Furr

Furr, released in 2008, is the fourth album by Blitzen Trapper. The album was listed at #13 on Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2008, and the title track made #4 on Rolling Stone's 100 Best Singles of 2008. Music videos were made for the album's two singles, "Furr" and "Black River Killer".

Robin Pecknold of the band Fleet Foxes responded to the track, "Lady On the Water" enthusiastically: "it's a beautiful and woozy folk song. Eric Earley is a supergenius and it's so wonderful to hear folk music that's not just 'folk' because of the quaint acoustic instruments as is sometimes the case these days. I think a proper folk song needs to be instructive and entertaining, in the sense that the melody has its own captivating logic, I think a good folk song is like a machine, all elements perfectly calibrated, and this song is the Large Hadron Collider, smashing things together to get to the bottom of the universe."

Track listing

All songs written by Eric Earley.

Critical reception

Critical response to the album was overwhelmingly favorable. Rolling Stone gave Furr four-out-of-five stars and called it "an engaging album full of rootsy beauty."Billboard found it to be "a perfect fall soundtrack rife with woodsy imagery."Entertainment Weekly, in an article recommending what to exchange unwanted Christmas gifts for, said the album was "part harmony-laden tambourine jangle, part British Invasion guitar charm, and fully worth braving brutal return lines at the mall."

Furr (disambiguation)

Furr is a 2008 album by Blitzen Trapper.

Furr may also refer to:

People with the surname

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See also

Furr's

Furr's (also known as Furr's Cafeteria, Furr's Family Dining or Furr's Fresh Buffet) is a chain of family restaurants in the United States started by Roy Furr. The first location opened in Hobbs, New Mexico, in 1946. For many decades Furr's was known for cafeteria-style dining, but has since redeveloped into buffet-style dining.

As of January 2016, there are 25 Furr's Fresh Buffets located throughout Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Arizona, and Oklahoma.

History

In 1946, brothers Roy and Key Furr founded the first Furr’s restaurant opened in Hobbs, New Mexico. A second location was opened in Odessa, Texas in 1947.

Furr's was purchased by the Kmart Corp. in 1980, and subsequently sold by Kmart to Michael Levenson's Limited National Partnership in 1988. .

In 1998 its corporate history is notable for having its board of directors ousted by an institutional investor TIAA-CREF.

In 2000 the company established a new name, Furr's Restaurant Group. The company reorganized under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2003. Shortly afterward, the company was sold to a private investment firm, CIC-Buffet Partners, an affiliate of Cardinal Investment Co.