''Kiss Each Other Clean'' is the fourth studio album by

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, released January 25, 2011 via

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(worldwide) and

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in the US. The album's title is taken from the lyrics of "Your Fake Name Is Good Enough for Me". The first track from the album, " Walking Far from Home," was released on November 26 in CD single and 12" vinyl versions as part of a special Record Store Day Black Friday event. The digital download version was released on November 30. The song "Tree by the River" has also been released, for free download, on Iron & Wine's website. On January 5, Iron & Wine performed all but one song from ''Kiss Each Other Clean'' live at the Greene Space in

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for a live broadcast on NPR's website. The album marks a further change in style – in an interview with ''

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'', Beam said “It’s more of a focused pop record. It sounds like the music people heard in their parent’s car growing up… that early-to-mid-’70s AM, radio-friendly music." In 2017 it was ranked number 65 in

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's "The 100 Best Indie Folk Albums" list.

Track listing

All songs written by

Sam Beam Samuel Ervin Beam (born July 26, 1974), better known by his stage name Iron & Wine, is an American singer-songwriter. He has released six studio albums, several extended play, EPs and Single (music), singles, as well as a few music download, dow ...

. ;Standard Edition # "Walking Far from Home" – 4:47 # "Me and Lazarus" – 3:03 # "Tree by the River" – 3:58 # "Monkeys Uptown" – 3:48 # "Half Moon" – 3:16 # "Rabbit Will Run" – 5:30 # "Godless Brother in Love" – 3:50 # "Big Burned Hand" – 4:12 # "Glad Man Singing" – 4:40 # "Your Fake Name Is Good Enough for Me" – 7:01 ;iTunes Deluxe Version Bonus Tracks #

"Black Candle" – 3:38 # "Lean into the Light" – 4:07

Personnel

;Performers * Joe Adamik * Justin Amolsch * Thomas Bartlett *

* Jim Becker * Stuart Bogie * Rob Burger * Tim Coffman *

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* Nate Lepine * Matt Lux * Benny Massarella * Sarah Simpson * Chad Taylor ;Technical * Brian Deck – production, mixing * Jake Westermann – recording engineer *

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– mastering engineer ;Artwork * Sam Beam – photography, illustration * The Heads of State – design, art direction

Chart positions

References

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