''Saturnalia'' is the only studio

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, a collaboration between

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and Mark Lanegan. The album, which was started as far back as 2003, was released on March 4, 2008. Prior to the album's release, the duo began posting songs on their official MySpace page.

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sings backing vocals on "Idle Hands." The song was also the first single, released April 14, 2008.

Music

Recording

On Christmas Day 2003, Dulli and Lanegan started recording songs which would become ''Saturnalia''. Lanegan said "It started pretty innocently." In July 2007,

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announced that the band had signed to Seattle label Sub Pop; soon thereafter, the March 4, 2008 release date was set.

''Saturnalia'' Tour

The Gutter Twins announced a UK tour in May 2008, where they played 6 live concerts around Britain. The band played Oxford Academy (August 11), Nottingham Rescue Rooms (12), London Shepherd's Bush Empire (13), Brighton, Komedia (26), Sheffield, Leadmill (27) and Liverpool, Academy 2 (30).

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals (all songs), guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12), bass (1, 11), organ (1), congas (1), piano (2, 3, 9), drums (3, 9, 10, 11), organ (3), mellotron (4, 5, 6, 11, 12),

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(7, 9, 10, 12) * Mark Lanegan – vocals (all songs except 9)

Guest appearances

– vocals (5) *

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– drums (1, 11) *

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– guitar (12) * Scott Ford – bass (1, 2, 5, 9, 10), vocals (1, 2) *

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– violin (9) *

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– guitar (2, 9, 11), organ (5), programming (11) * Mario Lalli – bass (6), guitar (10) * Eddie Nappi – bass (7, 12), drums (7) * Rick G. Nelson – violin/viola/cello (5, 6) * Quintron – organ (8) * Andy Preen – drums/percussion (8) * Dave Rosser – guitar (2, 5, 6, 9), vocals/bass/

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/organ (8), mandolin (11) * Mathias Schneeberger – guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11), organ (1),

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(1, 2), bass (3, 4), drums (4), mellotron (11) *

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– synthesizer/ sequencer (11) * Cully Symington – drums (5, 9) *

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– vocals (4) * Jen Turner – vocals (5) *

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– guitar (3, 4, 7) * Simone Vitucci – cello (1, 9) * Greg Wieczorek – drums (2, 6, 8), vocals (5), percussion (8) * Brian Young – drums (12)

Chart positions

References

External links

Official MySpace page
{{Authority control 2008 albums Albums produced by Greg Dulli Sub Pop albums The Gutter Twins albums