''Trevor Hall'' is the sixth album by Trevor Hall (not including his unreleased album The Elephant's Door). The album spawned two singles, "Unity" and "Volume". It is his first major-label release since he was dropped from

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. The album features two songs that had previously been recorded for his unreleased album The Elephant's Door. "The Lime Tree" and "31 Flavors" were reworked and re-recorded, with "The Lime Tree" featuring additional vocals by Colbie Caillat. The album was produced by

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, who also performed on several tracks. After the first week of the album's release, it had debuted at No. 199 on the Billboard 200 album chart, also debuting at No. 7 on the Billboard Heatseeker's chart. Trevor was only 22 when the album was released. The album is dedicated to Sri Baba Neem Karoli Maharajji and Sri Nabani Das Khyepa Baul.

Track listing

Personnel

* Trevor Hall – Acoustic guitar, vocals,

melodica The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usu ...

on "Origami Crane" *Sean Hurley – Bass guitar *John Saglimbeni – Bass guitar *Izler – Electric guitar *Michael Chaves – Electric guitar *Aaron Sterling – Drums, percussion, live drum programming *Zac Rae –

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clavinet The Clavinet is an electric clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds with rubber pads, each matching one of the keys and respond ...

, piano, keys, synthesizer, noises, live drum programming on "Origami Crane",

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

on "My Baba", electric guitar on "Sing the Song" *Chris Steele – Percussion *

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– Vocals on "Unity" * Colbie Caillat – Vocals on "The Lime Tree" * Krishna Das – Vocals on "My Baba" *Becky Gebhardt –

Sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in 19th-century India. Khusrau K ...

on "Internal Heights" *Alex Altman – Mini-guitar on "Internal Heights" *Eric Robinson –

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

on "Unity",

wurlitzer The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to as simply Wurlitzer, is an American company started in Cincinnati in 1853 by German immigrant (Franz) Rudolph Wurlitzer. The company initially imported stringed, woodwind and brass instruments ...

on "The Lime Tree", backing vocals on "Volume". *

– Programming, percussion, backing vocals,

toy piano The toy piano, also known as the ( in German), is a small piano-like musical instrument. Most modern toy pianos use round metal rods, as opposed to strings in a regular piano, to produce sound. The U.S. Library of Congress recognizes the toy pia ...

on "Who You Gonna Turn To", wurlitzer on "The Lime Tree" and "Volume", xylophone on "My Baba" ;Technical *Marshall Altman – Producer, arrangement, recording *Eric Robinson – Mixing, recording *Brian Gardner – Mastering ;Artwork *Kate Schafer – Cover shot *David Johnson – Photography *Carrie Smith – Art direction & design

References

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