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label. ''Tiny Voices'' features a unique production sound, quite discordant and unpolished in comparison to Henry's previous album ''

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'' in 2001. Joe assembled a group of accomplished musicians, and provided them only with basic demo versions of each song. From there, he asked the musicians to "learn" the songs while they were being recorded. Henry felt this more ungroomed approach was in alignment with the themes of the album. The song "Flesh and Blood" was originally written by Henry for

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to record on ''

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'', Burke's

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-award-winning album, which Henry produced. The song "Animal Skin" was previously recorded by Joe for the ''Groundwork: Act to Reduce Hunger'' charity album.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Henry. # "This Afternoon" – 5:44 # "Animal Skin" – 5:54 # "Tiny Voices" – 6:41 # "Sold" – 5:29 # "Dirty Magazine" – 4:38 # "Flag" – 5:09 # "Loves You Madly" – 4:10 # "Lighthouse" – 5:11 # "Widows of the Revolution" – 4:38 # "Leaning" – 5:24 # "Flesh and Blood" – 5:34 # "Your Side of My World" – 7:19

Personnel

* Joe Henry - vocals, guitar * Don Byron - clarinets, tenor saxophone *

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- trumpet * Dave Palmer - keyboards * Patrick Warren - keyboards * Chris Bruce - guitar * Gregg Arreguin - guitar on 9 * Jennifer Condos - bass * Jay Bellerose - drums, percussion * Jim Keltner - drums * Niki Harris - vocals * Jean McClain - vocals

References

Joe Henry albums 2003 albums Albums produced by Joe Henry Anti- (record label) albums {{2003-rock-album-stub