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The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard

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Released
  
6 February 2007

Length
  
53:47

Artist
  
Rickie Lee Jones

Label
  
New West Records

Recorded
  
2005

The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard (2007)
  
Balm in Gilead (2009)

Release date
  
6 February 2007

Genre
  
Folk rock

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Producer
  
Lee Cantelon, Peter Atanasoff, Rob Schnapf

Similar
  
Balm in Gilead, The Evening of My Best, Ghostyhead, It's Like This, The Devil You Know

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The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard is an album by American singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, released in February 2007 on the independent New West label. It was produced by Lee Cantelon, Peter Atanasoff and Rob Schnapf, additional production by Bernie Larsen.

Contents

It was inspired by Lee Cantelon's book ″The Words", which contains the essential teachings of Jesus rewritten for a modern audience.

A special edition was also released, with an expanded booklet, a 5.1 surround mix, a Super Audio CD version of the record, MP3 copies of the album, and a 50-minute DVD that documents the project from its beginning.

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Track listing

  1. "Nobody Knows My Name" – 3:24
  2. "Gethsemane" – 2:23
  3. "Falling Up" – 4:39
  4. "Lamp of the Body" – 2:57
  5. "It Hurts" – 3:45
  6. "Where I Like It Best" – 5:44
  7. "Tried to Be a Man" – 3:44
  8. "Circle in the Sand" – 3:29
  9. "Donkey Ride" – 2:52
  10. "7th Day" – 3:59
  11. "Elvis Cadillac" – 3:57
  12. "Road to Emmaus" – 4:18
  13. "I Was There" – 8:21

Personnel

  • Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussions, toy xylophone, finger cymbals, electric piano, bowed dulcimer, tambourine
  • Bernie Larsen – guitar, drums, synthesizer, percussion, vocals, engineer, additional production
  • Pete Thomas – guitar
  • Rob Schnapf – guitar
  • Steve Abagon – guitar
  • Peter Atanasoff – guitar, oud, background vocals
  • Joey Maramba – bass guitar
  • Jay Bellerose – drums
  • Joey Waronker – drums
  • Lee Cantelon – background vocals
  • Jonathan Stearns – trumpet
  • Songs

    1Nobody Knows My Name3:26
    2Gethsemane2:25
    3Falling Up4:41

    References

    The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard Wikipedia