Temporary People

Temporary People is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur, released on September 30, 2008, on Lonely Astronaut Records. Co-produced by both Arthur and Kenny Siegal – who had previously worked with Arthur on Nuclear Daydream (2006) – the album was recorded with backing band The Lonely Astronauts, and features guest musician Garth Hudson on organ and piano.

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Temporary People
Studio album by Joseph Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts
Released	September 30, 2008 (US) October 27, 2008 (Europe)
Recorded	2007–2008
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	49:14
Label	Lonely Astronaut Records Fargo Records
Producer	Kenny Siegal, Joseph Arthur, The Lonely Astronauts
Joseph Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts chronology
Let's Just Be (2007) Temporary People (2008)
Joseph Arthur chronology
Foreign Girls (EP) (2008) Temporary People (2008) The Graduation Ceremony (2011)

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Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
ChartAttack	link[usurped]
Crawdaddy!	positive link
ESD Music	link
The McGill Tribune	good link[permanent dead link]
Mojo	(January 2009 issue, p.104)
Q
Times Online	link

The album was preceded by the release of four solo EPs – Could We Survive, Crazy Rain, Vagabond Skies and Foreign Girls – with Arthur later stating that Temporary People's overall impact and reception was affected by this: "When I put out Temporary People I had just put out four EPs, so it was kind of hard to get anybody pay attention to it. You sort of have to give space in between releases or else people won’t pay attention."[1]