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Chore of Enchantment

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Released
  
March 7, 2000

Artist
  
Giant Sand

Label
  
Fire Records

Length
  
59:53

Release date
  
7 March 2000

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Recorded
  
Tucson, New York City and Memphis

Build Your Own Night It's Easy (1997)
  
Chore of Enchantment (2000)

Chore of Enchantment (2000)
  
The Rock Opera Years (2000)

Genres
  
Alternative rock, Folk rock

Producers
  
John Parish, Jim Dickinson

Similar
  
Giant Sand albums, Alternative rock albums

Chore of enchantment by giant sand full album


Chore of Enchantment is a studio album by alternative rock band Giant Sand. It was released in March 2000 on Thrill Jockey.

Contents

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Reception

British music journalism publication NME praised the album's "raw but tender empathy in songs full of unexpected departures".

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

All tracks were written by Howe Gelb.

  1. "Overture" – 0:48
  2. "(Well) Dusted (For the Millennium)" – 3:47
  3. "Punishing Sun" – 3:13
  4. "X-Tra Wide" – 3:27
  5. "1972" – 1:03
  6. "Temptation of Egg" – 3:41
  7. "Raw" – 3:29
  8. "Wolfy" – 4:25
  9. "Shiver" – 4:00
  10. "Dirty from the Rain" – 3:34
  11. "Astonished (In Memphis)" – 5:32
  12. "No Reply" – 4:34
  13. "Satellite" – 6:48
  14. "Bottom Line Man" – 4:41
  15. "Way to End the Day" – 4:47
  16. "Shrine" – 2:04

Personnel

  • Howe Gelb – guitar, piano, vocals
  • John Convertino – drums
  • Joey Burns – bass, cello, guitar, backing vocals
  • Juliana Hatfield – backing vocals (6)
  • Sofie Albertsen Gelb – backing vocals (9, 15)
  • Jim Dickinson – mellotron (2), piano, organ (11)
  • John Parish – piano, pump organ (15), door shutter (16)
  • Kevin Salem – guitar (3), acoustic guitar (4), mellotron (9)
  • Susan Marshall-Powell – backing vocals (4, 11)
  • Jackie Johnson – backing vocals (4, 11)
  • William Brown – backing vocals (4)
  • Rich Mercurio – drums (4, 9)
  • John Abbey – bass (4, 8, 12)
  • Rob Arthur – mellotron (4), organ (9, 12)
  • Nick Luca – piano (5)
  • Neil Harry – pedal steel (7)
  • Alan Bezozi – drum loop (8)
  • Scott Loder – bass (9)
  • David Mansfield – pedal steel (9, 12), banjo (9)
  • Lydia Kavanaugh – backing vocals (12)
  • Paula Brown – bass, backing vocals (13)
  • Rainer Ptacek – slide guitar (16)

    • Songs

    1Overture0:48
    2(Well) Dusted (For the Millenium)3:47
    3Punishing Sun3:13

    References

    Chore of Enchantment Wikipedia
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