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Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon is a Devendra Banhart album released September 25, 2007. This album features more instrumentation than the previous records, as well as more genre experimentation. Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon was recorded in Topanga Canyon, California. The majority of the merchandise sold on the US tour of Smokey was made in collaboration with Devendra by Adam Tullie and Angeline Rivas, who design the clothing line, Cavern.[1] This album was #19 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.[2] The song "Seahorse" was #69 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[3]
[edit] Track listing
- "Cristobal" (with Gael García Bernal) - 4:30
- "So Long Old Bean" - 2:56
- "Samba Vexillographica" (with Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes) - 4:49
- "Seahorse" - 8:04
- "Bad Girl" - 4:48
- "Seaside" - 4:36
- "Shabop Shalom" (with Nick Valensi of The Strokes) - 4:38
- "Tonada Yanomaminista" - 2:56
- "Rosa" (with Rodrigo Amarante of Los Hermanos) - 5:08
- "Saved" - 5:33
- "Lover" - 3:43
- "Carmensita" - 4:49
- "The Other Woman" - 3:49
- "Freely" - 4:59
- "I Remember" - 4:25
- "My Dearest Friend" - 2:36
[edit] Personnel
The current name of Banhart's band is Spiritual Bonerz[4] (the 'z' is silent), and the line-up consists of:
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ cavern || los angeles
- ^ ROBERT CHRISTGAU, DAVID FRICKE, CHRISTIAN HOARD, ROB SHEFFIELD (December 17, 2007). "The Top 50 Albums of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-20
- ^ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21
- ^ Devendra Banhart Coast to Coast - The Roxy, Boston, MA and the Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved on 2007-11-09.
