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The Instigator

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Released
  
September 24, 2002

Label
  
Elektra

The Instigator (2002)
  
The Believer (2006)

Length
  
40:47

Producer
  
Jon Brion

Genre
  
Pop rock, adult alternative

The Instigator is the second studio album by American country/rock band performer, Rhett Miller, lead singer of the Old 97's. Miller's first album came more than a decade earlier. Miller is joined by idol Robyn Hitchcock on "Point Shirley" and the album's title comes from the song "The El."

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Rhett Miller.

  1. "Our Love"
  2. "This Is What I Do"
  3. "Come Around"
  4. "Things That Disappear"
  5. "World Inside The World"
  6. "Point Shirley"
  7. "Four-Eyed Girl"
  8. "Hover"
  9. "The El"
  10. "Your Nervous Heart"
  11. "I Want To Live"
  12. "Terrible Vision"
Japan-only bonus tracks
  1. "Erica the Beautiful"
  2. "This Is What I Do (Too)"

Personnel

Primary Musicians

  • Rhett Miller - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar on "Our Love", "The El"
  • Jon Brion - backing vocals, electric guitar, bass, drums, piano, acoustic guitar, dobro on "Point Shirley", upright piano on "Four Eyed Girl", "Hover", B-3 organ on "Four Eyed Girl", vibraphone on "Hover", baritone guitar on "The El", "Your Nervous Heart", "talentmaker" on "World Inside the World"
  • John Fresse - drums
  • Lenny Castro - percussion

    • Additional Musicians

  • Robyn Hitchcock - backing vocals, electric guitar on "Point Shirley"
  • Jim Keltner - drums on "Point Shirley", "Terrible Vision", percussion on "Terrible Vision"
  • David Garza - backing vocals, bass on "Four Eyed Girl", "distorto" guitar on "The El"
  • John Doe - backing vocals on "The El"
  • Dan McCaroll - drums on "The El"
  • Chrissy Guerrero - backing vocals on "Terrible Vision"
  • Karen Kilgarriff - backing vocals on "Terrible Vision"

    • References

    The Instigator Wikipedia
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