''Another Country'' is a studio album by singer-songwriter

Tift Merritt Catherine Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She has released seven studio albums, two for Lost Highway Records, two for Fantasy Records, and three for Yep Roc Records. Early life and education Me ...

. It was recorded in the summer of 2007, produced in L.A. by

George Drakoulias George Drakoulias (born 1965) is a Greek-American music producer and a former A&R executive at the American Recordings label. He is often considered a protégé of Rick Rubin. Drakoulias grew up in Syosset, New York, and attended Syosset High S ...

, and released on February 26, 2008, by

Fantasy Records Fantasy Records is an American independent record label company founded by brothers Max and Sol Stanley Weiss in 1949. The early years of the company were dedicated to issuing recordings by jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, who was also one of its inves ...

. For her third album, Tift Merritt took hiatus with a piano in Paris and came home with her most personal and powerful songs to date. Merritt has described the writing as a plainspoken look at the distance we all attempt to cross: between two people, between one heart and the rest of the world. In its first week of release, the album's first single "Broken" reached #1 on the Americana Radio Chart compiled by the

Americana Music Association The Americana Music Association is a not-for-profit trade organization advocating for American Roots Music globally, and supporting professionals within the field. Purpose The Americana Music Association was founded in order to advocate and p ...

. This is her second time working with producer George Drakoulias, who produced her last studio album ''

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''.

Track listing

All songs written by Tift Merritt, unless otherwise noted.

Personnel

* Tift Merritt – vocals, guitar, piano * Zeke Hutchins – drums *

Charlie Sexton Charles Wayne Sexton (born August 11, 1968) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Sexton is best known for his years as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band, though also has become well known as a music producer. Sexton co-founded Arc A ...

– guitar *

Doug Pettibone Doug Pettibone (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and studio musician. Career Doug Pettibone started to play the guitar at the age of eight. His first teacher was Andy Summers, formerly of The Police ...

– guitar,

Pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play ...

* Josh Schwartz – rhythm guitars *

– acoustic guitar, percussion * David Ralicky – horns *

Patrick Warren Patrick Warren (born March 26, 1957) is an American musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for his work on the films ''Magnolia'', ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', ''Boogie Nights'' and ''Red State'', as well as the television series '' ...

– Chamberlain ;Technical * Rafael Serrano –

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* David Bianco – recording engineer, mixing * Doug Sax, Sangwook "Sunny" Nam – mastering * Mark Borthwick – photography * Tommy Steele – art direction

References

{{Authority control 2008 albums Tift Merritt albums Albums produced by George Drakoulias