Slaves' Graves & Ballads is the third album by American

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band

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. It is a combination of two different recordings entitled ''Slaves' Graves'' and ''Ballads'', hence the name of the LP combination of the two. The two sessions have drastically different sounds: the first features frontman and guitarist

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accompanied by a chamber orchestra called ''The Orchestral Society for the Preservation of the Orchestra''; the second features Dave and his guitar recorded by

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. On this release tracks 1-7 includes the ''Slaves' Graves'' songs while tracks 8-14 constitutes ''Ballads''.

Track listing

*''Tracks 1-7 recorded in Dwight Chapel, New Haven, CT in December 2002.'' *''Tracks 8-14 recorded at Dub Narcotic Studios, Olympia, WA and Southbury, CT between July and August 2002.'' *''Tracks 4-6 form one continuous suite of songs.''

References

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