''Powder Burns'' is the fourth album by Greg Dulli's The Twilight Singers (not counting Dulli's solo album ''

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''). It was released on May 15, 2006 via

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on CD and double 12" vinyl. ''Powder Burns'' was partly recorded with extra power generators in a deserted

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studio just after the floods caused by

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. The album was also recorded in

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, and

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. During the album recording in 2005, Greg Dulli was aided by Manuel Agnelli, of the Italian rock band Afterhours, who co-wrote "My Time (Has Come)" and "The Conversation", the lyrics for which were inspired by the 1974

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film of the same name. "My Time (Has Come)" was first released in 2005 as "White Widow" on Afterhours' ''Ballads for Little Hyenas'', which in turn was co-produced by Dulli. Other collaborators on this album are

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, Jeff Klein and

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. The same recording sessions yielded the follow-up EP '' A Stitch in Time'', released in December 2006. It was released to extremely positive reviews, and actor/comedian

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called it "one of the best rock albums I've heard in 10 years," also putting the song "Bonnie Brae" in '' Rescue Me'', his

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nominated TV series. Additionally, the song "There's Been an Accident" featured in the 2008 film adaptation of

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's novel, '' Choke''. The Twilight Singers made their live television debut on ''

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'' on January 3, 2007, performing and (which did not air), both featuring guest guitarist/vocalist Joseph Arthur.

Track listing

All songs by Dulli except where noted.

CD

# "Toward the Waves" – 0:49 # "I'm Ready" – 3:04 # "There's Been an Accident" – 5:17 # "Bonnie Brae" – 4:46 # "Forty Dollars" – 3:51 # "Candy Cane Crawl" – 4:27 # "Underneath the Waves" – 4:28 (Dulli, Skibic) # "My Time (Has Come)" – 4:23 (Dulli, Agnelli) # "Dead to Rights" – 4:25 # "The Conversation" – 3:04 (Dulli, Agnelli) # "Powder Burns" – 5:52 # "I Wish I Was" – 4:20 (Dulli, Ford)

Double 12" vinyl

Side 1 (''"Once I count the numbers down"''): # "Toward the Waves" – 0:49 # "I'm Ready" – 3:04 # "There's Been an Accident" – 5:17 # "Bonnie Brae" – 4:46 Side 2 (''"To the end or there around"''): # "Forty Dollars" – 3:51 # "Candy Cane Crawl" – 4:27 # "Underneath the Waves" – 4:28 Side 3 (''"Free, or thus, forever bound"''): # "My Time (Has Come)" – 4:23 # "Dead to Rights" – 4:25 # "The Conversation" – 3:04 Side 4 (''"For forever's coming down"''): # "Powder Burns" – 5:52 # "I Wish I Was" – 4:20

Personnel

* Greg Dulli – vocals (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), guitar (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), bass (2, 5, 8, 10), piano (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9),

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(1, 2, 3),

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(1, 4, 10, 11), drums (3, 5, 9),

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(4, 6, 9), programming (8),

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(10, 11, 12) * Peter Adams - organ/synth/mellotron (8) *

- vocals (3, 5, 10),

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(10) * Scott Bennett - vocals (6) * Bobby Campo - trumpet (12) * Dave Catching - guitar (9) * Daphne Chen - violin (3, 10, 11) *

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- bass (6) *

- vocals (4, 6, 11) * Richard Dodd - cello (3, 10, 11) * Scott Ford - bass (3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12), subs (2), vocals (11) * Sissy Gaines - guitar solo (10) * Eric Gorfain - violin (3, 10, 11) * Leah Katz - viola (3, 10, 11) * Leta Lucy - vocals (9, 12) * Bobby Macintyre - drums (3, 7), vocals (8), percussion (8) * Mike Napolitano - guitorgan (6), guitar (8, 9), lead guitar (11) * Roderick Paulin - saxophone (12) * Chris Phillips - percussion (10) * Andy Pizzo - trombone (12) * Dave Rosser - vocals (11) * Mathias Schneeberger - organ (1), guitar (1) * Jon Skibic - guitar (2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12), ambience (4), vocals (7) * Michael Sullivan - bass (8) * Greg Wieczorek - drums (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12), vocals (11), percussion (12)

Singles

* "There's Been an Accident" (May 15, 2006) ( digital download and promo CD only) * "I'm Ready" (July 10, 2006) (CD & 7" vinyl) ** "I'm Ready" (radio edit) b/w: "I'm Ready" (Lo-Fidelity Allstars Remix)

References

{{Authority control The Twilight Singers albums 2006 albums Albums produced by Greg Dulli