Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward

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"Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward."
Studio album by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
Released	October 8, 2001 (Europe) October 22, 2001 (World)
Recorded	Hotel2Tango
Genre	Post-rock
Length	58:17
Label	Constellation CST018
Producer	Howard Bilerman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (7.7/10) 11/2/2001
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band chronology
He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms… (2000) "Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward." (2001) "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing, (2003)

"Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward." is the second album of the Canadian band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. It was released by Constellation Records in October of 2001.

The title is most likely drawn from the King James Version of the Book of Job: “Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upwards” (Ch. 5:7).^[1] Note the change of “unto” to “into”.

The album finds the band expanding from three members to six, with a similarly expanded name.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band 2.2 Other musicians 2.3 Technical 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats of Fire Are Falling from the Sky!" – 9:07
2. "This Gentle Hearts Like Shot Bird's Fallen" – 5:47
3. "Built Then Burnt [Hurrah! Hurrah!]" – 5:41
4. "Take These Hands and Throw Them in the River" – 6:58
5. "Could've Moved Mountains" – 10:59
6. "Tho You Are Gone I Still Often Walk w/ You" – 4:48
7. "C'mon Come On (Loose an Endless Longing)" – 8:06
8. "The Triumph of Our Tired Eyes" – 6:54

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band

• Efrim Menuck – guitar, piano, vocals, tapes, effects
• Thierry Amar – contrabass, vocals
• Sophie Trudeau – violin, vocals
• Jessica Moss – violin, vocals
• Beckie Foon – cello
• Ian Ilavsky – guitar, organ

[edit] Other musicians

• Jonah Fortune – trumpet, trombone (on "C'mon Come on (Loose an Endless Longing)")
• Eric Craven – drums
• Mischa and Sasha – voices

[edit] Technical

• Howard Bilerman – producer
• Harris Newman – mastering

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Constellation's album information page

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