Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See
Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See is the first full-length album from alternative folk-rock group, Okkervil River. Released on January 22, 2002 on the label Jagjaguwar, it contains the single, "Kansas City". Artist William Schaff, not to be confused with lead singer Will Sheff, designed the cover art. The album features an array of instruments including violin, pedal steel, mellotron, banjo, string and horn sections.
The mandolin ballad "Westfall" stems from Sheff's recollections of the Yogurt Shop Murders, four grotesque murders of teenage girls in Austin, Texas by college students, and the subsequent trials. The song was written around the lines "They're looking for evil / Thinking they can trace it / But evil don't look like anything."[3]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Will Sheff.
| 1. |
"Red" |
3:40 |
| 2. |
"Kansas City" |
5:45 |
| 3. |
"Lady Liberty" |
3:41 |
| 4. |
"My Bad Days" |
6:21 |
| 5. |
"Westfall" |
5:54 |
| 6. |
"Happy Hearts" (featuring Daniel Johnston) |
4:17 |
| 7. |
"Dead Dog Song" |
3:59 |
| 8. |
"Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas" |
6:36 |
| 9. |
"Okkervil River Song" |
5:56 |
Personnel
Okkervil River:[4][5]
- Jonathan Meiburg – Bass, accordion, tambourine, wurlitzer
- Will Sheff – Vocals, guitar, mellotron, harmonica, organ ("Dead Dog Song")
- Zachary Thomas – Mandolin, bass (electric), vocals, string bass
- Seth Warren – Drums, vocals, spoons, taragat
Others:
- Alex Arcone – Saxophone ("Red")
- Ethan Azarian – Banjo
- Brian Beattie – Organ, organ (Hammond)
- Scott Blesner – Violin
- Michael Crow – Trumpet ("Lady Liberty")
- Peter Elliot – Trumpet ("Lady Liberty")
- Daniel Johnston – Vocals ("Happy Hearts")
- Channing Lewis – Saxophone ("Lady Liberty")
- Gary Newcomb – Pedal steel
- Ashley Rath – Violin ("Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas")
- June Rhee – Violin ("Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas")
- Alice Spencer – Vocals
- Brian Standefer – Cello ("Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas")
Technical personnel
- Brian Beattie – Producer, engineer, mixing
- Mark Pedini – Layout design
- William Schaff – Artwork, layout design
- Will Sheff – Layout design
- Billy Stull – Mastering
References
External links
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- Will Sheff
- Brian Cassidy
- Patrick Pestorius
- Scott Brackett
- Justin Sherburn
- Lauren Gurgiolo
| | | Studio albums | |
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| | Other albums | |
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| | Singles |
- "The Velocity of Saul at the Time of His Conversion"
- "Kansas City"
- "Westfall"
- "It Ends With A Fall"
- "Split single with South San Gabriel"
- "For Real (There's Nothing Quite Like the Blinding Light)"
- "For Real [Album Version]"
- "Black"
- "No Key, No Plan"
- "The President's Dead"
- "Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe"
- "A Girl In Port"
- "Unless It's Kicks"
- "Lost Coastlines"
- "Pop Lie"
- "Mermaid"
- "Wake And Be Fine"
- "Rider"
- "Your Past Life As A Blast"
- "It Was My Season"
- "Down Down The Deep River"
- "On A Balcony"
- "Where The Spirit Left Us"
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