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Length
  
46:43

Release date
  
6 May 2008

Artist
  
Tim Fite

Label
  
Anti-

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Released
  
May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Folk music, Rock music

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Fair Ain't Fair is Tim Fite's second studio album released on ANTI- Records. As with Gone Ain't Gone, Fite created this album with a mixture of real instrumentation and sampling, resulting in a sound composed of rock, folk and hip hop elements.

Contents

Franz Nicolay, of The Hold Steady, listed the album among his favourite albums of 2008.

Track listing

All songs written by T. Sullivan, except "Harriet Tubman" (T. Sullivan/C. Lind)

  1. "Roots of a Tree" (1:54)
  2. "Trouble" (3:26)
  3. "The Barber" (3:25)
  4. "Big Mistake" (3:28)
  5. "Inside Man" (2:02)
  6. "Rats and Rags" (3:25)
  7. "Yesterday's Garden" (3:14)
  8. "Thought I Was a Gun" (2:03)
  9. "The Names of All the Animals" (4:24)
  10. "Motorcade" (1:37)
  11. "More Clothes" (3:28)
  12. "Harriet Tubman" (1:36)
  13. "My Hands" (4:00)
  14. "Heaven Is War" (1:46)
  15. "Sing Along" (3:29)
  16. "Line by Line" (3:26)

Samples

  • "Roots of a Tree" samples the song "Kettle" by Frances
  • "Trouble" samples the song "When We Were Wolves" by My Latest Novel
  • "The Barber" samples the song "Spin Me Around" by Kip Boardman
  • "Big Mistake" samples the song "Kitty and Her Beautiful Lady" by Remate
  • "Motorcade" samples the song "Black Holes" by Needle
  • "Yesterday's Garden" samples the song "Whistle and Water" by East Ghost West Ghost
  • "More Clothes" samples the song "Bubbles" by Trunk Federation
  • "My Hands" samples the song "I Can't Fall Asleep" by Picastro
  • "Sing Along" samples the song "Poison" by Constantines

    • Major contributors

  • Dr. Leisure – Tape sounds, singing, live show
  • Rob Bedenoch – Engineering, audio tweaking
  • Justin Riddle – Drums, percussion
  • Shawna Enyart – Elephants
  • Chris Lind – Slack key guitar
  • Andy, Matt, and Anti – Business
  • Jacob Harris – Management
  • Dan Kinsley – Guitar, piano, mandolin
  • Ryan Foregger – Video specialization
  • Adam Gustavson – Guitar, banjo, pedal steel, bass
  • Dan Saks – Guitar
  • Merle Hansen – Viola
  • Pepi Ginsberg – singing
  • Shars Worden – singing, ghosting
  • The Bloody Nose Boys – singing
  • Danielle Stech Homsy – singing
  • Dave Kutch – Mastering
  • Tim Fite – Everything else and nothing else

    • Songs

    1Roots of a Tree1:54
    2Trouble3:26
    3The Barber3:24

    References

    Fair Ain't Fair Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA