''Come to Where I'm From'' is the second studio album by

Joseph Arthur Joseph Lyburn Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years t ...

, released by

Real World Records Real World Records is a British record label specializing in world music. It was founded in 1989 by English musician Peter Gabriel and original members of WOMAD. A majority of the works released on Real World Records feature music recorded at R ...

on April 11, 2000. The album was co-produced by

T Bone Burnett Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has won several Grammy Awards for his work on film sou ...

, and features the singles "Chemical" and "In the Sun". Arthur said, "I wanted to get the songs down in a way that was true to them and true to myself. I really wanted them to have humanity in them. I wanted an element of a gamble in it. I think too much music sounds too contained. I wanted it to sound like it could go out of control at any minute. I didn't want it produced to death." Real World Records reissued the album in July 2012, as a part of their ''Real World Gold'' series.

Track listing

''Rusty Water''

On March 11, 1999, a promo CD titled ''Rusty Water'' was released via

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group. They were originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman (musician), ...

. The CD featured 13 tracks, most of which would later be re-recorded, edited, and remixed to become ''Come to Where I'm From''. As this was not the official finalized release, few promos were made. # "Crawlin' on Bones" (a.k.a. "Cockroach") – 3:04 # "In the Sun" (Early Version) – 5:24 # "Exhausted" (Early Version) – 4:03 # "History" – 5:37 # "Chemical" – 4:06 # "Cocaine Blind" – 3:17 # "Freeze You Out" – 4:30 # "Tattoo" – 4:07 # "Eyes on My Back" – 4:12 # "In the Distance" – 3:24 # "California" – 4:14 # "Otherside" – 3:16 # "Invisible Hands" – 5:26 Note *The songs "Cocaine Blind" and "Otherside" (later renamed "The Other Side") appeared as B-sides to the "In the Sun" single. "California", "Freeze You Out", and "In the Distance" have not been released or re-recorded since this promo was issued.

Personnel

Musicians

* Joseph Arthur (as "Benzo") – guitar and vocals on all tracks. *

Carla Azar Carla Azar (June 15, 1972) is an American drummer from Huntsville, Alabama and member of the band Autolux. She also plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and sings. Azar played drums on Jack White's albums ''Blunderbuss'', ''Lazaretto'', and ' ...

(as "Darkstar") – drums on tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12; background vocals on track 6; shaker on track 8. *

(as "Yodaclaus") – piano on track 6. *

Markus Dravs Markus Dravs is a British music producer, songwriter, programmer, engineer and mixer. His credits include Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Wolf Alice, Björk, Brian Eno, Sheep on Drugs, Merz, Mumford & Sons, Hozier, Florence + the Machine, The Maccabe ...

(as "Luvclaw") – programming on tracks 4 and 7. * Eugene Kelly (as "Eugene") – "Fuzzheart" on track 11. * Ben Findlay (as "Spiralchugger") – additional acoustic guitar on track 4. * Nadia Lanman (as "Queenchina") – cello on track 1. *

Jim Keltner James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America". Howard Sounes. ''Do ...

(as "Nighttime") – drums on track 5. * Stella Katsoudas (as "Siren") – background vocals on track 1. * Rick Will (as "Lovehammer") – "explosions" on track 5; synthesizer on tracks 7 and 9; "kooky shit" on track 11.According to the booklet's liner notes.

Production and design

* Produced by T Bone Burnett, Joseph Arthur and Rick Will. * Mixed by Rick Will, except: ** Tracks 1, 5 and 12 mixed by

Tchad Blake Tchad Blake (born 1955) is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer and musician. A native of Baytown, Texas, he has worked with artists and musicians including Al Green, American Music Club, Ani DiFranco, Apartment 26, Arctic Monke ...

. * Engineered by Rick Will. * Additional engineering by Ben Findlay. * Assistant engineering by Nick Raskulinecz and Kevin Dean Marek. * Recorded at Sound City, Sunset Sound and Real World Studios. * Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at A&M Mastering. * Album cover drawings and paintings by Joseph Arthur. * Booklet photography by

Anton Corbijn Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (; born 20 May 1955) is a Dutch photographer, film director, and music video director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2,Pitman, Joanna"The silent partner" ...

. * Art direction and design by Zachary James Larner with Joseph Arthur at Bombshelter NYC.

References

External links

''Come to Where I'm From'' EPK
{{DEFAULTSORT:Come To Where I'm From Joseph Arthur albums 2000 albums Real World Records albums Albums produced by T Bone Burnett Albums produced by Tchad Blake Virgin Records albums