tracks

Castles Of America
The Biggest Tits In History
The Day The Politicians Died
Castle Down A Dirt Road
Bathroom Quickie
My Stupid Boyfriend
Love Gone Wrong
Favorite Bar
Kill A Man A Week
Kraftwerk In A Blackout
When She Plays The Toy Piano
Death Pact (Let's Make A)
I've Got A Date With Jesus
Come, Life, Shaker Life!
(I Want To Join A) Biker Gang
Rock 'N' Roll Guy
You've Got A Friend In Beelzebub
Let's Get Drunk Again (And Get Divorced)
The Best Cup Of Coffee In Tennessee
When The Brat Upstairs Got A Drum Kit
The Price You Pay
The Boy In The Corner
Song Of The Ant
I Wish I Had Fangs And A Tail
Evil Rhythm
She Says Hello
The Little Robot Girl
I Wish I Were A Prostitute Again

notes

Booklet:
Recorded at
Cottage Sounds, Brooklyn, Charles Newman
Decibelle, San Francisco, Cody Hamilton
Mad Oak, Boston, Benny Grotto
Mixed at Cottage Sounds
Mastered at Peerless, Newton
Above and beyond:
Norman Ross for the cigar boxes
Dam Davol for building the wine cello box
All songs © 2020 Stephin Merritt published by Gay and Loud (ASCAP)
Nonesuch Records, Inc., a Warner Music Group company.
℗ & © 2020 Nonesuch Records Inc.

Back cover:
Nonesuch Records Inc., a Warner Music Group company.
℗ & © 2020 Nonesuch Records Inc.

On CD face:
℗ 2020 Nonesuch Records Inc., a Warner Music Group company.

Other notes:
Packaged in a gatefold card sleeve and includes a 16-page booklet.
Track 8 duration is listed as 1:53, but is actually 1:13.

credits

Accordion, Celesta [Celeste] – Daniel Handler
Cello [Wine Box Cello], Effects [Infinite Jets] – Sam Davol
Design – Evan Gaffney
Electric Guitar [Unamplified Electric Guitar], Guitar [Cigar Box Guitar] – John Woo
Keyboards [Optigan Percussion], Percussion [Optigan Percussion] – Benny Grotto,
Management – Claudia Gonson
Mastered By – Jeff Lipton, Maria Rice
Mixed By [Mixed With] – Charles Newman
Photography By – Shirley Simms, Stephin Merritt
Piano [Prepared Piano], Keyboards [Mellotron] – Chris Ewen,
Recorded By – Benny Grotto, Charles Newman, Cody Hamilton
Synth [ARP Axxe], Acoustic Guitar [Veillette Avante], Banjo [Banjoleles], Ukulele [Cigar Box Ukulele], Electric Guitar, Keyboards [Mellotron], Synthesizer [Moog Instruments, Octave Cat], Drum Machine [Unprogrammed Drum Machines], Vocals [Uncredited] – Stephin Merritt
Violin [Cigar Box Violin], Stroh Violin – Pinky Weitzman
Vocals, Autoharp [Three-Chord Autoharp], Omnichord – Shirley Simms
Vocals, Piano [One-Hand Piano], Percussion [Cigar Box Percussion] – Claudia Gonson
Written-By [Made By] – Stephin Merritt

companies

Recorded At – Cottage Sounds
Recorded At – Decibelle Recording Studios
Recorded At – Mad Oak Studios
Mastered At – Peerless Mastering
Published By – Gay And Loud
Record Company – Warner Music Group
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nonesuch Records Inc.
Copyright (c) – Nonesuch Records Inc.
Copyright (c) – Stephin Merritt

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