Silver Ladder
# Silver Ladder

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

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| CultureFly | |
| Irish Times | |
| The Daily Telegraph | |

Writing for the Irish Times, Joe Breen called the album "impressive" and wrote that although Mulvey "can go overboard... he compensates." Martin Chilton of The Telegraph called the album "grown-up country" and wrote that Mulvey had excelled himself. 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..."

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

## Track listing

All songs by Peter Mulvey unless noted.

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