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Pete Yorn

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New Jersey native Pete Yorn took a rather unique route to singer/songwriter acclaim, gaining his first big break by providing the score to a Farrelly Brothers film. Having graduated from Syracuse University several years prior, the 26-year-old pulled up stakes in 2000 and relocated to Los Angeles, CA, where he began writing music for film and television. Prospects increased when Yorn was recruited to score Me, Myself, & Irene, a Farrelly Brothers movie starring Jim Carrey. One of his own pop/rock numbers, "Strange Condition," appeared on the film's soundtrack and was subsequently released as a single, where it fared well on the modern rock charts and increased public demand for Yorn's songwriting.

After netting a record contract with Columbia, Yorn returned to the studio and co-produced his debut album, 2001's Musicforthemorningafter, with Brad Wood and R. Walt Vincent. He also played the bulk of the instruments himself. Yorn supported the album by touring for 18 months, enabled Musicforthemorningafter to go gold by April 2002. The following spring, he returned with the earnest Day I Forgot, which featured several contributions from R.E.M.'s Peter Buck (who had previously made a cameo on the single version of "Strange Condition"). A year later, Yorn issued his first live album, Live from New Jersey, a double-disc set that captured his late October performance at the Community Theater in Morristown, NJ.

For his third studio LP, Yorn enlisted collaborators such as the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and the Dixie Chicks' Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines to shape the sound of Nightcrawler. Produced by Butch Walker, the album arrived in August 2006 and replaced Yorn's folky leanings with a more rock-oriented foundation. Another noted producer, Bright Eyes alum Mike Mogis, was enlisted to helm Pete Yorn's next record. The resulting Back and Fourth was recorded in Omaha, NE, and released in 2009, prefaced by the lead single "Don't Wanna Cry." Yorn returned later that year with another album, this one recorded alongside actress/vocalist Scarlett Johansson and inspired by the famed duets of Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot. Although the project was finished several years prior, Break Up didn't see the light of day until September 2009, after several of Yorn's friends urged him to issue the material. In 2010, Yorn released his self-titled fifth studio solo album featuring production from the Pixies' Frank Black. ~ Andrew Leahey & Kerry L. Smith, Rovi

Title: United

Artist: Pete Yorn, Pirate

Genre: Indie Rock

Title: Old Boy - Single

Artist: Pete Yorn

Genre: Alternative

Title: My Father - Single

Artist: Pete Yorn

Genre: Rock

Title: iTunes Live from SoHo

Artist: Pete Yorn

Genre: Rock

Title: ArrangingTime

Artist: Pete Yorn

Genre: Rock

Title: Nightcrawler

Artist: Pete Yorn

Genre: Rock

Title: Caretakers

Artist: Pete Yorn

Genre: Indie

Title: Hawaii

Artist: Pete Yorn

Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist

Title: Essentials

Artist: Pete Yorn

Genre: Alternative

Title: Day I Forgot

Artist: Pete Yorn

Genre: Rock, Alternative

Collections

Title: Wild Wild Women

Genre: Rock

Title: Cheap Date

Genre: Pop

Title: Coffee Time

Genre: Blues

Title: KlangCafe IV

Genre: Pop

Featuring albums

Title: Anthology

Artist: Celia Cruz

Genre: Salsa, Latin

Title: MTV2 Handpicked

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Rock

Title: House Beats Charge (CD1)

Artist: Zhk

Genre: Electro

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