Stranger's Almanac

Infobox Album |
Name = Stranger's Almanac
Type = Album
Artist = Whiskeytown


Released = July 29, 1997 March 4, 2008 (deluxe)
Recorded = Woodland Studios, Nashville Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood
Genre = Alternative country
Length = 51:40
Label = Geffen Records Outpost Records
Producer = Jim Scott
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6srp284y055a link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/whiskeytown/albums/album/100139/review/5940837/strangers_almanac link]
Last album = " In Your Wildest Dreams" (1997)
This album = "Strangers Almanac" (1997)
Next album = "Faithless Street" (1998)

"Stranger's Almanac" (or "Strangers Almanac", as listed on the album's sleeve) is an album by the alternative country band Whiskeytown, released on July 29, 1997. "Stranger's Almanac" was reissued as a deluxe edition with bonus tracks and an additional disc of previously unreleased material on March 4, 2008. [cite news | url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003703855 | title=Whiskeytown's 'Almanac' Bolstered For Reissue | date = 2008-01-30 | accessdate = 2008-02-04]

Track listing

"All songs written by Ryan Adams, except where noted."
# "Inn Town" - 5:51 (Adams/Wandscher)
# "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight" - 3:14
# "Yesterday's News" - 2:49 (Adams/Wandscher)
# "16 Days" - 3:54
# "Everything I Do" - 4:31 (Adams/Wandscher)
# "Houses on the Hill" - 2:38
# "Turn Around" - 5:16 (Adams/Cary)
# "Dancing with the Women at the Bar" - 4:38 (Adams/Cary)
# "Waiting to Derail" - 3:54
# "Avenues" - 2:31
# "Losering" - 4:00
# "Somebody Remembers the Rose" - 2:30 (Adams/Wandscher)
# "Not Home Anymore" - 5:54

Deluxe edition track listing

Disc 1:
* "Tracks 14-18 are previously unreleased live in the studio recordings."
# "Inn Town" - 5:51
# "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight" - 3:14
# "Yesterday's News" - 2:49
# "16 Days" - 3:54
# "Everything I Do" - 4:31
# "Houses on the Hill" - 2:38
# "Turn Around" - 5:16
# "Dancing with the Women at the Bar" - 4:38
# "Waiting to Derail" - 3:54
# "Avenues" - 2:31
# "Losering" - 4:00
# "Somebody Remembers the Rose" - 2:30
# "Not Home Anymore" - 5:54
# "Houses on the Hill" (Live) (bonus track) - 3:42
# "Nurse with the Pills" (Live) (bonus track) - 4:40
# "I Don't Care What You Think About Me" (Live) (bonus track) - 3:18
# "Somebody Remembers the Rose" (Live) (bonus track) - 2:33
# "Turn Around" (Live) (bonus track) - 4:26

Disc 2:
* "All songs written by Ryan Adams, except where noted."
# "Indian Gown" - 4:46 (Adams/Wandscher)
# "16 Days" (Demo) - 3:13
# "Somebody Remembers the Rose" (Demo) - 2:45 (Adams/Wandscher)
# "Avenues" (Demo) - 3:34
# "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight" (Demo) - 2:43
# "Houses on the Hill" (Early Version) - 2:25 (Adams/Cary)
# "My Heart Is Broken" - 3:04 (Adams/Cary)
# "I Still Miss Someone" (Demo) - 2:24 (Johnny Cash/Roy Cash Jr.)
# "Kiss and Make-Up" - 3:31
# "Barn's on Fire" - 1:43
# "Dancing with the Women at the Bar" (Early Version) - 4:28
# "Dreams" - 5:49 (Stevie Nicks)
# "Breathe" - 4:07
# "Wither, I'm a Flower" (from the "Hope Floats" soundtrack) - 4:53
# "Luxury Liner" - 2:40 (Gram Parsons)
# "Theme for a Trucker" (from "The End of Violence" soundtrack) - 4:29
# "Streets of Sirens" - 3:44
# "Turn Around" (Early Version) - 4:02 (Adams/Cary)
# "10 Seconds Till the End of the World" - 4:15 (Adams/Wandscher)
# "Ticket Time" - 3:54 (Adams/Wandscher)
# "The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over" - 4:34 (Alejandro Escovedo)

* Tracks 1, 6, 7, 10-13, 15, 17, and 19-21: the "Barn's on Fire" sessions.
* Tracks 2, 3, and 5: the "Baseball Park" sessions.
* All songs are previously unreleased, except for tracks 14 and 16.

Credits

Musicians

Ryan Adams - acoustic & electric guitars, singing, banjo, piano, percussion Phil Wandscher - electric guitar, singing, organ, percussion Caitlin Cary - violin, singing Steven Terry - drums, singing, percussion Jeff Rice - bass guitar

Additional musicians

Alejandro Escovedo - singing John Ginty - piano, wurlitzer electric piano, hammond b3 organ, church keys Greg Leisz - pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin Curt Bisquera - percussion Rick Latina - pedal steel guitar Dan Navarro - trumpet Crecencio Gonzalez - trombone Jim Goodwin - alto sax Jim Scott - percussion

Production credits

Produced, engineered and mixed by Jim Scott Recorded at Woodland studios, Nashville and Ocean Way studios, Hollywood Mixed at Ocean Way studios, Hollywood Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Percision Mastering, Los Angeles.

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