Songs We Sing

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Artist Matt Costa Label Venerable Media Producers Tom Dumont, Phil Ek		Release date 26 July 2005 Genre Indie rock

Released July 26, 2005 March 28, 2006 (re-release) Recorded The Lodge (Long Beach, CA, United States) Maple Studios (Santa Ana, CA, United States) Grandmaster Recorders Ltd. (Hollywood, CA, United States) Avast! Recording (Seattle, WA, United States) Length 37:02 44:54(re-release) Songs We Sing (2005/2006) Unfamiliar Faces (2008) Indie rock albums Mobile Chateau, The Beacon Street Col, Dualist, Happy People, The Planets are Blasted

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Songs We Sing is an album by singer/songwriter Matt Costa. It was originally released on July 26, 2005 and then re-released with a new track list by Brushfire Records on March 28, 2006.

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2005 independent release

Songs We Sing was originally released independently by Venerable Media in 2005 and offered a slightly different track list than the Brushfire Records version. This version of the album is currently unavailable. For a time it was available at CD Baby, but they have now permanently sold out. Songs from this release that were not re-released on the Brushfire Records version include: "Desire's Only Fling", "Whiskey & Wine", and "Shimmering Fields".

2006 Brushfire Records release

Songs We Sing was re-released in 2006 by Brushfire Records, owned by fellow musician Jack Johnson and his wife. The album featured new songs and a different track list. Songs from this release that were not on the 2005 release include; "These Arms", "I Tried", "Ballad of Miss Kate", and "Sweet Thursday".

Some European releases include "Lullaby" as a bonus track. This song, along with the other four mentioned above, were previously released on The Elasmosaurus EP.

Personnel

Matt Costa – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, piano

Additional personnel

Andrew Alekel – engineering, mixing on tracks 3 and 10

Brent Arnold – cello on track 13

Robert Carranza – production on "Lullaby", engineering on "Lullaby", mixing on "Lullaby"

Dave Collins – mastering on all tracks

Tom Dumont – electric guitar on track 1, bass on track 5, production on all tracks

Phil Ek – engineering, mixing on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13

Jack Johnson – vocals on "Lullaby", guitar on "Lullaby", ukulele on "Lullaby", production on "Lullaby"

Jen Kozel – violin on track 13

Ted Matson – piano on tracks 5 and 10, engineering

Gabrial McNair – harpsichord on track 2

Bob Thompson – bass on tracks 1 and 3

Mitchell Townsend – electric guitar on tracks 1, 3, 5 and 6, bass on tracks 6 and 11, lap steel guitar on track 9

Cameron Webb – engineering

Adrian Young – drums on track 11

Adam Zuckert – drums on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12

Songs

1Yellow Taxi3:42
2Astair2:58
3Oh Dear2:13

References

Songs We Sing Wikipedia

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