Failer is the commercial debut album by Canadian

Canada

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Kathleen Edwards

Kathleen Edwards

Kathleen Edwards is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. Her 2003 debut album, Failer, contained the singles "Six O'Clock News" and "Hockey Skates".- Personal life :...

. It was released January 14, 2003 on the independent labels MapleMusic

MapleMusic Recordings

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 in Canada and Zoe Records

Zoë Records

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 in the United States

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, and features the singles "Six O'Clock News" and "Hockey Skates".

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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 declared Edwards one of year's most promising new acts, and Blender

Blender (magazine)

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 said that Failers songs possessed "an indefinable pull that makes you love the characters they describe."

Track listing

1. "Six O'Clock News" – 4:34
2. "One More Song the Radio Won't Like" – 4:23
3. "Hockey Skates" – 4:26
4. "The Lone Wolf" – 4:52
5. "12 Bellevue" – 3:41
6. "Mercury" – 3:29
7. "Westby" – 2:25
8. "Maria" – 3:43
9. "National Steel" – 4:50
10. "Sweet Lil' Duck" – 4:28

Personnel

• Kathleen Edwards
  Kathleen Edwards
  Kathleen Edwards is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. Her 2003 debut album, Failer, contained the singles "Six O'Clock News" and "Hockey Skates".- Personal life :...
  
   – vocals, acoustic guitar, strings, piano, feedback
• Peter von Althen – drums, percussion
• Kevin McCarragher – bass
• Jim Bryson
  Jim Bryson
  Jim Bryson is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Briefly a founding member of the band Punchbuggy, he moved to a musical life under his own name with the release of his debut album, The Occasionals, in 2000....
  
  – electric guitar, banjo, vocals
• Dave Draves – organ, piano, vibes, feedback
• Fred Guignon – slide guitar, lap steel, national steel
• Keith Snider – banjo
• Joel Anderson – drums, percussion
• Maury Lafoy – piano
• Dave Dudley – drums
• Petr Cancura – baritone, soprano saxophone
• Tom Thompson – pedal steel
• Blair Phillips – alto saxophone