''Earth to America'' is the ninth studio album by the

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-based band

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. It was recorded in January 2006 with

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producing in

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at the

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. The album is being offered in three variations; a regular CD release, a

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release, and a

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release. The digipak release includes free song downloads through the band's concert album web page
Live Widespread Panic.com
The vinyl release includes two extra bonus tracks not found on the regular CD release.

Track listing

#"Second Skin" (Widespread Panic,

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) – 11:18 #"Goodpeople" (Widespread Panic) – 6:04 #"From the Cradle" (Widespread Panic, Tonks) – 4:22 #" Solid Rock" ( Dylan) – 5:02 #"Time Zones" (Widespread Panic,

) – 5:15 #"When the Clowns Come Home" (Widespread Panic) – 4:26 #"Ribs and Whiskey" (Widespread Panic) – 4:53 #"Crazy" (Widespread Panic) – 4:19 #"You Should Be Glad" (Widespread Panic) – 10:11 #"May Your Glass Be Filled" (Widespread Panic) – 6:08

Personnel

* John Bell - guitar, vocals *

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- guitar, vocals *

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- percussion, drums, vocals * Domingo S. Ortiz - percussion *

Dave Schools David Allen Schools (born December 11, 1964) is a bass player and founding member of American rock band Widespread Panic. He is also a record producer, songwriter and journalist with articles published in a wide variety of music magazines. Scho ...

- bass, percussion, vocals *

John Hermann John "JoJo" Hermann is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known for his involvement in the band Widespread Panic. Early life He was born in New York City and attended Collegiate School, where he was a classmate of actor Billy W ...

- keyboards Guest performers *Jawara Adams - The Compass Point Horns *Tino Richardson - The Compass Point Horns *The Phuket Chamber Orchestra **Chris Melchior - conductor and first chair violin Personnel *

- Producer, Engineer, Mastering *Billy Field - recording assistant *Osie Bowe - assistant engineer *Alex Dixon - assistant engineer *Chris Bilheimer - art and package design

Charts

References

External links

Widespread Panic websiteEveryday Companion
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