''Vacancy'' is an EP by

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released on May 11, 1999. Released by the independent label Undercover out of

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, ''Vacancy'' is a hand packaged, limited edition that was assembled one at a time by two people at Undercover. Each one was pressed and die-cut, then assembled and folded by hand. ''Vacancy'' was limited to 10,000 copies worldwide—5,000 to the US and 5,000 to Europe, the UK and France. The EP's sleeve design was nominated in 1999 for a

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for Best Recording Package.

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plays acoustic guitar on "Crying on Sunday." The song "Bed of Nails" appears in the film "

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" starring

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and

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Track listing

Personnel

* All songs by Joseph Arthur. Musicians: * Joseph Arthur: ** vocals on all tracks. ** acoustic guitar - track 1, 2, 4, 5, 7. ** electric guitar - track 1, 2, 3, 6. ** backwards electric guitar - track 7. ** bass - track 1, 2, 3, 4, 6. ** keyboards - track 2. ** piano - track 2. ** harmonica - track 4, 7. ** loops - track 4. ** background vocals - track 6. *

Carla Azar Carla Azar (June 15, 1972) is an American drummer from Huntsville, Alabama and member of the band Autolux. She also plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and sings. Azar played drums on Jack White's albums ''Blunderbuss'', ''Lazaretto'', and ' ...

: drums - track 1, 2, 3, 4, 6; bells - track 1; piano - track 6; bass drum - track 7; sleigh bells - track 7. *

T-Bone Burnett Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has won several Grammy Awards for his work on film sou ...

: bass - track 7. * "Eugene": piano - track 4. * Eric Gerber: background vocals - track 6. * Nadia Lanman: cello - track 1. *

: acoustic guitar - track 6. * Rick Will: electric guitar - track 4; symphonic noise treatment - track 7. * Produced by T-Bone Burnett, Rick Will and Joseph Arthur. * Engineered by Rick Will. * Mixed by Rick Will with T-Bone Burnett and Joseph Arthur. * Additional engineering on track 1 by Ben Findlay. * Assistant engineering by Nick Raskulinecz, Kevin Dean and Marek. * Art direction and design by Zachary James Larner with Joseph Arthur at Bombshelter NYC. * Original artwork by Joseph Arthur. * Recorded at Sound City, Sunset Sound. {{Authority control Joseph Arthur albums 1999 EPs Albums produced by T Bone Burnett