
Release Date | October 6th, 1992 |
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Producer | Michael Beinhorn |
Label | Columbia |
Formats | CD, cassette, vinyl, MiniDisc |
Length | 44:53 |
Tracklist
Trivia
- Included many tracks performed by Sterling Campbell on percussion, despite Grant Young being the lead percussionist at the time.
- Its cover features the 1970 motif Fate Descends Towards the River Leading Two Innocent Children by Czech photographer Jan Saudek that was featured in the book Life, Love, Death & Other Such Trifles.
- Was certified double platinum (2 million copies sold) in 1993 and has since gone triple platinum.
Charts
- Peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200 chart.
- Peaked at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
Images
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Credits
Additional Engineering | Eric Anderson, Pachyderm Discs and Bruce Robb, Cherokee |
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Additional Recording | River Sound, New York; Pachyderm Discs, Cannon Falls, Minnesota; and Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles |
Art Direction and Design | Francesca Restrepo |
Assistant Mix Engineering | Steve Sisco, Craig Doubet |
Assistant Recording Engineering | Dan Gellert, David Michael Dill, Bill Smith |
Band Photography | Scott Wippermann |
Engineering | Chris Shaw |
Front Cover Photograph | Jan Saudek, from the book Love, Life, Death & Other Such Trifles |
Management | Addis/Wechsler & Associates, Los Angeles, California |
Mastering | Wally Traugott at Capitol |
Mixing | Andy Wallace, except The Sun Maid mixed by David Leonard, at Quantum, New Jersey and Scream, Los Angeles |
Recorded | At the Powerstation, New York |
Special Guest Appearances | Booker T. Jones (Hammond B3 organ); Sterling Campbell (percussion); Michael Beinhorn (glockenspiel and celeste); Gary Louris and Kraig Johnson of the Golden Smog Choir (background vocals on April Fool and Keep It Up; strings on The Sun Maid performed by the Meridian String Quartet; strings arranged by David Pirner, Michael Beinhorn and Sonny Kompanek; conducted by Sonny Kompanek Gary Louris appears courtesy of Dep American Records Kraig Johnson appears courtesy of Run Westy Run |