2009 Merge Records Sampler

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Cool
drums (drum set):
Chuck Garrison
electric bass guitar:
Laura Ballance
guitar:
Mac McCaughan and Jim Wilbur
vocals:
Mac McCaughan
recorded at:
Duck-Kee Studios in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
recording of:
Cool
writer:
Laura Ballance, Chuck Garrison, Mac McCaughan and Jim Wilbur
publisher:
All the Songs Sound the Same Music
Superchunk3:37
2Never Had Nobody Like You
guest vocals:
Zooey Deschanel
M. Ward42:26
3Tragic Carpet Ride
Polvo53:21
4Coast of California
Telekinesis53:32
5Long Vermont Roads
lead vocals:
Stephin Merritt
publisher:
Gay and Loud
recording of:
Long Vermont Roads
lyricist and composer:
Stephin Merritt
publisher:
Gay and Loud
The Magnetic Fields23:27
6Danny Callahan
bass guitar:
Macey Taylor
drums (drum set):
Jason Boesel
electric guitar:
Nik Freitas and Conor Oberst
guitar:
Conor Oberst
piano:
Nate Walcott
background vocals:
Nik Freitas
vocals:
Conor Oberst
recording of:
Danny Callahan
writer:
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst2.53:59
7Intervention
recording engineer:
Scott Colburn (engineer / producer / musician) and Markus Dravs
producer:
Arcade Fire
mixer:
Arcade Fire and Nick Launay
arranger:
Arcade Fire
recording of:
Intervention
lyricist and composer:
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire3.74:19
8Dark Leaves Form a Thread
Destroyer3:36
9Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
engineer:
Mike Coykendall
producer:
M. Ward (US singer‐songwriter and guitarist; member of She & Him)
mixer:
Mike Mogis
bass guitar [bass] and percussion:
Mike Coykendall
guitar [guitars]:
M. Ward (US singer‐songwriter and guitarist; member of She & Him)
piano:
Zooey Deschanel
vocals:
Zooey Deschanel
engineered at:
Blue Rooms in Portland, Oregon, United States
recording of:
Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
composer:
Zooey Deschanel
She & Him52:31
10Where's Your Patience, Dear?
Matt Suggs2:31
11The Underdog
engineer:
Greg Koller
producer:
Jon Brion and Spoon (Austin, TX rock band)
bass and chamberlin:
Jon Brion
saxophone:
Jason Freese
trombone:
Francisco Torres (trombone)
trumpet:
Ron Blake (US trumpet player)
music videos:
The Underdog by Spoon (Austin, TX rock band)
part of:
Amazon – Best Songs of 2007: Editor Picks (number: 2) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 464)
recording of:
The Underdog
lyricist and composer:
Britt Daniel
publisher:
Precious Fluids Publishing
Spoon4.353:42
12Slipped Dissolved and Loosened
Lambchop4:50
13Nice Fox
The Rosebuds53:28
14E Motel
mixer:
Edmund Cake
recording of:
E Motel
composer:
David Kilgour, Hamish Kilgour and Robert Scott (New Zealand musician)
The Clean42:34
15Spell
additional assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer:
Taylor Dow
additional recording engineer:
Andy Taub (recording engineer, owner of Brooklyn Recording)
recording engineer:
JD Foster
mixer:
Andy Taub (recording engineer, owner of Brooklyn Recording)
instruments:
Richard Buckner, Rob Burger, JD Foster, Doug Gillard, Kevin March and Stephen Goulding (English drummer for the Rumour, Mekons, etc.)
vocals:
Richard Buckner
recording of:
Spell
writer:
Richard Buckner
Richard Buckner3:34
16Perfect Games
The Broken West3:13
17Angela
Oakley Hall4:16
18Majesty
The Music Tapes2:45
19Oceans in the Hall
The Ladybug Transistor3:39
20I Don't Feel Young
recording engineer:
Tim Kearley, Mike Leikin and Andy Stack
mixer:
Mike Leikin, Eric Morrison and Andy Stack
mixed at:
Devil's Isle Wet Lab and UMBC
recording of:
I Don't Feel Young
writer:
Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner
Wye Oak3:02
21Song for a Clock
Portastatic2:42

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part of:Merge Records Samplers (order: 2)