| It's Only You | 6:08 |
| Every Sentence | 9:36 |
Worthless Recluse [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| In the Cave | 5:57 |
| Out of the Cave | 4:38 |
| Stopped | 2:18 |
| Interlude | 2:01 |
| Aimless Breeze | 2:02 |
| You Wake Up Deadmen | 3:34 |
| Worthless Recluse | 17:14 |
| Lofty Rider | 1:28 |
| Your Turn | 1:34 |
| You Won't Get Up | 1:12 |
The Humility of Pain [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Work of Art | 4:49 |
| I Stepped Out of It | 5:37 |
| I Want to Look In | 6:41 |
| I Can't Leave a Clue | 4:46 |
| Share My Life | 6:48 |
| You Know You Need | 5:38 |
I Woke Up [1997]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| First Awake Moment | 2:29 |
| Alone on That Mountain | 3:57 |
| I Can Not | 4:07 |
| Equaled in Life | 2:17 |
| Star of Zenith | 3:57 |
| Take It Easy | 2:06 |
| Pending Doom | 1:21 |
| Today | 1:25 |
White Box Requiem [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| White Box | 3:53 |
| Second Thoughts | 1:45 |
| Thinking | 1:45 |
| Part Yesterday | 3:19 |
| Evening Sun | 2:49 |
| Must Have Been a Miracle | 2:05 |
| Wondering | 2:50 |
| What Should I Do | 1:49 |
| Didn't Really Die | 4:32 |
Glad to Get Away [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Bitter Tale | 2:30 |
| Hey Mister Can You Tell Me | 3:38 |
| Ezekiel | 2:53 |
| Moon Dance | 2:29 |
| Flowers on My Shirt | 2:41 |
| Morning Drum | 3:04 |
| Down Clown | 2:49 |
| Rain in Madison | 2:24 |
| Van Ness Mission | 3:08 |
| Anticipation | 3:17 |
| Take My Will | 4:08 |
| Plenty | 2:04 |
| What | 3:07 |
One Foot in the North [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Yellow Pages | 7:07 |
| Angel | 3:32 |
| Show the Man Your Picture | 2:06 |
| Think About Your Lady | 2:54 |
| Real Fine Movement | 2:49 |
| Alehouse Blues | 3:19 |
| Upon the Grandeur | 8:36 |
| Phoenix | 5:00 |
| Dreaming Man | 3:46 |
| Breast in a Moonbeam | 2:46 |
| Honey | 1:31 |
Somebody in the Snow [1990]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Tell Me Who You Are | 3:59 |
| Come Through With a Smile | 6:02 |
| I May Not Be Around | 2:13 |
| Bring It in a Manger | 2:24 |
| Walking Around | 2:58 |
| Sense of Reason | 2:09 |
| Remind You | 2:33 |
| Corner of the Street | 2:42 |
| Stick With Me | 2:46 |
| What You Give Me | 3:14 |
| You Sing a Song | 1:42 |
| Walking Home | 2:10 |
The Living End [1989]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Niagra Blues | 3:49 |
| Slinky Parade | 4:34 |
| License to Kill | 2:41 |
| Talk That Talk | 6:32 |
| Embrace the World Outside | 2:11 |
| Take Me Away With You | 7:09 |
| Crazy | 4:23 |
On the Way [1988]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Wrap It Up | 3:22 |
| Bring It Back to Seventy-Five | 2:38 |
| Message to the Clerk | 6:47 |
| Give It the Name | 5:41 |
| Ambient Instrument | 2:36 |
| Sadie | 2:40 |
| I'll Sit Alone and Think a Lot About You | 8:38 |
| I'm Ready | 5:47 |
You Walk Alone [1988]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Time and Space | 7:31 |
| Quinn Boys II | 4:00 |
| I Know the Times | 3:21 |
| When the Telphone Melts | 9:10 |
| War Dance | 3:58 |
Blue Corpse [1987]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Passed by the Building | 3:49 |
| Variant | 1:57 |
| Part II | 1:59 |
| Your Other Man | 5:31 |
| Long Way | 1:07 |
| Down at the Ball Park | 2:36 |
| House of the Rising Sun | 4:39 |
| Only Lover | 10:30 |
| Quinn Boys | 2:09 |
| One Minute | 1:15 |
Modern Dances [1987]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Painted My Teeth | 4:49 |
| Hand for Harry Idle | 3:47 |
| Number 512 | 3:36 |
| Nothing Is Better Than God | 4:24 |
| Spiritual Song | 4:02 |
| Spanish in Me 003 | 4:25 |
| I Want to Know Why | 5:02 |
| Simple as That | 2:19 |
| Open E | 3:20 |
| Carnival Queen | 3:36 |
Follow Your Footsteps [1986]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Honey | 3:17 |
| What Do You Want to Sing | 2:12 |
| Preacher | 3:17 |
| Didn't Ask Why | 4:08 |
| Leave All You Have | 3:50 |
| I Know You Well | 3:10 |
| Bring on Fatima | 2:45 |
