''In Advance of the Broken Arm'' is the debut album by Marnie Stern, released in 2007. Kill Rock Stars handled the CD release, and the vinyl with a shorter track listing came out on Rampage Records. The title comes from a work of art of the same title by artist Marcel Duchamp.

Track listing

CD

# "Vibrational Match" - 3:37 # "Grapefruit" - 2:47 # "Every Single Line Means Something" - 3:40 # "Precious Metal" - 3:10 # "Put All Your Eggs in One Basket and Then Watch That Basket!!!" - 2:41 # "Logical Volume" - 3:40 # "Absorb Those Numbers" - 3:21 # "This American Life" - 4:05 # "Letters from Rimbaud" - 3:39 # "The Weight of a Rock" - 2:30 # "Plato's Fucked Up Cave" - 3:30 # "Healer" - 3:29 # "Patterns of a Diamond Ceiling" - 4:24

LP

Side A

# "Vibrational Match" - 3:37 # "Grapefruit" - 2:47 # "Every Single Line Means Something" - 3:40 # "Precious Metal" - 3:10 # "Put All Your Eggs in One Basket and Then Watch That Basket!!!" - 2:41

Side B

# "Absorb Those Numbers" - 3:21 # "This American Life" - 4:05 # "Healer" - 3:29 # "Patterns of a Diamond Ceiling" - 4:24

Personnel

Performers

* Marnie Stern: vocals, guitar, keyboards * John-Reed Thompson: bass, keyboards, organ * Zach Hill: drums, bass, keyboards, piano

Other

* Songs written by Marnie Stern, except for "Vibrational Match", which was written by Marnie Stern and Bella Foster * Arrangements by Marnie Stern and Zach Hill * Engineering and mixing by John-Reed Thompson at Retrofit Recording, Sacramento, California, with additional engineering by Marnie Stern * Produced by Zach Hill * Mastered by John Golden * Artwork by Bella Foster

References

Marnie Stern albums 2007 debut albums Kill Rock Stars albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub