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. Recorded between September 2001 and January 2003 at Great Linford Manor, Eastcote and various home studios, the long-player was released on the

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label in 2003. This was the last Tindersticks album to feature the band's original lineup before their extended hiatus and subsequent departure of half the band. Tindersticks member David Boulter later selected it as his least favorite Tindersticks album, remarking: "It has a feeling of something that was lost—the feeling that the band hadn't been great for a couple of albums."

Track listing

# "Until the Morning Comes" (Hinchliffe, Tindersticks) – 3:34 # "Say Goodbye to the City" (Staples, Hinchliffe, Tindersticks) – 4:30 # "Sweet Memory" (Hinchliffe, Tindersticks) – 4:29 # "4.48 Psychosis" (Words by

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, from her play, '' 4.48 Psychosis'', Tindersticks) – 5:13 # "Waiting for the Moon" (Staples, Hinchliffe) – 2:51 # "Trying to Find a Home" (Staples, Hinchliffe, Boulter, Tindersticks) – 5:44 # "Sometimes It Hurts" (Staples, Tindersticks) – 4:39 # "My Oblivion" (Staples, Tindersticks) – 7:00 # "Just a Dog" (Staples, Boulter, Tindersticks) – 3:28 # "Running Wild" (Staples, Tindersticks) – 4:14

Personnel

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– vocals, guitar *David Boulter – keyboards *Neil Fraser – guitar *Dickon Hinchliffe – violin *Mark Colwill – bass *Alistair Macaulay – drums

Additional musicians

*Gina Foster – vocals *Colin McCan – timpanis *

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– trumpet (on track 2) *

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– vocal duet (on track 7) * Steve Sidwell – trumpet *Neil Sidwell – trombone *

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– tenor saxophone *Deve Bishop – baritone saxophone *Lucy Wilkins, Calina De La Mare, Gillon Cameron, Anna Morris, Howard Gott, Ruth Gottlieb, Christopher Koh, Jacqueline Norrie, Louise Peacock, Wendy de St. Pear, Fiona Brice, Brian Wright, Catherine Browning, Sarah Button, David Williams – violins *Robert Spriggs, Naomi Fairhurst, Emily Frith, Fiona Griffith, Vincent Greene, Sophie Sirota, Rebecca Ware, Reiad Chibahm Lucy Theo – violas *Sarah Wilson, Andrew Nice, Chris Mansell, Oliver Kraus, Chris Worsey, Ian Burdge – cellos

Production

*Stuart Staples,

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– production *Sam Miller, Antti Uusimaki, Haicong Guo – assistants *Dickon Hinchliffe – arranger (strings and brass) *Tim Young – mastering (at Metropolis, London) *Suzanne Osborne – cover painting

Notes

Both Canadian and Australian editions came with a bonus EP entitled ''Don't Even Go There''. It included the tracks "Trying to Find a Home" (Boulter, Tindersticks), "Sexual Funk" (Boulter), "Everything Changes" (Boulter, Tindersticks) and "I Want You" (Hinchliffe, Tindersticks). This EP was released as a standalone single in the UK.

References

{{Authority control 2003 albums Tindersticks albums Beggars Banquet Records albums