| For Today | 3:59 |
| Collection | 3:47 |
| We're All Through | 1:24 |
Telegraph Melts [1986]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You | 1:42 |
| One the Planes | 2:51 |
| Go to Bed | 2:50 |
| Ace of Diamonds | 4:46 |
| Twenty - Four | 4:58 |
| Telegraph Melts | 4:08 |
| Governor Rhodes | 5:09 |
| Star Up in the Sky | 3:38 |
| You Painted Your Teeth | 3:08 |
| Mothers Day Card | 1:41 |
| House Up on the Hill | 2:22 |
Foreign Keys [1985]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Spanish in Me | 5:45 |
| Lost Cause | 4:31 |
| Caper | 5:48 |
| Uncle Steve | 2:32 |
| Don't Be So Mean | 2:11 |
| Needs No Sun | 3:15 |
| Oh No | 2:23 |
| Some of Your Peace | 2:44 |
| Put It Away | 4:30 |
| Ballad of Robert | 3:49 |
| River to Madrid | 4:21 |
Nine-Thirty [1985]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Tell Me When | 2:17 |
| Left the Beach Last Sunday | 2:18 |
| Bells and Voices | 2:31 |
| Faye | 2:58 |
| Wrong Time | 2:26 |
| Voices in the Dark | 1:57 |
| Green Dreams | 2:14 |
| Blind Cat | 2:55 |
| Georgia East | 2:38 |
| May 3 | 2:52 |
| Nine-Thirty | 2:44 |
| This Is a Death Dream | 5:13 |
| You Didn't Lie | 2:06 |
| Oh Jenny | 2:08 |
Interstellar Discussion [1984]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Starless | 2:18 |
| Hey | 2:32 |
| Waltz in Two-Fourths Time | 2:44 |
| Call You the Sun | 2:57 |
| I Ain't Got None | 2:58 |
| Rifle in the Closet | 4:24 |
| Sung | 1:30 |
| Ha Ha | 2:19 |
| Customary | 2:42 |
| Situations | 2:24 |
| Couldn't Be a Reader | 2:16 |
| Kick | 3:34 |
The Rocks Crumble [1983]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Faceless | 2:47 |
| Birthday | 2:44 |
| European Jewel 613 | 4:58 |
| European Jewel II | 3:31 |
| European Jewel 501 | 5:09 |
| Branded on a Telephone | 3:29 |
| Breathtaker | 4:24 |
| Lonesome Company | 2:56 |
| Same Road | 2:47 |
Your Turn to Fall [1983]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Liquids Flow to the Sea | 3:53 |
| Elementary Talk | 2:22 |
| John Plays Drums | 2:36 |
| No Time | 1:58 |
| You Don't Have to Entertain Me | 1:56 |
| Echo | 2:39 |
| Centaur Train | 2:28 |
| Dance of Death | 2:19 |
| If Your Fortune Fails You | 2:47 |
| I'll Come Back | 2:40 |
| About Today | 2:10 |
| Such a Thrill | 1:40 |
| Didn't Have to Cry | 2:15 |
| They Knew My Game | 3:22 |
Staring at the Cellophane [1982]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Michael | 3:00 |
| Riddles Riddling Me | 2:50 |
| I See Lights | 2:35 |
| Rather Be Blind | 1:54 |
| Away | 2:22 |
| Don't Get Too Upset | 2:33 |
| Nevermore | 3:05 |
| Sand I | 2:18 |
| Nepoleon in Russia | 3:11 |
| Number 14 | 2:52 |
| Blood and Bone | 3:15 |
Later On [1981]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Your Condition | 5:31 |
| What Did I Hear | 4:44 |
| Just Whisper | 3:51 |
| Oh Jenny | 3:58 |
| Until Then | 2:43 |
| So Fly, Max | 2:57 |
| Don't Know If I Care | 2:25 |
| John Came | 1:14 |
| Jessica | 2:39 |
| Jackson's Gone Down the Mississippi | 2:44 |
Six and Six [1981]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Feathered Drums | 3:39 |
| Point Judith | 4:21 |
| I Knew You Would Leave | 10:19 |
| Can I See Your Clock | 3:05 |
| Wild Strawberries | 6:08 |
| Forgive Me | 4:10 |
| Hilltop Serenade | 5:36 |
| You're the Best One | 3:11 |
| Delinquent Words | 3:58 |
A Kingdom He Likes
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Gave My Eternity | 11:03 |
| Real Afternoons | 5:37 |
| Your Own Little World | 4:40 |
| Sticks in the Marsh | 4:37 |
| No One Knows Your Name | 3:43 |
| It Rang Eleven Times | 3:50 |
Chair Beside a Window
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Down in a Mirror | 4:38 |
| Unconditional Authority | 3:54 |
| You Think You Know How to Score | 2:35 |
| Nancy Sings | 3:00 |
| No Break | 3:21 |
| Mostly All from You | 3:09 |
| Blue Blister | 2:29 |
| The Times | 3:33 |
| Love, Love | 4:24 |
| The First End | 4:42 |
Graven Image
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Remain the Same | 1:40 |
| Helena | 2:17 |
| Ghost Town by the Sea | 3:07 |
