Songs We Should Have Written

Songs We Should Have Written
Songs We Should Have Written
Studio album by Firewater
Released	January 20, 2004
Recorded	Vibromonk Studios, Brooklyn, New York
Genre	Indie rock
Length	45:12
Label	Jetset
Producer	Tod Ashley, Tamir Muskat
Firewater chronology

Songs We Should Have Written is a cover album by Firewater, released on January 20, 2004 through Jetset Records.^[4]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist (date)	Length
1.	"The Beat Goes On"	Sonny Bono	Sonny & Cher (1967)	4:01
2.	"This Town"	Lee Hazlewood	Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (1967)	4:09
3.	"Diamonds & Gold"	Tom Waits	Tom Waits (1985)	3:52
4.	"Folsom Prison Blues"	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash (1955)	4:56
5.	"Storm Warning"	Duke Reid, Lynn Taitt	Lynn Taitt & The Boys (1966)	3:00
6.	"Hey Bulldog"	John Lennon	The Beatles (1969)	3:15
7.	"Some Velvet Morning"	Lee Hazlewood	Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (1967)	4:22
8.	"This Little Light of Mine"	Harry Dixon Loes		3:38
9.	"Paint It, Black"	Jagger/Richards	The Rolling Stones (1966)	5:51
10.	"Is That All There Is?"	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	Peggy Lee (1969)	4:11
11.	"I Often Dream of Trains"	Robyn Hitchcock	Robyn Hitchcock (1984)	3:57

Doug Henderson – recording on "This Little Light of Mine"
George Javori – drums on "This Little Light of Mine"
Emily Lazar – mastering
Ramesh Mishra – sārangī on "Paint It Black"
Britta Phillips – vocals on "The Beat Goes On" and "Some Velvet Morning"
Asaf Roth – marimba on "Diamonds and Gold"
Vijaykumar Sant – sitar on "Paint It Black"
Pandit Sharda – tabla on "Paint It Black"
Dan Shatsky – mixing
Steve Ulrich – steel guitar on "Folsom Prison Blues" and "This Little Light of Mine"
Paul Wallfisch – organ, piano
Zef – cello on "Diamonds and Gold"

^ Phares, Heather. "Songs We Should Have Written". Allmusic. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
^ Petrusich, Amanda (November 30, 2003). "Firewater: Songs We Should Have Written". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
^ Mathers, Ian (January 28, 2004). "Firewater: Songs We Should Have Written". Stylus. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
^ Nichols, Amanda (2007). "Firewater". Trouser Press. Retrieved June 9, 2013.