On Leaving


On Leaving is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia. It was released on September 11, 2006 on Fat Cat Records. It was recorded by Steve Albini and produced by Nastasia, Kennan Gudjonsson, and Albini. The album received generally favorable reviews; Allmusic considered the album a "deeply poetic record." Stylus Magazine commented the album was "full bodied and masterful, overshadowing many big-footed leading ladies’ recent folk releases." Pitchfork Media found it "difficult to hear Nastasia pull back to a songwriter-with-guitar style."

Track listing

  1. Jim's Room
  2. Brad Haunts a Party
  3. Our Day Trip
  4. Counting Up Your Bones
  5. Dumb I Am
  6. Why Don't You Stay Home
  7. One Old Woman
  8. Treehouse Song
  9. Lee
  10. Settling Song
  11. Bird of Cuzco
  12. If We Go to the West

    Recording information

Engineered by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago.