''Rocket House'' is the seventh album by singer-songwriter and guitarist,

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. It is his sixth studio album. It was produced by Tony Mangurian and recorded primarily at Soho Music Studios in New York City. It was mixed by Tony Mangurian and Danny Madorsky at

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. Additional recording was done at Little Henri Studio in New York City, Dok Noord in

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, and by Scott Campbell in Los Angeles, California.

Track listing

All tracks written by Chris Whitley unless otherwise noted. # "To Joy (Revolution of the Innocents)" (Chris Whitley, Tony Mangurian) – 4:26 # "Radar" (Chris Whitley, Tony Mangurian) – 4:04 # "Chain" – 5:38 # "Say Goodbye" (Chris Whitley, Tony Mangurian) – 3:37 # "Solid Iron Heart" – 3:51 # "Rocket House" – 6:09 # "Serve You" – 4:10 # "Little Torch" – 4:45 # "From a Photograph" – 3:55 # "Vertical Desert" – 3:32 # "Something Shines" # "Shadowland" (hidden track) – 9:05

Personnel

*Chris Whitley – vocals, guitar,

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, and

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*Tony Mangurian – drums, processing and programming, bass, and guitar * Stephen Barber –

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, piano, synth bass, percussion, jaw harp, programming, and arrangement (10) *

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– turntables and electronic abstraction

Additional personnel

* Dave Matthews – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and vocals (2) *

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outro (2) *Darren Vigil Grey – percussion (1) *Jill Momaday – percussion (1) *

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(8) *Mark Henry – programming (7) *

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– vocals and vamps (1, 5, 6, 8, 11) *

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s, live, unreleased, outtake, and acoustic material. This package is commonly called ''Rocket House – Edition limitée 2cd''. All tracks written by Chris Whitley unless otherwise noted: # "To Joy (Revolution of the Innocents) (edit)" (Chris Whitley and Tony Mangurian) – 3:41 # "Radar (edit)" (Chris Whitley and Tony Mangurian) – 3:51 # "Radar (live)" (Chris Whitley and Tony Mangurian) – 3:45 # "Timebomb Baby" – 5:19 # "Say Goodbye (acoustic)" (Chris Whitley and Tony Mangurian) – 3:31 # "Vertical Desert (acoustic)" – 3:55 # "Invisible Day" – 3:53 # "Breaking Your Fall" – 3:11 # "Shadowland (acoustic)" – 5:01 # "Rocket House (acoustic)" – 4:41

Personnel

*Chris Whitley – vocals, guitar, synth guitar, banjo, and synth bass *Tony Mangurian – drums, processing and programming, bass, guitar, producer (1, 2, 4), and mixer (4) *Stephen Barber – keyboards, piano, synth bass, percussion, jaw harp, and programming *DJ Logic – turntables and electronic abstraction

Additional personnel

*Dave Matthews – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and vocals (2) * Heiko Schramm – bass (3) *Etienne Lytel – keyboards (3) *Darren Vigil Grey – percussion (1) *Jill Momaday – percussion (1) *Blondie Chaplin – vocals and vamps (1) *

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– mixing (1, 2) *

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– recording and mixing (3)

References

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