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Track listing

Personnel

;Maylene and the Sons of Disaster * Dallas Taylor – lead vocals * Scott Collum – lead guitar * Josh Williams – rhythm guitar * Roman Haviland – bass, backing vocals * Lee Turner – drums ;Additional personnel * Jacob Bunton – additional guitar * Tim Carroll – bowed bass * Rodney Reaves – acoustic guitar, percussion, additional vocals * Michael Swann – additional guitar, slide guitar * Jason Elgin – engineer, mixing, producer, percussion * Roger Lian – mastering * Stephen Hutton – management

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ii 2007 albums 02 Albums with cover art by Sons of Nero