Smartie Mine
Appearance
Smartie Mine | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 9, 1999 | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 136:43 | |||
Label | Chartmaker | |||
Producer | Dan Bern, Wil Masisak | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Indianapolis Star | [2] |
The Montreal Gazette | [3] |
Rolling Stone | [4] |
Smartie Mine (1999) is Iowa native singer/songwriter Dan Bern's follow-up to Fifty Eggs.
Track listing
[edit]Unless otherwise noted, all tracks by Dan Bern
- "Smartie Mine" – 4:20
- "One Thing Real" – 5:41
- "Tiger Woods" – 3:07
- "Chelsea Hotel" – 4:54
- "City of Models" – 3:19
- "Krautmeyer" – 3:55
- "Crosses" – 5:18
- "Colors" – 3:25
- "Airplane Blues" (Sleepy John Estes, Lightnin' Hopkins) – 8:39
- "Freight Train Blues" (McDowell) – 4:52
- "Talkin' Woody, Bob, Bruce & Dan Blues" – 5:09
- "Ballerina" – 6:40
- "Simple" – 8:52
- "Beautiful Trees" – 2:41
- "Joe Van Gogh" – 4:15
- "Little Russian Girl" – 3:39
- "Gamblin' With My Love" (Pete Rose) – 5:36
- "Murderer" – 4:51
- "Alia" – 3:50
- "Two-Month Affair" – 3:26
- "Baby Love" (Wainwright) – 4:40
- "Sculpter" – 4:56
- "Dark Chocolate" – 3:42
- "Decadent Town" – 4:28
- "Hooker" – 7:32
- "Cocaine Blues/Blue Jay Way" (Davis, George Harrison) – 6:29
- "True Revolutionaries" – 8:27
Personnel
[edit]- Dan Bern – Organ, Guitar, Harmonica, Cello, Vocals, Art Direction, Illustrations, Paintings
- Jarrod Kaplan – Drums, Djembe
- Tige DeCoster – Bass, Fretless Bass
- Wil Masisak – Keyboards, Vocals, Found Objects
- Martha Wainwright – Vocals (Lead Vocal on "Baby Love")
- Eben Grace – Electric Guitar (track 16) & Lap Steel (track 13)
References
[edit]- ^ Hartenbach, Brett. "Dan Bern - Smartie Mine". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
- ^ Allan, Marc D. (1998-12-20). "Record Picks". The Indianapolis Star.
- ^ Lamey, Mary (2000-11-09). "Forever light and fluffy: Spice Girls' new R&B-flavoured CD is a slick but shallow hit-maker". The Montreal Gazette.
- ^ Berger, Arion. "Dan Bern: Smartie Mine". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2002-11-02. Retrieved 2018-12-31.