So Divided

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So Divided
Studio album by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Released	November 14, 2006 (US)
Genre	Alternative
Length	46:14
Label	Interscope Records
Producer(s)	Mike McCarthy
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Aversion.com link The Guardian link Pitchfork Media (5.5/10) link Prefixmag.com (5.5/10)link New York Times NME (8/10) Twisted Ear link
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead chronology
Worlds Apart (2005)	So Divided (2006)

So Divided is an album by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead released on November 14, 2006.

The album was leaked in its entirety onto peer-to-peer filesharing networks on October 3rd, 2006.

Contents 1 Tracklist 2 Personnel 2.1 Band 2.2 Additional musicians 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Tracklist

1. "Intro: A Song of Fire and Wine" – 1:42
2. "Stand in Silence" – 4:35
3. "Wasted State of Mind" – 5:27
4. "Naked Sun" – 6:04
5. "Gold Heart Mountain Top Queen Directory" – 2:14
6. "So Divided" – 6:29
7. "Life" – 5:59
8. "Eight Days of Hell" – 2:09
9. "Witch's Web" – 4:11
10. "Segue: Sunken Dreams" – 2:19
11. "Sunken Dreams" – 5:05

• The album was released in Europe with the original version of "Witch's Web" as an added bonus track.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band

• Kevin Allen
• Conrad Keely
• Jason Reece
• Doni Schroeder
• Daniel Wood

[edit] Additional musicians

• Amanda Palmer: piano on "Life", "Eight Days of Hell" and "Witch's Web". Vocals on Witch's Web".
• Lily Courtney: backing vocals on all songs, lead vocals on "Eight Days of Hell" and end vocals on "Life".
• Will Courtney: backing vocals on all songs, lead vocals on "Eight Days of Hell"
• James Olsen: backing vocals on "Stand in Silence", "Naked Sun" and "Eight Days of Hell". Lead vocal on "Sunken Dreams"
• Beaux Randall: backing vocals on "Naked Sun"
• Daniel Wilcox: slide guitar on "Witch's Web".
• Pat Mastellotto: percussion on "Wasted State of Mind" and "Life".
• Hilary Hahn, violin on "Witch's Web".
• Matt Bang: sax solo on "Naked Sun" (along with Conrad Keely)

[edit] Trivia

• "Witch's Web" is a reprise of the original version released on the various artists compilation, The Peek-a-Boo Book of Spells.
• "Gold Heart Mountain Top Queen Directory" is a cover of the lo-fi band Guided by Voices from their album Bee Thousand.
• A demo of the song "Let It Dive" off the band's 2005 album Worlds Apart was included on the iTunes release of the album.

[edit] External links

• Trail of Dead Official Site
• Trail of Dead Fansite