Keep It Together

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Keep It Together
Studio album by Guster
Released	June 24, 2003
Recorded	2001—2003
Genre	Rock
Length	48:44
Label	Palm/Reprise Records
Producer(s)	Roger Moutenot and Ron Aniello
Professional reviews
AllMusic Guide link Pitchfork (7.0/10) link
Guster chronology
Lost and Gone Forever (1990)	Keep It Together (2002)	Guster on Ice (2001)

Keep It Together is an album by the band Guster. It was released in June, 2003. The album was recorded over a two-year period between 2001 and 2003 in Bearsville, New York, New York City, Burbank, California and Shokan, New York.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Diane" – 3:46
2. "Careful" – 3:42
3. "Amsterdam" – 3:37
4. "Backyard" – 2:55
5. "Homecoming King" – 3:37
6. "Ramona" – 3:06
7. "Jesus on the Radio" – 2:17
8. "Keep It Together" – 3:43
9. "Come Downstairs and Say Hello" – 5:16
10. "Red Oyster Cult" – 3:27
11. "Long Way Down" – 4:24
12. "I Hope Tomorrow Is Like Today" – 3:22
13. "[silence]" – 0:30
14. "Two at a Time" (hidden track – 4:57)

[edit] Miscellanea

• This is the first album by Guster that features Brian Rosenworcel on kit drums instead of hand percussion.

• The album went through several working titles including Bitch Magic, Olympia Dukakis and Come Downstairs & Say Hello before the band decided on Keep It Together.

• "Amsterdam", "Ramona", and "Careful" were released as radio singles.

• "Amsterdam" and "Careful" both enjoyed modest radio success. "Amsterdam" peaked at #20 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart and "Careful" peaked at #30.

• "I Hope Tomorrow Is Like Today" features Ben Kweller on lead vocals.

• Brian Rosenworcel does back up vocals during the "na na na nas" on "Careful". This is only the second time he has been credited with vocals. On the album Goldfly, in the song "Getting Even" he speaks from a pamphlet regarding Atheism and the Devil, during the underslide guitar solo, and is credited in the album.

[edit] See also

• The Meowstro Sings - Guster's Keep It Together