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. It was released on May 8, 2012, by

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. It reached No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' Folk Chart and No. 16 on the

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chart.

Track listing

# "The Foothills" (

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) – 1:22 # "You and Me" (Sara Watkins) – 3:23 # "You're the One I Love" (feat. Fiona Apple) (

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) - 1:45 # "When It Pleases You" ( Dan Wilson) – 6:50 # "Be There" (Watkins, Mills) – 3:50 # "I'm a Memory" (

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, arr. Mills) – 3:56 # "Impossible" (Sara Watkins,

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, Blake Mills) – 3:54 # "The Ward Accord" (Sara Watkins, Mills) – 3:21 # "Lock & Key" (Sara Watkins, Jenny Mannan, Mills) – 3:39 # "Take Up Your Spade" (Sara Watkins) – 3:26

Chart performance

Personnel

– lead vocals, fiddle, guitar *

– harmony vocals, guitar *

– harmony vocals, other instruments

Production

* Blake Mills – producer * Shawn Everett – recording, mixing, mastering * Jeri Helden – design * Aaron Redfield – photography

References

{{Authority control 2012 albums Sara Watkins albums