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Length
  
47:22

Release date
  
14 March 2006

Label
  
Sugar Hill Records

Artist
  
Sean Watkins

Producer
  
Sean Watkins

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Released
  
March 14, 2006 (US) March 20, 2006 (UK) November 17, 2005 (Digital download)

Genres
  
Acoustic music, Alternative rock

Similar
  
26 Miles, Fiction Family Reunion, A Dotted Line, Why Should the Fire Die?, This Side

Blinders On is a 2006 solo album by Sean Watkins. It was released on March 14, 2006. Blinders On is Watkins' third solo album, and his first in three years. The album is not considered bluegrass at all, one critic saying that Blinders On is "pure California road pop".

Contents

Track listing

  1. Summer's Coming - 3:32
  2. Starve Them To Death - 2:47
  3. I'm Sorry (Watkins, Wilson) - 4:01
  4. Happy New Year - 4:08
  5. Hello...Goodbye - 1:11
  6. Run Away Girl (Watkins, Wilson) - 3:49
  7. I Say Nothing - 4:00
  8. Coffee - 3:03
  9. The Sound Of My Crush - :50
  10. No Lighted Windows - 2:19
  11. Cammac - :20
  12. Roses Never Red - 2:51
  13. They Sail Away (Frizell, Watkins) - 3:06
  14. Not That Bad/Blinders On - 4:14
  15. Whipping Boy/Cherokee Shuffle (Hidden Track) - 7:11 (Whipping Boy ends at 2:32 and the hidden track begins at 3:05)

All songs by Sean Watkins, except where noted.

Musical

  • Sean Watkins - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Organ, Synthesizer, Bass, Mandolin, Piano, Keyboards, Sampling, Harmony Vocals, Drum Machine, Art Direction, Mixing, Drum Loop
  • Sara Watkins - Violin, Harmony Vocals
  • Gabe Witcher - Fiddle
  • Benmont Tench - Piano, Toy Xylophone, Wurlitzer, Harmonium, Hammond organ
  • Glenn Kotche - Drums, Vibes
  • Jon Foreman - Harmony Vocals
  • Rushad Eggleston - Cello
  • Peter Sprague - Engineer, Mixing
  • Byron House - Bass (Pizzicato)
  • Jon Brion - Piano
  • Mark Schatz - Bass
  • Judith Ablon - Viola
  • Zeneba Bowers - Violin
  • Matthew Walker - Cello
  • Duncan Moore - Drums
  • Technical

  • Loren Witcher - Cover Art, Illustrations
  • Ricky Chao - Assistant Engineer
  • Autumn de Wilde - Photography
  • Wendy Stamberger - Art Direction, Design
  • Scott Fritz - Engineer, Mixing
  • Ray Kennedy - Mastering
  • Glenn Pittman - Assistant Engineer
  • Vanessa Price - Grooming
  • Public reception

    The album was well received by fans, although Blinders On did not chart on any of the Billboard listings. It was released by compact disc and also via digital download on Watkins's website (where it remains available for digital download).

    Songs

    1Summer's Coming3:32
    2Starve Them to Death2:48
    3I'm Sorry4:02

    References

    Blinders On Wikipedia