''Bottoms of Barrels'' is the second album by

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Tilly and the Wall Tilly and the Wall was an indie pop group from Omaha, Nebraska. Their name originated from a children's book called ''Tillie and the Wall'', written by Leo Lionni. They are particularly noted for having a tap dancer, Jamie Pressnall, provide pe ...

. It was released on 2006-05-23 on

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. The album was the ninth release of

; its Australian release was June 2, 2007 by

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. Singles to date nationally: "Bad Education," "Rainbows in the Dark," "Sing Songs Along," and "The Freest Man."

Track listing

# "Rainbows in the Dark" # "Urgency" # " Bad Education" # "Lost Girls" # "Love Song" # "Sing Songs Along" # "Black and Blue" # "Brave Day" # "The Freest Man" # "Coughing Colors" The enhanced CD version comes with behind-the-scenes footage of the band recording the album. There was a bonus 7" record for " Bad Education" that came along with the purchase of the album.

U.K. Edition

# "Patience, Babe" # "Sing Songs Along" # "Black and Blue" # "Lost Girls" # "Urgency" # " Bad Education" # "The Freest Man" # "Rainbows in the Dark" # "Love Song" # "Coughing Colors" # "Brave Day" The U.K. edition featured a bonus track, "Patience, Babe", songs appeared in a different order, and had longer versions of "Bad Education" and "The Freest Man".

Additional musicians

Clark Baechle Clark Alan Baechle (born April 21, 1981) is an American founding member of the Omaha-based electronic rock band The Faint, along with his brother, Todd Fink. Although he is primarily known for playing drums, he also sings backing vocals and is ...

: electronic beats (tracks 4, 7, 9) * Carrie Butler: violin (tracks 3, 10) * Ryan Fox: saxophone (track 8) *Myranda Hagemann: cello (tracks 6, 10) * Dan McCarthy: accordion (track 3) *Jesse McKelvey: drums (track 2) * A.J. Mogis: organ (track 2) *

Mike Mogis Michael Riley Mogis (born May 16, 1974) is an American producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios (previously known as Dead Space Recording and, earlier, Whoopass Record ...

: electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10) ebow (track 1), keyboard (tracks 1, 6, 9, 10), slide guitar (track 7), mellotron (track 10), and bass (track 9) *Charlie Vinz!: bells (tracks 1, 5, 6) *

Nate Walcott Nate Walcott (born March 6, 1978) is an American musical composer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and trumpeter. He has composed the scores for several feature-length films, including 2014's ''The Fault in Our Stars''. He is a member of the ba ...

: trumpet (tracks 1, 3) *James SK Wān: bamboo flute (tracks 2, 3) *Clint Wheeler: drums (track 8) *Trip the Light Fantastic (tracks 4, 6, 8)

References

External links

Tilly and the Wall official websiteTilly and the Wall on MySpace
2006 albums Tilly and the Wall albums Team Love Records albums {{2000s-indie-pop-album-stub