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Mortal City

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Released
  
January 23, 1996

Artist
  
Dar Williams

Producer
  
Steven Miller

Genre
  
Folk music

Length
  
42:16

Release date
  
23 January 1996

Label
  
Razor & Tie

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Recorded
  
Sorcer Sound, Spa Studios and Live Wire, New York City

Mortal City (1996)
  
End of The Summer (1997)

Similar
  
Dar Williams albums, Folk music albums

Dar williams as cool as i am official video


Mortal City is Dar Williams' second album, released in January 1996 by Razor & Tie.

Contents

The songs "As Cool as I Am" and "The Christians and the Pagans" were released as singles in 1996; the former was also accompanied by a music video. Unlike Williams' previous album, The Honesty Room, which was entirely acoustic, Mortal City featured electric backup on a number of the album's songs, particularly "The Ocean" and "The Blessings".

Track listing

All songs written by Dar Williams, except where noted.

  1. "As Cool As I Am" – 3:35
  2. "February" – 3:51
  3. "Iowa (Travelling III)" – 4:46
  4. "The Christians and the Pagans" – 3:03
  5. "This Was Pompeii" – 3:53
  6. "The Ocean" – 5:16
  7. "Family" (Pierce Pettis) – 3:22
  8. "The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-Ed" – 3:12
  9. "The Blessings" – 3:50
  10. "Southern California Wants To Be Western New York" – 4:08
  11. "Mortal City" – 7:15

Personnel

  • Dar Williams - vocals (all tracks), guitar (2-11)
  • William Galison - harmonica (1), mandolin (4)
  • Larry Campbell - guitar (1,3,10), dobro (3), fiddle (7), mandolin (10)
  • Mark Egan - bass (1)
  • Art Baron - digeridoo (1)
  • Sammy Merendino - rhythm textures (1)
  • Roger Squitero - bongos (1)
  • Katryna Nields - vocals (1)
  • Nerissa Nields - vocals (1)
  • Erik Friedlander - cello (2,11)
  • Cliff Eberhardt - vocals (3)
  • Lucy Kaplansky - vocals (4)
  • Zev Katz - bass (4,6,9)
  • Billy Ward - snare drum (4), drums (6,9)
  • Mark Shulman - electric guitar (5)
  • John Prine - vocals (6)
  • Jeff Golub - electric guitar (6,9)
  • Eileen Ivers - fiddle (6)
  • Gideon Freudmann - cello (8)
  • Steve Gaboury - piano (11), textures (11)

    • Songs

    1As Cool as I Am3:38
    2February3:54
    3Iowa (Traveling III)4:48

    References

    Mortal City Wikipedia
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