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Through the Trees

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Released
  
1998

Artist
  
The Handsome Family

Label
  
Carrot Top Records

Length
  
44:25

Release date
  
26 January 1998

Genre
  
Alternative country

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Through the Trees (1998)
  
Down in the Valley (1999)

Producers
  
Dave Trumfio, Brett Sparks

Similar
  
Milk and Scissors, Honey Moon, Singing Bones, Last Days of Wonder, In the Air

Through the Trees is the third full-length album released by alternative country band The Handsome Family. It was released 1998 by Carrot Top Records (North America) / Loose Music (Europe).

Contents

Through the Trees was nominated by Mojo readers as one of the most important Americana CDs of the 1990s.

Track listing

All music by Brett Sparks; all lyrics by Rennie Sparks, except as noted.

  1. "Weightless Again" – 3:40
  2. "My Sister's Tiny Hands" – 3:27
  3. "Stalled" – 2:28
  4. "Where The Birch Trees Lean" – 3:22
  5. "Cathedrals" – 3:24
  6. "Down In The Ground" – 2:45
  7. "The Giant Of Illinois" – 3:05
  8. "Down In The Valley Of Hollow Logs" – 3:31
  9. "I Fell" – 4:16
  10. "The Woman Downstairs" – 4:49
  11. "Last Night I Went Out Walking" (lyrics by Brett Sparks) – 4:26
  12. "Bury Me Here" – 2:46
  13. "My Ghost" (lyrics by Brett & Rennie Sparks) – 2:26

Credits

  • Brett & Rennie Sparks - voice, guitar, banjo, bass, dobro, melodica, autoharp, drum machine, piano, etc. except as follows
  • Jeff Tweedy - backup vocals, tracks 3, 4, 5, 7; guitar, end of track 4; rhythm guitar, track 5
  • Dave Trumfio - additional percussion; bass on "Stalled"
  • Jessica Billey - violin on "Down In The Ground"
  • Dave Smith and Dave Winer of The Baltimores - horns on "My Ghost"
  • Brad Miller - band photo

    • Songs

    1Weightless Again3:39
    2My Sister's Tiny Hands3:26
    3Stalled2:27

    References

    Through the Trees Wikipedia
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