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- Date Released: May 4, 2004
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: V2 Music
Elegant tales of what happens when the right people make the wrong choices.
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We Say...
Often considered alt-country, Jim White is more properly thought of as alt-universe, a storyteller who inhabits a bizarro-world of Tom Waits’ gruff sonic improbabilities mixed with Flannery O'Connor and Hank Williams’ sense of foreboding, loss and damnation. Often mining the same Southern gothic terrain as Malcolm Holcombe, White crafts elegant tales of what happens when the right people make the wrong choices… or the wrong people refuse to choose at all. “Bluebird” and “Borrowed Wings” are both lovely, haunting songs that get under your skin and leave you simultaneously comforted and lost. So, yeah, maybe he is country after all.
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They Say...
Jim White writes like a Southern gentlemen. When he released his cryptic debut, Wrong-Eyed Jesus, in 1997, he was approaching 40, and with each record his civil invective and genuine yearning for redemption have become more focused, culminating in an eccentric -- yet fully realized -- body of work that requires no aging to prove itself worthy. Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See preens like an alley cat with a bellyful of chicken scraps. The thick veil of gloss that co-producers Joe Henry and Tucker Martine use to coat each of the 11 hypnotic tracks is entirely transparent, resulting in a glass-bottom boat ride that's both cathartic and uncomfortably voyeuristic. White's characters are always teetering on the edge of a bridge, faces cast skyward, wondering if whatever it is that's left them might swoop down just seconds before the first shoe drops. He meets his subjects on level ground, allowing them to speak through him as well as serve as their master's mouthpiece. On the spooky Tom Waits-style dirge "Borrowed Wings," the ghosts of doomed Bonnie and Clyde-cursed lovers weep "For in the fallow field where what's reaped is what's sown/There lies a road to ruin and it's paved with our tombstones." It's not all hellfire and brimstone, though, as evidenced by the goofy Barenaked Ladies collaboration "Alabama Chrome" and the bright -- almost hopeful -- hidden track, "Land Called Home." There's a deep Southern gothic vibe at work here that brings to mind the Spanish moss meanderings of Daniel Lanois' For the Beauty of Wynona, but it's the shadow of Waits that always gets the last word; "If Jesus Drove a Motor Home" sounds like a cross between something off of The Black Rider and the theme to The Sopranos, but it's interesting that despite all of the celebrity guests (Aimee Mann, Bill Frisell, M. Ward), it's White's self-produced tracks that mirror their creator's sewn up -- but still bleeding a little -- heart.
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| 01. |  |
Static On The Radio |
6:31 |
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| 02. | |
Bluebird |
5:29 |
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| 03. | |
Combing My Hair In A Brand New Style |
6:24 |
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| 04. | |
That Girl From Brownsville Texas |
6:22 |
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| 05. | |
Borrowed Wings |
4:34 |
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| 06. | |
If Jesus Drove A Motor Home |
4:36 |
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| 07. | |
Objects In Motion |
5:58 |
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| 08. | |
Buzzards Of Love |
7:00 |
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| 09. | |
Alabama Chrome |
4:25 |
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| 10. | |
Phone Booth In Heaven |
7:09 |
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| 11. | |
Land Called Home |
4:11 |
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11 Total Tracks, 62:39 Total Length
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Credits
- David Byrne - Executive Producer // David Byrne - Executive Producer // Joe Henry - Guitar // Joe Henry - Producer // Marc Anthony Thompson - Vocals (Background) // Donna De Lory - Vocals (Background) // Barenaked Ladies - Vocals (Background) // Barenaked Ladies - Vocals (Background) // Barenaked Ladies - Producer // Barenaked Ladies - Producer // Ralph Carney - Flute // Ralph Carney - Flute // Ralph Carney - Trumpet // Ralph Carney - Trumpet // Ralph Carney - Saxophone // Ralph Carney - Saxophone // Ralph Carney - Animal Sounds // Ralph Carney - Animal Sounds // Aimee Mann - Vocals // Chris Bruce - Guitar // Greg Calbi - Mastering // Sean Dean - Bass // Yale Evelev - Executive Producer // Bill Frisell - Guitar // Bill Frisell - Papoose // Danny Frankel - Percussion // Danny Frankel - Bongos // Danny Frankel - Floor Tom // Michael Haas - Engineer // Niki Haris - Vocals (Background) // Jon Hyde - Bass // Jon Hyde - Pedal Steel // David Palmer - Synthesizer // David Palmer - Keyboards // David Palmer - Sampling // David Piltch - Bass (Electric) // David Piltch - Standup Bass // Jim White - Organ // Jim White - Banjo // Jim White - Bass // Jim White - Guitar // Jim White - Harmonica // Jim White - Percussion // Jim White - Piano // Jim White - Trombone // Jim White - Keyboards // Jim White - Vocals // Jim White - Melodica // Jim White - Producer // Jim White - Engineer // Jim White - Irish Flute // Jim White - Indian Banjo // Jim White - Cover Photo // Tyler Stewart - Percussion // Tyler Stewart - Drums // Vince Sullivan - Design // Vince Sullivan - Photography // Jim Creeggan - Percussion // Jim Creeggan - Bowed Bass // Jim Creeggan - Standup Bass // Steven Page - Vocals (Background) // Steven Page - Rap // Jay Bellerose - Bongos // Jay Bellerose - Drums // Ed Robertson - Guitar // Ed Robertson - Rap // Mark Saunders - Producer // Mark Saunders - Sampling // Mark Saunders - Mixing // Eric Heywood - Pedal Steel // Mike Belitsky - Drums // Paul Rabjohns - Guitar (Acoustic) // Paul Rabjohns - Bass // Paul Rabjohns - Mandolin // Paul Rabjohns - Accordion // Paul Rabjohns - Producer // Paul Rabjohns - Drums (Snare) // Paul Rabjohns - Marimbula // Paul Rabjohns - Ronroco // Gail Marowitz - Art Direction // Gail Marowitz - Design // Terri Binion - Vocals (Background) // Tucker Martine - Percussion // Tucker Martine - Drums // Tucker Martine - Producer // Tucker Martine - Engineer // Tim Oberthier - Engineer // Ryan Freeland - Clavinet // Ryan Freeland - Engineer // Ryan Freeland - Mixing // Kevin Hearn - Synthesizer // Kevin Hearn - Guitar // Kevin Hearn - Accordion // Kevin Hearn - Keyboards // Eyvind Kang - Organ // Eyvind Kang - Organ // Eyvind Kang - Organ // Eyvind Kang - Viola // Eyvind Kang - Viola // Eyvind Kang - Viola // Jeremiah Sullivan - Mandolin // Chris Henrich - Pedal Steel // Dallas Good - Guitar // Travis Good - Guitar // M. Ward - Guitar // Suzie Ungerleider - Vocals (Background) // Britt Myers - Digital Editing // Britt Myers - Logistics // Linda Delgado - Vocals (Background) // Valerie Esway - Group Member // Ari Fellows Mannion - Group Member // Paul Fonfara - Clarinet // Paul Fonfara - Saxophone // Paul Fonfara - Viola // Peter Gardiner - Guitar // Ladies Of Loretta Lynching - Vocals (Background) // Mac Martine - Papoose // Dorothy Robinett - Clarinet (Bass) // Keith Rudyk - Engineer // Guthrie Trapp - Guitar // Heather Davidson - Group Member // Steve Moore - Trombone // Steve Moore - Harmonium // Steve Moore - Wurlitzer
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