Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (2011) V0

Helplessness Blues is the second studio album by Seattle, Washington-based folk band Fleet Foxes. It was released on May 3, 2011 as a follow-up to their eponymous 2008 Fleet Foxes album.[1][2] Upon release, the album received universal acclaim from critics and was nominated for Best Folk Album for the 54th Grammy Awards.[3] The release peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200, the band's highest position on the chart to date.[4] To support the album, the band embarked on a worldwide Helplessness Blues Tour.

Helplessness Blues is the band's first studio album to feature bass guitarist Christian Wargo and multi-instrumentalist Morgan Henderson. It is also the band's only album to feature drummer and backing vocalist Joshua Tillman, who departed from the band in 2012 to pursue his solo career under the name Father John Misty.[5]

1. "Montezuma" 3:37
2. "Bedouin Dress" 4:30
3. "Sim Sala Bim" 3:14
4. "Battery Kinzie" 2:49
5. "The Plains/Bitter Dancer" 5:54
6. "Helplessness Blues" 5:03
7. "The Cascades" 2:08
8. "Lorelai" 4:25
9. "Someone You'd Admire" 2:29
10. "The Shrine/An Argument" 8:07
11. "Blue Spotted Tail" 3:05
12. "Grown Ocean" 4:36