Hurricane Katrina. The album was also recorded in
Los Angeles
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,
Brooklyn
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,
Milan
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, and
Catania.
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
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five ...
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
Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years through ...
,
Jeff Klein
Jeffrey Lawrence Klein is an American singer-songwriter of the band My Jerusalem from Newburgh, New York, who plays keyboards and guitar. He has released three solo albums and another three albums with My Jerusalem. Jeff Klein has risen to acc ...
and
Ani DiFranco. 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
Denis Leary
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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
Emmy nominated TV series. Additionally, the song "There's Been an Accident" featured in the 2008 film adaptation of
Chuck Palahniuk
Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (; born February 21, 1962) is an American freelance journalist and novelist who describes his work as transgressional fiction. He has published 19 novels, three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, and two adu ...
's novel, ''
Choke''.
The Twilight Singers made their live television debut on ''
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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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
Greg Dulli (born May 11, 1965) is an American musician from Hamilton, Ohio. Debuting as a member of the rock band the Afghan Whigs in 1986, Dulli has been a member of the Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins, and in 2020 released his debut solo albu ...
– 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),
synthesizer
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(1, 2, 3),
mellotron
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. ...
(1, 4, 10, 11), drums (3, 5, 9),
wurlitzer
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(4, 6, 9), programming (8),
rhodes
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(10, 11, 12)
* Peter Adams - organ/synth/mellotron (8)
*
Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years through ...
- vocals (3, 5, 10),
dobro
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The Dobro was origin ...
(10)
* Scott Bennett - vocals (6)
* Bobby Campo - trumpet (12)
*
Dave Catching
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- guitar (9)
* Daphne Chen - violin (3, 10, 11)
*
John Curley
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- bass (6)
*
Ani DiFranco - vocals (4, 6, 11)
*
Richard Dodd
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- cello (3, 10, 11)
*
Scott Ford - bass (3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12),
subs (2), vocals (11)
* Sissy Gaines - guitar solo (10)
*
Eric Gorfain
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Gorfain studied music at ...
- 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
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(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
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The Twilight Singers albums
2006 albums
Albums produced by Greg Dulli