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by Peter Wolf. It won the award for Album of the Year at the 2010

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, was No. 27 on ''

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''s list of the 30 Best Albums of 2010.The 30 Best Albums of 2010
. ''Rolling Stone'' (December 25, 2010). Retrieved 2011-01-18 It peaked at No. 45 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album has sold 42,000 copies in the United States as of March 2016. Eight of the album's songs were co-written with

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. The track "Thick as Thieves" is a re-imagining of a track from Wolf's second solo album, Come as You Are. Wolf created the album's artwork himself.

Track listing

# "Tragedy" (with

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) (Peter Wolf,

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) – 4:30 # "I Don't Wanna Know" (David Johnston) – 2:54 # "Watch Her Move" (Wolf,

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) – 3:58 # "There's Still Time" (

, Wolf,

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) – 5:09 # "Lying Low" (Jennings, Wolf) – 3:12 # "The Green Fields of Summer" (with

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) (Jennings, Wolf) – 2:57 # "Thick as Thieves" (Wolf, Tim Mayer) – 2:44 # "Always Asking for You" (Jennings, Mayer) – 2:58 # "Then It Leaves Us All Behind" (Jennings, Mayer) – 3:33 # "Overnight Lows" (Wolf, Petraglia,

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) – 5:07 # "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky" ( Allen Toussaint) – 2:14 # "Don't Try and Change Her" (Jennings, Mayer) – 3:33 # "The Night Comes Down (For

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)" (Jennings, Mayer) – 3:57 # "It's Too Late For Me" (with

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) (Jennings, Mayer) – 2:47

Personnel

* Peter Wolf – vocals, harmonica (7, 12), backing vocals (7) *

Kenny White Kenny White is a New York City–based singer-songwriter, studio musician, and writer. For many years, White was a fixture in the NY studio scene, writing and producing hundreds of commercials for TV and radio. In this capacity, he worked with ...

– acoustic piano (1), congas (1, 3, 12), keyboards (2-6, 9-14), guitars (4, 6), bass (7), backing vocals (7) *

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– guitars (1-4, 6, 7, 9-13), pedal steel guitar (2), fiddle (2, 4, 6), mandolin (12) * Duke Levine – guitars (1, 2, 3, 5, 8-14),

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(2, 6), banjo (5), mandolin (13) * Kevin Barry – guitars (8, 14), lap steel guitar (8) * Paul Bryan – bass (1-4, 6, 9-13) * Marty Ballou –

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(5, 8, 14) *

Shawn Pelton Shawn Pelton is an American drummer and percussionist. He has recorded with a wide range of artists and has been a first call player since moving to New York in the late 1980s. Shawn has recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, ...

– drums (1-4, 6-14) * Marty Richards – drums (5) * Crispin Cioe – alto saxophone (1, 4, 13) * Arno Hecht – tenor saxophone (1, 4, 13) * Anil Oulianine – cello (4, 6, 9) * Anja Wood – cello (4, 6, 9) * Chris Cardona – violin (4, 6, 9) * Jonathan Dinklage – violin (4, 6, 9) * Antoine Silverman – violin (4, 6, 9), string arrangements (4, 6, 9) * Entcho Toldorov – violin (4, 6, 9) * David Johnston – cellphone intro (7) *

– vocals (1) * Ada Dyer – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13) * Catherine Russell – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13) * Babi Floyd – backing vocals (2) * Mike Harvey – backing vocals (2, 10, 14) *

– vocals (6) * Kris Delmhorst – harmony vocals (6, 9) *

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– backing vocals (10, 14) *

– vocals (14)

Production

* Kenny White – producer * Peter Wolf – producer, assistant engineer (1, 2, 4, 6, 9-13), mixing (3), drawings, art design, booklet cover photography, inside cover photography * Rob Eaton – engineer (1, 2, 4, 6, 9-13), mixing (2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 13) * Dave Westner – engineer (1, 2, 4, 6, 9-13), mixing (3), additional engineer * Ben Wisch – mixing (1, 5-8, 12, 14), engineer (7) * Paul Q. Koldarie – engineer (3, 8, 14) * Chris Rival – engineer (5) * Chris Allen – assistant engineer (1, 2, 4, 6, 9-13) * Alex Heartman – assistant engineer (3, 8, 14) * Adam Taylor – assistant engineer (3, 8, 14) * Joe Blaney – additional engineer * Adam Brass – additional engineer * Charlton Pettus – additional engineer * John Squicciarino – additional engineer * Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) * Sue Drew – project coordinator * Jill Dell'Abate – session coordinator * Tracy Berglund – art design, CD tray and back cover photography * Bobby DiMarco – additional design assistance, CD clock design * Jazz Martin – additional design assistance, CD clock design * Frank Olinsky – graphic consulting, CD clock design * Jon Strymish – booklet back cover photography * Joe Stewart – photography * John Barruck – management * Abe Barruck – management assistant * Cerisa Roulston – management assistant

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2010 albums Peter Wolf albums Verve Records albums Albums produced by Kenny White Albums produced by Peter Wolf