40 Days

40 Days
Studio album by The Wailin' Jennys
Released	August 10, 2004
Recorded	Private Ear Recording, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Genre	Folk rock Folk
Label	Red House
Producer	David Travers-Smith
The Wailin' Jennys chronology
The Wailin' Jennys EP (2003) 40 Days Firecracker (2006)

40 Days is the debut full-length album from Canadian folk trio The Wailin' Jennys. The lineup of the group at the time was Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta, and Cara Luft. This was the last recording to feature Luft, who left the group the following year.

Although the title, 40 Days appears as a line in the song "Something to Hold Onto", and traditionally has religious significance it was chosen for another reason. The title is actually the number of days it took the Jennys to record and refine the album and is a tribute to the experiences encountered during that time.^{[citation needed]}

The album features three tracks contributed by each the band's three songwriters and covers of Neil Young's "Old Man" and John Hiatt's "Take It Down". The group rounds out the collection with the traditional farewell, "The Parting Glass".

The album received the 2005 Juno Award for "Roots & Traditional Album of the Year by a Group".

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Track listing

1. "One Voice" (Ruth Moody)
2. "Saucy Sailor" (Traditional)
3. "Arlington" (Nicky Mehta)
4. "Beautiful Dawn" (Ruth Moody)
5. "Untitled" (Cara Luft)
6. "This is Where" (Nicky Mehta)
7. "Old Man" (Neil Young)
8. "Heaven When We're Home" (Ruth Moody)
9. "Ten Mile Stilts" (Nicky Mehta)
10. "Come All You Sailors" (Cara Luft)
11. "Take it Down" (John Hiatt)
12. "Something to Hold Onto" (Cara Luft)
13. "The Parting Glass" (Traditional)

Personnel

The Wailin' Jennys are:

• Cara Luft - vocals, acoustic guitar (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12), electric guitar (9), dobro (11)
• Nicky Mehta - vocals, acoustic guitar (3, 6, 9, 12), harmonica (4, 11), cajone (2)
• Ruth Moody - vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 4, 8, 11), bodhran (2, 5, 10), piano (9), organ (6), accordion (12)

Additional Musical Contributions by:

• Kevin Breit - electric guitar (6), dobro (4), mandolin (1), mandocello (1)
• Andrew Downing - acoustic bass (1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12)
• Christian Dugas - drums and percussion on "Beautiful Dawn"
• Mark Mariash - drums (3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12), percussion (3, 6, 9, 11, 12), additional percussion on "Beautiful Dawn"
• Richard Moody - viola (3, 5), fiddle (8)
• David Travers-Smith - organ (5, 11), trumpet (3), piano guts (5)

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