''Spirit'' is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter

Amos Lee Amos Lee (born Ryan Anthony Massaro, June 20, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter whose musical style encompasses folk, rock, and soul. He was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Engli ...

. It was released August 16, 2016 on the John Varvatos imprint of

Republic Records Republic Records is a New York City–based American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). It was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially an ...

, Lee's first album on a label other than

Blue Note Records Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues. Or ...

. It is also the first album which Lee self-produced. Like all previous albums, Lee penned all thirteen songs. The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' Top Rock Albums chart at No. 3, selling 12,000 copies in its first week.

Track listing

All songs written by

#"New Love" – 3:45 #"Running Out of Time" – 3:19 #"Spirit" – 4:50 #"Lost Child" – 3:54 #"Highways and Clouds" – 3:29 #"Lightly" – 3:00 #"One Lonely Light" – 3:35 #"Wait Up for Me" – 3:45 #"Till You Come Back Through" – 3:02 #"Hurt Me" – 3:17 #"Vaporize" – 3:51 #"Walls" – 4:38 #"With You" – 3:27

Personnel

– vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, percussion, background vocals *Jaron Olevsky – keyboards iano, organ, glockenspiel, synthesizer(all), bass (3, 8, 10), accordion (8), background vocals (5) *Zach Djanikian – electric guitar (2, 6, 7, 9, 12), bass (5), saxophone (5), mandolin (7, 8), synthesizer (11), background vocals (5, 12) *Mark Colenburg – drums, percussion (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12) *

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– bass (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12) *Ian Fitchuk – drums, percussion (3, 4, 5, 7), background vocals (5) *Fred Berman – drums (8, 10) *

Doug Pettibone Doug Pettibone (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and studio musician. Career Doug Pettibone started to play the guitar at the age of eight. His first teacher was Andy Summers, formerly of The Police ...

– electric guitar (2, 3, 10), pedal steel (10, 11) *

Luther Dickinson Luther Andrews Dickinson (born January 18, 1973) is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the North Mississippi Allstars and the son of record producer Jim Dickinson. He is also known for being the lead guitarist for The Black Crowes. He hosts ''G ...

– electric guitar, background vocals (5) *Andy Keenan – dobro (3), lap steel (6) *

Jeff Coffin Jeff Coffin (born August 5, 1965) is an American saxophonist, composer, and educator. He is a three-time Grammy Award winner as a member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, with whom he performed from 1997 until 2010. In July 2008, Coffin began t ...

– saxophone (1, 2, 4) *

Rashawn Ross Rashawn Ross (born January 16, 1979) is an American trumpeter and arranger from St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. His contributions in the Dave Matthews Band as a touring member have gained him visibility. Ross is an accomplished session musician. R ...

– trumpet (1, 2, 4) *

Rob Moose Rob Moose (born 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist, arranger, producer, conductor, and orchestrator. He primarily plays the violin, viola, and guitar. Early life and education Moose was born in 1982. He was raised in Windsor, Connect ...

– violin, viola (9, 10, 11, 12, 13) *Anthony LaMarchina – cello (10, 13) *Vanessa McGowan – contrabass (10), bowed bass (13) *Annie Clements – background vocals (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12) *Kristen Rogers – background vocals (2, 6, 7, 12) *Jason Eskridge – background vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 9)

References

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