Tambourine (album)

Tambourine
Tambourine
Studio album by Tift Merritt
Released	2004
Studio	Sound City Studios; M.C. Studios; Glenwood Place; Cello Studios; Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative Country, Americana
Length	46:04
Label	Lost Highway
Producer	George Drakoulias
Tift Merritt chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork	7.3/10^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]

Tambourine is the second album by alternative country artist Tift Merritt. It was released in 2004 by Lost Highway Records, and earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album.^[4]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Tift Merritt except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stray Paper"		3:52
2.	"Wait it Out"	Tift Merritt, Jay Joyce	3:34
3.	"Good Hearted Man"		3:39
4.	"Ain't Looking Closely"		4:23
5.	"Still Pretending"		3:40
6.	"Write My Ticket"		3:42
7.	"Your Love Made a U-Turn"	McClinton Osbie Burnett	2:33
8.	"Plainest Thing"		3:30
9.	"Late Night Pilgrim"		4:23
10.	"I Am Your Tambourine"		3:42
11.	"Laid a Highway"		3:51
12.	"Shadow in the Way"		4:42

iTunes bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Easy to Change"	3:53

Personnel[]

Tift Merritt – vocals, Wurlitzer
Mike Campbell – guitar, pump organ
Jason Sinay – guitar
Robert Randolph – pedal steel guitar
Lance Morrison – bass
Benmont Tench – melodica, Wurlitzer
Brandon Bush – Farfisa organ, Hammond B-3
Don Heffington – drums
Zeke Hutchins – tom toms
George Drakoulias – percussion
Patrick Warren – chamberlain, celeste
Joseph Sublett, Darrell Leonard, Gregory H. Smith – horns
Neal Casal, Margaret Fowler, Jim Gilstrap, Lani Groves, Ellis Hall, Gary Louris, Maxayn Lewis, Maria McKee, Tata Vega, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters, – background vocals

Technical

Jim Scott, Ryan Hewitt – recording engineer
Jim Scott, David Bianco – mixing
Richard Dodd – mastering
Roberto D'este, Neal Casal – photography
Bethany Newman – art direction and design
Bethany Newman – design

References[]

^ link
^ "Tift Merritt: Tambourine Album Review - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ "link". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ "Tift Merritt: A Heel Of a Singer (washingtonpost.com)". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[1] ^ link

[2] "Tift Merritt: Tambourine Album Review - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[3] "link". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[4] "Tift Merritt: A Heel Of a Singer (washingtonpost.com)". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

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