Lynn Teeter Flower

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Lynn Teeter Flower is the second album by Maria Taylor and was released on March 6, 2007. This is the 102nd release of Saddle Creek Records. The album features a guest appearance and co-write from Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst on the track "The Ballad of Sean Foley"^[1] in addition to contributions from Jim Eno of Spoon, Andy LeMaster, and Doug Easley (Cat Power).^[2] Rolling Stone said that album "offers thoughtful, pretty singer-songwriter fare with spare, delicate backup and dashes of Seventies navel-gazing."^[3]

The album's title came from a childhood song made up by Taylor. "My dad had a friend name Lynn and he had a flower shop called Lynn Teeter Flowers. That recording was just me when I was little — I’d always sing and make up words to songs. And the story behind how I chose it as the title is that I had finished the album but didn’t have a name for it. I was with friends and we were trying to figure out the title really late at night. Then my dad e-mailed me the song and said, “Look what I just found!” When I heard it, I thought, “There it is! There’s the title.” I just thought it sounded cool," Taylor said in a 2008 interview.^[4]

Track listing

1. "A Good Start" – 4:13
2. "Clean Getaway" – 3:10
3. "Smile and Wave" – 2:35
4. "No Stars" – 4:45
5. "Replay" – 5:09
6. "Small Part of Me" – 4:18
7. "Irish Goodbye" – 3:24
8. "My Own Fault" – 2:53
9. "The Ballad of Sean Foley" – 3:57
10. "Lost Time" – 2:49
11. "Lynn Teeter Flower" – 1:12

TV Placements

• "No Stars" is used in the
  You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love
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• "Small Part of Me" is used in the Greek episode "Separation Anxiety".
• "Irish Goodbye" is used in the Privileged episode "All About the Big Picture".
• "Clean Getaway" and "A Good Start" are used in the Grey's Anatomy episode "Time After Time".
• "Clean Getaway" is used in the Hart of Dixie episode "A Better Man".