''Nightcrawler'' is the third full-length studio album by American musician

Pete Yorn Peter Joseph Yorn (born July 27, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He first gained international recognition after his debut record, '' Musicforthemorningafter'', was released to critical and commercial acclaim in 2001. He is ...

. It was released on August 29, 2006 via Red Ink/

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. Production was handled by

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Tony Berg Anthony Rains "Tony" Berg (born October 21, 1954) is an American musician, record producer, and A&R representative, in which role he has been described as an "industry guru". Berg's music career began in the late 1970s as a session guitarist who ...

Butch Walker Bradley Glenn "Butch" Walker (born November 14, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was lead guitarist for the glam metal band, SouthGang from the late 1980s to early 1990s. From 1997 to 2001, he became th ...

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and Yorn himself. In the United States, the album peaked at number 50 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 17 on the

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charts.

Critical reception

''Nightcrawler'' was met with generally favorable reviews from

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. At

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, which assigns a

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rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an

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score of 67 based on sixteen reviews. ''Paste'' magazine ranked the album at 16 on their 'Top 100 Albums of 2006' list.

Track listing

Personnel

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" Yorn – vocals, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, electric guitar, bass, organ, drums, percussion, drum machine, harmonica, mandolin, producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5-10, 12), programming *

– mini-moog, synthesizer & electronic drums (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 12), producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5-7, 10, 12) *Tim Walker – electric guitar (tracks: 2, 6, 9, 12) *Zach Shaeffer – piano, bass & mandolin (tracks: 2, 5, 12) *

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– organ (tracks: 2, 5) *

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– drums (track 2) *

– electric guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, producer & programming (track 3) *Tim Dow – drums (track 3) *Anthony Rains "

Tony Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony the Tiger, cartoon mascot for Frosted Flakes cereal * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * ...

" Berg – electric guitar (tracks: 4, 14), horns (track 4), organ (track 13), producer (tracks: 4, 11, 13, 14) *

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– backing vocals (track 5) *Joe Kennedy – piano (tracks: 5, 6, 9, 12) *Farmer Dave Scher – steel guitar & melodica (tracks: 5, 9, 12) *

Martie Maguire Martha Elenor Maguire (née Erwin, previously Seidel; October 12, 1969) is an American musician who is a founding member of the country band the Chicks and the country bluegrass duo Court Yard Hounds. She won awards in national fiddle championsh ...

– fiddle (track 5) *Sid Jordan – bass (tracks: 6, 7) *Bradley Glenn "

Butch Butch may refer to: People * Butch (nickname), a list of people * Barbara Butch, French lesbian DJ and activist * Butch Patrick, American child actor Patrick Alan Lilley (born 1953), best known for his role as Eddie Munster in ''The Munsters'' ...

" Walker – piano, synth, bass, producer & percussion (track 8) *

Michael Guy Chislett Michael Guy Chislett (born 6 April 1982) is an Australian musician and record producer. He is the lead guitarist and founding member of the Christian worship band Hillsong United and was the lead guitarist of the rock band the Academy Is... ...

– electric guitar (track 8) *Darren Dodd – drums (track 8) *

– electric guitar, piano & producer (track 9) *Marc Dauer – electric guitar (track 10) *

Shawn Everett Shawn Everett (born July 6, 1982) is a Canadian music engineer and producer best known for his work with Alabama Shakes, Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs, The Killers, and Julian Casablancas. Everett has won six Grammy Awards. Early life Ev ...

– saxophone (track 13), programming, recording & mixing (tracks: 4, 5, 11, 13, 14) *Nick Page – engineering (tracks: 1, 2, 5-7, 10, 12) *Karl Egsieker – engineering (track 8) *

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– mastering

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2006 albums Pete Yorn albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Tony Berg Albums produced by Ken Andrews Albums produced by Butch Walker Albums produced by Michael Beinhorn