Thing Of The Past

Infobox Album |
Name = Thing Of The Past
Type = Studio Album
Artist = Vetiver
Released = May 13, 2008
Recorded = Spring of 2007
Genre = Folk Rock/Singer Songwriter
Length = 44:36
Label = Gnomonsong/FatCat Records
Producer = Thom Monahan & Andy Cabic
Reviews =• Consequence of Sound" Rating|5|5 [http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/07/29/album-review-thing-of-the-past/ link] • Pitchfork Media (6.5/10): [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/50814-thing-of-the-past Link]
• Dusted Magazine: [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4281 Link]
Last album = "To Find Me Gone"
(2006)
This album = "Thing Of The Past"
(2008)
Next album =

"Thing Of The Past" is the third studio album by Andy Cabic's San Francisco based band Vetiver.

The album consists of cover songs originally performed by songwriters Andy Cabic considers influential in his music & life. Several of the original authors appear as guests on their respective songs, including Michael Hurley. Thing Of The Past was recorded in Spring, 2007 in Sacramento and Los Angeles. The basic tracks, including all the guitars, drums, bass and some of the vocals, were recorded live in studio.

Andy Cabic has professed pride in the record, remarking:"I think this is the best album I've yet to make, in no small part because the songs are so good, but also because I didn't write them, which offered me a useful combination of restraint and freedom in performing them, bringing out the best in myself and the other musicians. It was an experiment in a lot of ways, and it was one of the best experiences I've yet to have recording anything."

Track listing

# "Houses" (Elyse Weinberg) – 3:43
# "Roll On, Babe" (Derroll Adams) – 4:27
# "Sleep A Million Years" (Dia Joyce) – 2:54
# "Hook & Ladder" (Norman Greenbaum) – 3:10
# "To Baby" (Biff Rose) – 4:26
# "The Road to Ronderlin" (Ian Matthews) – 2:24
# "Lon Chaney" (Garland Jeffreys) – 4:21
# "Hurry on Sundown" (Robert Calvert & Dave Brock) – 6:29
# "The Swimming Song" (Loudon Wainwright III) – 2:41
# "Blue Driver" (Michael Hurley) - 3:55
# "Standin'" (Townes Van Zandt) – 3:39
# "I Must Be In a Good Place Now" (Bobby Charles) - 4:30

Musicians

Andy Cabic: Vocals, Guitar & Banjo

Brent Dunn: Bass

Sanders Trippe: Guitar & Vocals

Otto Hauser: Drums & Keyboards

Kevin Barker: Guitar, Vocals & Banjo

Vashti Bunyan: Vocals on "Sleep A Million Years"

Dave Scher: Keyboard, Pedal Steel & Melodica

Jason Quever: Piano

Michael Hurley: Vocals on "Blue Driver"

Ben Kunin: Sarod

Jonathan Wilson: Acoustic Guitar

Emma Smith: Violin

Meara O'Reilly, Abigail Chapin & Lily Chapin: Background Vocals