''Sewn Together'' is American

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' twelfth full-length studio album, released on May 12, 2009, both on CD and vinyl. It was the follow-up to their 2007 reunion album '' Rise to Your Knees''.

Recording and background

Background

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commented in an interview that the album was put together over a short period of time, comparing its production to the group's earlier albums. He said, "In the '80s, we used to just crap this stuff out. Those SST records cost, like, five grand apiece, if that much, and those are the records that made people like us. Now, if I can get away with it, I'll make a record as cheap as I can and put as little work as I can into it, which is what we did with this one. I don't like putting a lot of time into it. We cut a track, and if we've played it halfway right, we're done with it".

Recording and production

''Sewn Together'' was recorded at drummer

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' apartment and at The Saltmine Studios in

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Content

Musical style

Courtney Devores of '' Charlotte Observer'' delineated the sound of ''Sewn Together'' as "warm, psychedelic folk-rock".

Reception

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, ''Sewn Together'' has a 71 (out of 100) favorable rating based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The ''

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Track listing

# "Sewn Together" - 3:07 # "Blanket of Weeds" - 5:14 # "I'm Not You" - 4:27 # "Sapphire" - 4:00 # "Rotten Shame" - 5:19 # "Go to Your Head" - 3:44 # "Clone" - 4:37 # "Smoke" - 3:16 # "S.K.A." - 3:47 # "Nursery Rhyme" - 4:28 # "The Monkey and the Snake" - 3:09 # "Love Mountain" - 3:44

Personnel

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

s, mandolin *

Cris Kirkwood Christopher "Cris" Kirkwood (born October 22, 1960) is an American musician who is the bassist and a founding member of the Meat Puppets, an alternative punk rock band. Biography Raised in Paradise Valley, Arizona, Cris took up the banjo after ...

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, synthesizers, vocals *

- drums; organ on "Love Mountain"

References

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