So Divided

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So Divided
So Divided cover
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 Mike McCarthy
Professional reviews
…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. It saw the band continuing to expand its sound, along the lines of its predecessor Worlds Apart.

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

The lead single from the album was the track "Wasted State of Mind", though no music video was made for it.

A video was created for the song "Naked Sun," but with no input whatsoever from the band. [1]

The artist-uncredited cover of Guided by Voices' "Gold Heart Mountain Top Queen Directory" has been criticized for granting the lush arrangement that was previously only delicately implied in its former "four-track glory" on the GBV album Bee Thousand.[2] Though the song is not properly credited to Robert Pollard or Guided by Voices, the lyrics for the song are omitted, implying that it is not an ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead original.


Contents

[edit] Track listing

  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 Day Hell" – 2:09
  9. "Witch's Web" – 4:11
  10. "Segue: In the Realms of the Unreal" – 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

[edit] Additional musicians

  • Amanda Palmer: piano on "Life", "Eight Day Hell" and "Witch's Web". Vocals on "Witch's Web".
  • Lily Courtney: backing vocals on all songs, lead vocals on "Eight Day Hell" and end vocals on "Life".
  • Will Courtney: backing vocals on all songs, lead vocals on "Eight Day Hell"
  • James Olsen: backing vocals on "Stand in Silence", "Naked Sun" and "Eight Day Hell". Lead vocal on "Sunken Dreams"
  • Beaux Randall: backing vocals on "Naked Sun"
  • Daniel Wilcox: slide guitar on "Witch's Web".
  • Pat Mastelotto: 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

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  • "Witch's Web" is a reprise of the original version released on the various artists compilation, The Peek-a-Boo Book of Spells.\]].
  • 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] References

  1. ^ Keely, Conrad (2007-04-13). News update? And notes regarding our ridiculous video. Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
  2. ^ allmusic ((( So Divided > Overview )))

[edit] External links

…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Conrad Keely | Jason Reece | Kevin Allen | Danny Wood | Doni Schroader
Neil Busch | Deanne Rowley
Discography
Albums …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | Madonna | Source Tags & Codes | Worlds Apart | So Divided
EPs: Relative Ways | The Secret of Elena's Tomb