''Mission Bell'' is the fourth studio album by American musician

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, released on January 25, 2011. The album features

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, Priscilla Ahn, Pieta Brown, James Gadson, and

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. Joey Burns, of Calexico produced the album. ''Mission Bell'' debuted at #1 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 40,000 copies in its first week, which is the lowest total for a #1 album in the Soundscan era.Keith Caulfield
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, February 2, 2011 (retrieved December 2, 2016). These sales broke the record set by

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'' when it sold 44,000 two weeks previous. The following week ''Mission Bell'' dropped from #1 to #26, the fourth-largest drop from #1 on the Billboard 200 as of January 2017. It shares this honor with

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Track listing

All songs written by Amos Lee. #El Camino – 4:02 #Windows Are Rolled Down – 3:57 #Violin (featuring Sam Beam) – 5:18 #Flower – 3:41 #Stay with Me (featuring Priscilla Ahn) – 3:13 #Out of the Cold (featuring Pieta Brown) – 3:03 #Jesus (featuring James Gadson) – 3:21 #Hello Again – 4:09 #Learned a Lot – 4:30 #Cup of Sorrow – 3:51 #Clear Blue Eyes (featuring Lucinda Williams) – 3:02 #Behind Me Now / El Camino Reprise (featuring Willie Nelson) – 9:10

Personnel

*Amos Lee – vocal, guitar, fuzz guitar, vibraphone *Joey Burns – bass, guitar, backing vocal, keyboards, vibraphone *Jaron Olevsky – keyboards, percussion, backing vocal, bass, guitar, banjo *

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– steel guitar, guitar, mandolin, dobro *John Convertino – drums, thunder drum *

James Gadson James Gadson ( James Edward Gadson; born June 17, 1939) is an American drummer and session musician. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson has since become one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B. He is also a singer and ...

– drums, tambourine, backing vocal *Jacob Valenzuela – trumpets *Craig Schumacher – synth bass, harmonica *Johnny O'Halloran – bowed saw *Brian Lopez – backing vocal *

– backing vocal *

Priscilla Ahn Priscilla Ahn (born Priscilla Natalie Hartranft; March 9, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She released her single "Dream" from her debut album, '' A Good Day'', produced by Joey Waronker for EMI's Blue Note Reco ...

– backing vocal *

Pieta Brown Pieta Brown (born 1973) is a critically acclaimed American artist, musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter who has released eight albums and five EPs. She has performed with artists such as Mark Knopfler, John Prine, Amo ...

– backing vocal *Zach Djanikian – backing vocal *

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– backing vocal *

– vocal *

– vocal, nylon string guitar Silver Thread Trio: *Gabrielle Pietrangelo – backing vocal *Laura Kepner-Adney – backing vocal *Caroline Isaacs – backing vocal

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References