| Be Going Down | 2:16 |
| Nothing You Lack | 2:17 |
| Chilocothe | 2:44 |
| For You and I | 3:00 |
| Janky | 2:38 |
| Lake Lagoon | 2:49 |
| Phillip Was Mentioned | 3:13 |
| Closing | 2:32 |
| Going Away My Darling | 5:18 |
| Going Away | 2:22 |
I Threw You Away
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Blues Turned Black | 12:17 |
| It Seems Forever | 7:43 |
| I Threw You Away | 8:14 |
| Frozen Beauty | 11:54 |
Living in a Moon So Blue
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Gretchen | 2:48 |
| Supression | 2:09 |
| Strange Phenomenon | 3:10 |
| You Can Stop Now | 2:20 |
| Comedy | 1:51 |
| Sailors | 1:46 |
| Bludgeon | 1:47 |
| All in an Apple Orchard | 2:32 |
| She Fell Down | 3:25 |
| Professional | 2:26 |
| Anticipation | 2:35 |
| Alexandria Knows | 2:32 |
| Quite Nonchalant | 2:14 |
| Relief of the Night | 3:19 |
| Crime Pays | 2:56 |
Lost Cause
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Green and Yellow | 4:14 |
| Babe I Love You | 4:18 |
| Cellar | 1:52 |
| How Many Places | 3:08 |
| Crack a Smile | 3:14 |
| God Came Between Us | 3:38 |
| I Love You Now It's True | 3:04 |
New Town
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| New Town | 4:20 |
| Steal Away Home | 4:38 |
| You Standing There | 3:34 |
| Desert Voice | 4:43 |
| Let Me Hear the Words You Say | 3:30 |
| It Would Only Be Action | 4:16 |
| Look at It | 3:43 |
| Time Will Come | 2:55 |
| What You Are | 3:48 |
Raining Down Diamonds
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| What Things Are | 5:59 |
| I Stared | 4:47 |
| It's Forever | 3:26 |
| You Ancient | 4:03 |
| Take My Will | 8:29 |
| Your Visitor | 8:16 |
Ready for the House
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Naked in the Afternoon | 4:53 |
| First You Think Your Fortune's Lovely | 8:13 |
| What Can I Say, What Can I Sing | 4:54 |
| Show Me the Way, O Lord | 4:20 |
| They Told Me About You | 4:36 |
| They Told Me I Was a Fool | 5:14 |
The Beginning
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You Standing There | 3:05 |
| I Never Left You Anyway | 4:00 |
| Moving Slow | 3:58 |
| Falling Down Deep | 4:32 |
| Lonesome Bridge | 4:00 |
The End of It All
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Had'nt Been There Before | 5:54 |
| They Don't Matter at All | 5:41 |
| I Met You | 8:12 |
The Gone Wait
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Went to Hell | 6:44 |
| I See the Open Door | 6:09 |
| I Was a King | 10:29 |
| I Just Might Go Now | 10:32 |
| I Found the Right Change | 6:00 |
This Narrow Road
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| One Last Chance | 29:28 |
| I Need to Be | 2:09 |
| Pieces of Place | 3:34 |
| Never Never Never | 1:12 |
| Ten O'Clock Shadows | 2:55 |
| Come Over Here | 1:12 |
| Frosted Field | 1:09 |
| I Knew About Them | 3:34 |
Twelfth Apostle
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Walking | 3:19 |
| You're Not Even Alive | 3:51 |
| Native Land | 4:05 |
| Rooftop Sunset | 2:33 |
| Bedside | 3:01 |
| Solid Stone | 2:54 |
| Out in the Rain | 3:29 |
| Could Be Anyone | 3:08 |
| Twelfth Apostle | 4:34 |
| White Knob | 3:28 |
| Four by Four | 3:01 |
Unknown Album
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Forgive Me | 4:10 |
| No Time | 1:58 |
| Amigo Bronco | 3:47 |
| Slinky Parade | 4:34 |
| Ballad of Robert | 3:49 |
| Open E | 3:20 |
| Worthless Recluse | 17:14 |
| Janky | 2:38 |
| Where I Stay | 7:34 |
| Carnival Queen | 3:36 |
| Show Me the Way, O Lord | 4:20 |
| Painted My Teeth | 4:49 |
| You Painted Your Teeth | 3:08 |
| Governor Rhodes | 5:09 |
| May 3 | 2:52 |
| Don't Want to Be | 6:01 |
| They Told Me I Was a Fool | 5:14 |
| License to Kill | 2:41 |
When I Took That Train
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Talked to You Today | 4:12 |
| The Image of You | 3:32 |
| Close to You | 3:27 |
| You Took Me for a Ride | 4:19 |
| What Else Is There | 2:21 |
| Wouldn't You Agree | 3:27 |
| You Made Me Know It | 2:50 |
| Angel Moves | 3:48 |
| My Escape | 6:51 |
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