''Jacket Full of Danger'' is Adam Green's fourth solo album, released in 2006. It revisits the string-laden melodrama of his second album ''Friends of Mine'', mostly abandoning the uptempo country folk sound of his previous release, ''Gemstones''. Lyrically, the album explores the same mournful terrain as ''Gemstones'' with Green's familiar obsession with drugs, surrealism and failed relationships. The album's cover art is an illustrated photograph by American artist Galen Pehrson and was featured in

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10.6Vol-9UK The image depicts Green with a suite of illustrated characters, each character refers or symbolizes a social theorist, philosopher, or semiotician:

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, and most notable

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engaged in a "dance". In the UK, the album was preceded by the single "Nat King Cole" which also features artwork by Pehrson.

Track listing

All songs written by Adam Green #"Pay the Toll" – 2:15 #"Hollywood Bowl" – 1:33 #"Vultures" – 2:02 #"Novotel" – 1:39 #"Party Line" – 2:17 #"Hey Dude" – 1:39 #"Nat King Cole" – 2:32 #"C Birds" – 2:04 #"Animal Dreams" – 1:48 #"Cast a Shadow" – 1:57 #"Drugs" – 2:03 #"Jolly Good" – 2:01 #"Watching Old Movies" – 2:00 #"White Women" – 2:59 #"Hairy Women" – 1:33 "Cast a Shadow" is an interpretation of the

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song of the same name.

Personnel

*Adam Green - voice, guitar, tuba on 9 *Steven Mertens - bass except on 12, 15 *Bill Moulten - bass on 12, 15 *Joan Wasser - cello *Parker Kindred - drums *Chris Isom - guitar *Emily Lazar - mastering *Nathan Brown - organ (Wurlitzer), piano *Dan Myers - recording, mixing *David Gold - viola on 2 *Antoine Silverman, Lorenza Ponce - violin *Jane Scarpantoni - violin, strings arrangement 2006 albums Adam Green (musician) albums Rough Trade Records albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub