''Inside In'' is

Mike Gordon Michael Eliot Gordon (born June 3, 1965) is an American bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon is an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano and guitar. He ...

's first solo

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and was released August 26, 2003. This album was wholly produced during and after the movie, ''

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'' and uses aural tracks from it. Included in the liner notes are lyrics to some tracks, art and design by Andrew Cunningham, photography by David Barron, confessions of a room, acronyms, a "good quote" from

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, and "everything else unsaid". Gordon formed a solo band to tour in support of the album in late 2003. In 2006, Gordon created an audio and visual project with his mother, artist Marjorie Minkin, featuring sculpture designs set to the music of ''Inside In''. During the summer, he toured with a backing band called

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- named after the fictitious band in the ''

'' film. The album was released on vinyl for the first time as a deluxe double-LP set in conjunction with

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on April 16, 2011, pressed on 180g orange vinyl and including "Minkinetics", "Trinners March" and "Be Your Tape", three previously unreleased outtake tracks from the album (available only on vinyl).

Reception

Writing for

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, music critic Robert L. Doerschuk praised the album and wrote "One would expect a down-home virtuoso performance from any alumnus of Phish, and that's what you get with Inside In... There's no better way to describe this weird and accessible mix: Inside In is far out."

Track listing

All songs by Mike Gordon unless otherwise noted. #"Take Me Out" – 3:03 #"Bone Delay" – 4:20 #"Admoop" – 1:56 #"Outside Out" – 3:23 #"The Beltless Buckler" – 3:22 #"Soulfood Man" – 3:28 #"The Teacher" – 3:31 #"Gatekeeper" – 3:22 #"Couch Lady" – 4:01 #"Major Minor" – 3:43 #"The Lesson" – 3:00 #"Exit Wound" (Mike Gordon, Amy Echo, Scott Ellism, Jeff Schartoff, Mike Tempesta) – 3:22 #"Steel Bones" (Gordon, Bernie Green) – 5:55 #"Take Me Out II" – 2:24 #"Take Me Outro" – 2:09

Album Outtakes (available on vinyl release only)

#"Minkinetics" #"Trinners March" #"Be Your Tape"

Personnel

*Mike Gordon – banjo, bass, guitar, percussion, pedal steel, accordion, keyboards, sound effects, vocals, tubular bells, bass harmonica *Elizabeth Combs Beglin – vocals, spoken word *

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– pedal steel guitar *

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– fiddle *

Jeff Coffin Jeff Coffin (born August 5, 1965) is an American saxophonist, composer, and educator. He is a three-time Grammy Award winner as a member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, with whom he performed from 1997 until 2010. In July 2008, Coffin began to ...

– clarinet *

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– drums *

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– banjo *

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– percussion *

– guitar, vocals *James Harvey – piano, trombone, keyboards, clavinet *Ida James – spoken word *Gabe Jarrett – drums *Craig Johnson – trumpet *Jeff Lawson – drums *

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– drums *Stuart Paton – percussion *Jared Slomoff – trumpet, background vocals *Gordon Stone – pedal steel guitar *Jimi Stout – spoken word *Heloise Williams – vocals

References

External links

Official website of ''Inside In''
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