Lambchop - How I Quit Smoking album
How I Quit Smoking is the second studio album by American rock band Lambchop, released on January 30, 1996 by Merge Records. The song "The Man Who Loved Beer" is an adaptation of the poem "The Man Who Was Tired of Life" from the ancient Egyptian text Dispute between a man and his Ba (c. 2000–1700 BC). The song in turn was later covered by David Byrne. All tracks written by Kurt Wagner, except where noted.
Lambchop hails from Nashville and claims to play a "refined, and redefined" style of country music, but the songs the band creates on its second album, How I Quit Smoking, have more in common with Brit crooners the Tindersticks than Chet Atkins and Billy Sherrill (whom the Lambchop members claim as heroes). Boasting 13 players on this album, Lambchop feels more like an art collective on a mission of enlightenment than a country band bent on AM airplay.
For Which We Are Truly Thankful. The Man Who Loved Beer. Life's Little Tragedy. All Smiles and Mariachi. Your Life As a Sequel. MusicBrainz: How I Quit Smoking. this site: How I Quit Smoking.
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All the great songs and lyrics from the "How I Quit Smoking" album ont he Web's largest and most authoritative lyrics resource. Lambchop is loosely associated with the alternative country genre.
1. (00:02:56) Lambchop - For Which We Are Truly Thankful. 2. (00:02:45) Lambchop - The Man Who Loved Beer. 3. (00:03:33) Lambchop - The Militant. 4. (00:04:13) Lambchop - We Never Argue.
Tracklist Hide Credits
1 | For Which We Are Truly ThankfulWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
2:58 |
2 | The Man Who Loved BeerWritten-By – Donald Charles Book, Kurt Wagner |
2:47 |
3 | The MilitantWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
3:34 |
4 | We Never ArgueWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
4:15 |
5 | Life's Little TragedyWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
4:15 |
6 | SuziejuWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
4:24 |
7 | All Smiles And MariachiWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
3:30 |
8 | The Scary CarolerWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
4:44 |
9 | SmuckersWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
4:33 |
10 | The MilitantWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
2:56 |
11 | GarfWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
4:30 |
12 | Your Life As A SequelWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
4:18 |
13 | TheöneWritten-By – Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Kurt Wagner |
4:53 |
14 | AgainWritten-By – Kurt Wagner |
1:10 |
Credits
- Acoustic Bass – Mike Doster
- Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Vocals – Deanna Varagona
- Banjo – Hank Tilbury
- Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Cornet, Vocals – Jonathan Marx
- Composed By – Bernie Taupin (tracks: 13), Elton John (tracks: 13)
- Composed By, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar – Kurt Wagner
- Drums – Allen Lowrey
- Engineer – Robb Earls
- Guitar – Paul Niehaus, Steve Goodhue
- Organ – John Delworth
- Producer – Your Starry Eyes
- Violin – Pamela Sixfin*
Notes
Produced by Your Starry Eyes.All songs written by Kurt Wagner, except 2 by Kurt Wagner, Donald Charles Book and unknown Egyptian, c. 1990 B.C.)
John Delworth: farfisa organ, hammond M-3 organ
Deanna Varagona: vocals, alto sax, baritone sax
Paul Niehaus: fender double-neck lap steel guitar
Allen Lowrey: the drums
Jonathan Marx: vito clarinet, alto sax, cornet, vocals
Steve Goodhue: A guitar
C. Scott Chase: open-end wrenches, lacquer-thinner can
Bill Killebrew: gibson acoustic guitar, c. 1960; fender telecaster, c.1970; framus nashville electic guitar, c. 1970
Marc Trovillion: g&l bass
Kurt Wagner: 1972 microfrets spacetone guitar, 1971 framus nashville electric guitar, 1972 alvarez yari classical guitar, 1929 Gibson L-3 guitar, vocals
Hank Tilbury: banjo on 12
Mike Doster: string bass on 6
John Mock: tin whistle, recorders, string arrangements
David Davidson: violin
Pamela Sixfin: violin
John Catchings: cello
Kristen Wilkinson: viola
Clara M. Olson: violin
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Merge Records - MRG097CD): 0 36172 93972 5
Other versions
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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MRG097 | Lambchop | How I Quit Smoking (LP, Album, Gat + 12", S/Sided, Etch) | Merge Records | MRG097 | US | 1995 |
SLANG1036622 | Lambchop | How I Quit Smoking (CD, Album, RE) | City Slang | SLANG1036622 | Germany | 2006 |
7243 8413702 1, 72438413702 | Lambchop | How I Quit Smoking (CD, Album) | Labels, Labels | 7243 8413702 1, 72438413702 | Europe | 1995 |
04969-1 | Lambchop | How I Quit Smoking (LP, Album + LP, S/Sided, Etch) | City Slang | 04969-1 | Germany | 1995 |
04969-2 | Lambchop | How I Quit Smoking (CD, Album) | City Slang, Merge Records | 04969-2 | Germany | 1995 |