Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

Fox Confessor Brings the Flood is a 2006 album by Neko Case. It was her first solo studio album in four years.

The album was recorded at Wave Lab Studios in Tucson, Arizona, except the beginning of "John Saw That Number", which was recorded in a stairwell at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern; and "At Last", which was tracked at Toronto's Iguana studio. Case is backed by several collaborators, including bandmates Jon Rauhouse and Tom V. Ray, as well as frequent collaborators The Sadies, Giant Sand's leader Howe Gelb, vocalist Kelly Hogan, Calexico's Joey Burns and John Convertino, and Canadian cohorts Brian Connelly and Paul Rigby. Rachel Flotard of Seattle punk-pop combo Visqueen also guests, as does legendary multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson of The Band. The album was engineered by Craig Schumacher and Chris Schultz, and produced and mixed by Neko Case and Darryl Neudorf. It has sold 194,000 copies in the United States up to December 2008.^[11]

The album has a music video, for the song "Maybe Sparrow".

Track listing

All songs written by Neko Case, except where noted.

1. "Margaret vs. Pauline" – 2:52
2. "Star Witness" – 5:16
3. "Hold On, Hold On" (Case, The Sadies) – 2:46
4. "A Widow's Toast" – 1:36
5. "That Teenage Feeling" – 2:42
6. "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood" (Case, Paul Rigby) – 2:42
7. "John Saw That Number" (traditional, Case) – 4:06
8. "Dirty Knife" – 3:18
9. "Lion's Jaws" (Case, The Sadies) – 2:28
10. "Maybe Sparrow" – 2:37
11. "At Last" – 1:35
12. "The Needle Has Landed" (Case, The Sadies) – 3:45

Personnel

• Neko Case – vocals, acoustic & electric tenor guitars, acoustic & electric guitars, six-string electric guitar, tambourine, whirly bird, piano, hammer dulcimer
• Garth Hudson – piano, organ
• Mike Belitsky – drums
• Paul Rigby – electric guitar, 12-string electric guitar, guitar loop
• Joey Burns – acoustic guitar, upright bass, cello, nylon acoustic guitar
• John Convertino – drums
• Anne de Wolff – violin
• Tom V. Ray – upright bass, bass
• Travis Good – acoustic & electric guitars
• Kelly Hogan – vocals
• Dallas Good – electric & 12-string guitars
• Sean Dean – upright bass
• Rachel Flotard – backing vocals
• Dexter Romweber – electric guitar
• Howe Gelb – electric guitar, piano
• Willie B – drums
• Jon Rauhouse – banjo, Hawaiian guitar
• Brian Connelly – acoustic guitar
• Julie Morstad - artwork

Charts

Album

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Blender review
3. ^ The Guardian review
4. ^ Mojo review
5. ^ Pitchfork Media review
6. ^ PopMatters review
7. ^ Prefix review
8. ^ Q review
9. ^ Rolling Stone review
10. ^ Uncut review
11. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (2008-12-02). "New Neko Case Album Due In March". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/new-neko-case-album-due-in-march-1003918407.story. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
12. ^ AMG charts