Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1.01 | Can't stand it | 3:47 |
| 1.02 | She's a jar | 4:41 |
| 1.03 | A shot in the arm | 4:18 |
| 1.04 | We're just friends | 2:44 |
| 2.01 | I'm always in love | 3:40 |
| 2.02 | Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again) | 3:19 |
| 2.03 | Pieholden suite | 3:26 |
| 2.04 | How to fight loneliness | 3:53 |
| 3.01 | Via Chicago | 5:32 |
| 3.02 | ELT | 3:45 |
| 3.03 | My darling | 3:38 |
| 3.04 | When you wake up feeling old | 3:54 |
| 4.01 | Summer teeth | 3:19 |
| 4.02 | In a future age | 2:57 |
| 4.03 | Candyfloss | 2:57 |
| 4.04 | A shot in the arm (remix) | 3:54 |
News & Reviews
- Friday, April 27, 2012
Billy Bragg Discusses "Mermaid Avenue" Across the BBC; Its "Wealth of Quality Material Is Remarkable," Says Q (Four Stars)
Billy Bragg has been featured across the BBC airwaves to celebrate the release of Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions, on which Bragg and Wilco set Woody Guthrie's words to music. The Sunday Times and Details both dub it a "must-have." BBC Music says that "nobody has picked up on Woody as effectively—or unexpectedly—as this transatlantic get-together." The Mermaid Avenue project "was always an interesting idea," says a four-star Q review. "That it produced such a wealth of quality material is remarkable." Pitchfork too says: "What's remarkable is the wealth of material available to these artists and the number of gems these sessions produced." Drowned in Sound rates this "wonderful reissue" a nine out of ten. "Even for those who already have both of the previous volumes," says DiS, "Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions is a fascinating look at one of America’s greatest writers."
- Saturday, April 21, 2012
Record Store Day Releases from Black Keys, Dr. John, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Sara Watkins, Carolina Chocolate Drops Out Now
Happy Record Store Day! Nonesuch Records has made a series of special releases available today in honor of the fifth annual Record Store Day, a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA and hundreds of similar stores internationally. Among the artists releasing albums and singles today are The Black Keys, Dr. John, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Sara Watkins, and Carolina Chocolate Drops. A limited quantity of each Record Store Day title is also available on the Nonesuch Store now.
About this Album
Daring in its own right, Wilco’s third and final album for Warner Bros. foreshadows the even more experimental work to come on the band’s Nonesuch debut, Yankee Foxtrot Hotel. As Rolling Stone put it, “Wilco use the studio like an instrument, unreeling mini-movies of the imagination, blending and then bending the sound of guitars, drums and a thrift-shop array of vintage keyboards.” Includes the album on 12" vinyl and CD; Nonesuch Store purchases also include free MP3 downloads of the album.
Credits
MUSICIANS
Jeff Tweedy, vocals (all), electric guitar (1.01, 3.01, 4.03), backing vocals (1.01, 1.02, 3.02, 3.03), acoustic guitar (1.02, 1.03, 2.02-4, 3.01, 3.03, 3.04, 4.01, 4.02), harmonica (1.02), 12-string guitars (1.03), synthesizers (1.03, 3.01), baritone guitar (2.01), claps (2.02), bass (2.03), tambourine (2.03), toy harp (3.04), bowed and tremolo guitars (4.02)
Jay Bennett, piano (all but 1.02, 3.04), keyboards (1.01-3, 2.01-4, 3.02-4, 4.01), bells (1.01, 4.01), percussion (1.01), backing vocals (all but 1.03, 3.01, 4.03), electric guitar (1.02, 3.02, 3.03, 4.01, 4.03), tambourine (1.02, 2.02, 2.03, 3.01-3), lap steel (1.03, 4.01), synthesizers (1.03, 2.03, 3.02), drums (1.03, 2.01), Farfisa (1.04), bass drum (1.04), bass (2.01), acoustic guitar (2.02, 3.03), baritone guitar (2.02, 3.03, 4.03), e-bow (2.02, 3.03), claps (2.02), banjo (2.03, 3.01), organ (3.01, 4.02, 4.03), Moog (3.01), slide bass (3.03), claps (3.03), tiple (3.04), chamberlin (4.03), vocals (4.03)
John Stirratt, bass (all but 1.04, 2.01), backing vocals (1.04, 2.01-4, 3.03, 3.04, 4.01), piano (2.01), vocals (4.03)
Ken Coomer, drums (all but 1.04)
Dave Crawford, trumpet (2.03)
Mark Greenberg, vibes (3.03)
Leroy Bach, piano (3.04)
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Recorded from August 1997 through November 1998 at:
Pedernales Recording Studio in Spicewood, Texas; Engineered by Larry Greenhill; Assisted by Steve Chadie
King Size Sound Laboratories in Chicago; Engineered by Mike Hagler and Dave Trumfio
The White House in Nashville; Engineered by Russ Long with Chris Grainger
The Fidelitorium in Kernersville, North Carolina; Engineered by Mitch Easter
Dead Aunt Thelma’s in Portland, Oregon
Additional recording at Ocean Way Recording and Scream Studio, Los Angeles
Mixed by Jim Scott at Ocean Way
Assisted by Mike Scotella
Except “Can’t stand it”
Mixed by David Kahne at Scream
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway, Portland, Maine
Technical assistance at all recording sessions: Jonathan Parker
All tracks written, produced, and performed by Wilco
Photography by Justine Parsons
Design by Lawrence Azerrad for LADdesign
