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Thirteens (album)

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Recorded
  
2005 - 2008

Release date
  
16 September 2008

Genre
  
Rock music

Artist
  
Leona Naess

Label
  
Verve Forecast Records

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Released
  
16 September 2008 (U.S.) 11 May 2009 (U.K.)

Producers
  
Samuel Dixon, Jimmy Hogarth, Nathan Larson, Leona Naess

Similar
  
Comatised, Hard Candy, Some People Have Re

Thirteens is an album by Leona Naess, released in the U.S. on 16 September 2008 by Verve Forecast Records, and released in the UK on 11 May 2009 by Polydor Records.

Contents

The album was influenced by the death of Naess’s father, Arne Næss, Jr., in a mountaineering accident in January 2004. Naess returned to London from New York City and eventually began writing and recording songs with music producer Samuel Dixon. Naess recorded with almost no budget, asking friends to contribute, and completed thirteen albums’ worth of material. Eleven songs were selected for the release, titled Thirteens. Described as "a sweet and poignant collection" by New York magazine, much of the album deals with the onset of maturity. The album consists of first takes, which were then overdubbed.

A digital download of the album available on the iTunes Store includes a bonus track featuring singer-songwriter Ryan Adams; an exclusive edition available through retailer Barnes & Noble includes two bonus tracks. The UK release includes two bonus tracks unavailable on previous releases of the album.

Personnel

  • Asif Ahmed – management
  • Felix Bloxsom – percussion, drums, keyboards
  • Andy Bradfield – mixing
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • The Christiania String Quartet
  • Camilla Kjøll – first violin
  • Lina Marie Årnes – second violin
  • Ida Bryhn – viola
  • Andreas Torday Gulden – cello
  • Rupert Cobb – trumpet
  • Jason Darling – bass, electric guitar, producer, drum programming
  • Samuel Dixon – acoustic guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, glockenspiel, electric guitar, harmonium, melodica, producer, engineer, Mellotron, clapping
  • Emery Dobyns – engineer, mixing
  • Tormod Gangfløt – string arrangements
  • Larry Goldings – keyboards
  • Lisa Hansen – release coordinator
  • Harry's Tribeca Alcoholic Choir – background vocals
  • Jimmy Hogarth – acoustic guitar, banjo, percussion, electric guitar, programming, producer, executive producer, piano engineer
  • Andy Kman – release coordinator
  • Oliver Kraus – strings
  • Bengt Lagerberg – drums
  • Nathan Larson – organ, bass, electric guitar, producer
  • Sophie Michalitsianos - cello, cello arrangements, piano
  • Leona Naess – acoustic guitar, percussion, piano, electric guitar, vocals, producer, vibraphone, clapping
  • John Newcott – release coordinator
  • Al Newman – art direction, design
  • Tom Schick – engineer
  • Gus Seyffert – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, acoustic bass
  • Zakee Shariff – art direction, design
  • Martin Slattery – piano
  • Mia Theodoratus – harp
  • Chris Thile – mandolin
  • Eva Vermandel – photography
  • Joey Waronker – drums

    • Songs

    1Ghosts in the Attic3:46
    2Leave Your Boyfriends Behind4:06
    3Learning as We Go4:08

    References

    Thirteens (album) Wikipedia
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