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Track listing

#"5 AM" #"The Silent Orchestra" #"Alexandra" #"11 O’Clock Friday Night" #"St Mary's County" #"Self Pity" #"I Retired" #"I Don’t Need Anyone" #"Bless Your Heart" #"The Smallest Splinter" #"Waltz" eluxe editionref> #"In Our Time (I'll Always Love You)" eluxe edition#"Utrecht" eluxe edition#"I’ll Never Love Again" eluxe edition

Personnel

*Hamilton Leithauser – vocals, guitar, bass, arrangements *Michael Harris – bowed bass *

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– upright bass, clarinet, bass, percussions, marimba *Richard Swift – drums, background vocals *Hugh McIntosh – drums *Paul Maroon – piano, organ, guitar, arrangements, background vocals *

– vocals *

– guitar, bass, harmonica, piano, harpsichord, tambourine, shaker, background vocals *Anna Stumpf – vocals

References

2014 debut albums Hamilton Leithauser albums Albums produced by Rostam Batmanglij Albums recorded at Electro-Vox Recording Studios {{2010s-rock-album-stub