Rootless Cosmopolitans

Infobox Album |
Name = Rootless Cosmopolitans
Type = studio
Artist = Marc Ribot


Released = 1990
Recorded =
Genre = Experimental music
Length = 46:27
Label = Island
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:azfqxqqgldae~T1 link]
Last album =
This album = "Rootless Cosmopolitans"
(1990)
Next album = "Requiem for What's His Name"
(1992)

"Rootless Cosmopolitans" is the debut album by Marc Ribot released on Island Records in 1990. It was recorded in New York City at Sound on Sound Recording except "I Should Care", which was recorded at Harold Desau, and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", recorded on Port-A-Studio.

Track listing

# "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 1:17
# "Shortly After Takeoff" (Marc Ribot) – 4:14
# "The Wind Cries Mary" (Jimi Hendrix) – 5:01
# "Friendly Ghosts" (Ribot) – 5:20
# "The Cocktail Party" (Brad Jones, Ribot, Richie Schwarz) – 4:59
# "New Sad" (Ribot) – 3:01
# A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Ribot) – 1:13
# "Beak Lunch Manifesto" (Jones, Ribot) – 6:31
# "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (George Harrison) – 1:57
# "Nature Abhors a Vacuum Cleaner" (Ribot) – 4:31
# "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 4:40
# "Have a Nice Day" (Ribot) – 3:43

* Track 12 does not appear on the original LP pressing.

Personnel

*Marc Ribot – guitars, harmonica, vocal
*Don Byron (2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12) – bass clarinet, clarinet, turkey calls
*Anthony Coleman (2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12) – keyboards, piano, organ, sampler
*Melvin Gibbs (2, 3, 6) – bass, guitar
*Richie Schwarz (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12) – drums, sampled percussion
*Michael Blair (3, 5) – drums, backwards vocal
*Ralph Carney (3) – sona
*Arto Lindsay (3, 8) – guitar
*Brad Jones (4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12) – bass, guitar on (11)
*Curtis Fowlkes (5, 10) – trombone
*Roy Nathanson (5, 8, 10, 12) – saxophone
*David Sardi (10) – guitar