''Big Red Machine'' is the debut studio album by American musicians

Aaron Dessner Aaron Brooking Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a founding member of the rock band the National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums; a co-founder of the indie ...

and

Justin Vernon Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the primary songwriter and frontman of indie folk band Bon Iver. Known for his distinct falsetto voic ...

Big Red Machine The Big Red Machine is a nickname for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team that dominated the National League from 1970 to 1979 and is widely recognized as being among the best in baseball history. The team won six National League West Division titl ...

. Dessner is most famous for being a founding member, instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer for The National, and Vernon for being the founding member and frontman of

Bon Iver Bon Iver ( ) is an American indie folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, ''For Emma, Forever Ago,'' independently in July 2007. The majority of the album was recorded while Vernon ...

. The majority of the album was recorded in Dessner's shed studio in the

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Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

- drum machine, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, mellotron, bass, songwriting, production *

- vocals, electric guitar, bass, synthesizer, baritone guitar, songwriting, production * Brad Cook - production, bass, omnichord, synthesizer

Additional musicians

* Jonathan Low - engineering * JT Bates - drums (all tracks) *

Bryce Dessner Bryce David Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American composer and guitarist based in Paris, as well as a member of the rock band the National. Dessner's twin brother Aaron is also a member of the group. Together they write the music, in coll ...

- orchestration (6-8), electric guitar (7) *

Bryan Devendorf Bryan Devendorf is an American drummer. He is best known as a founding member of the indie rock band The National, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums. Devendorf is also a member of the experimental rock bands Pfarmers and LNZNDRF. In ...

- drum machine (2-3, 6-7) *

Phoebe Bridgers Phoebe Lucille Bridgers (born August 17, 1994) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She has released two solo albums, ''Stranger in the Alps'' (2017) and ''Punisher'' (2020), both of which received critical acclaim ...

- additional vocals (3) * Kate Stables - additional vocals (5, 8-9) *

Richard Reed Parry Richard Reed Parry (born October 4, 1977) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, best known as a core member of the Grammy Award-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire, where he plays a wide variety of instruments, often switching ...

- additional vocals (2, 5, 9) *

Lisa Hannigan Lisa Margaret Hannigan (born 12 February 1981) is an Irish musician, singer, composer, and voice actress. She began her musical career as a member of Damien Rice's band. Since beginning her solo career in 2007 she has released three albums: ''Se ...

- additional vocals (1, 3, 5, 8-10) *

Andrew Broder Andrew Broder (April 16, 1845 – January 4, 1918) was an Ontario farmer, merchant and political figure. He represented Dundas in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1875 to 1886 and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1911 as ...

- additional vocals (3) * Camilla Staveley-Taylor - additional vocals (3, 6) * Emily Staveley-Taylor - additional vocals (3, 5, 8-10) * Jessica Staveley-Taylor - additional vocals (3, 5, 8-10) * Zoe Randell - additional vocals (8-10) * Steve Hassett - additional vocals (8-10)

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2018 debut albums Big Red Machine (band) albums Jagjaguwar albums Albums produced by Aaron Dessner