Wagonwheel Blues
Wagonwheel Blues is the debut studio album by American indie rock band The War on Drugs, released on June 19, 2008 on Secretly Canadian. It is the only studio album to feature contributions from drummer Kyle Lloyd.
Background and recording
Upon the album's release, vocalist and guitarist Adam Granduciel noted that the album's songs "each have their own little time frame spanning over the last six-to-seven years."[1] Granduciel elaborated, "There are sounds on these songs from over eight years of home recording; bits and pieces here and there, dumped from cassettes, MiniDiscs, samplers, rough mixes run through amps and sampled, but most importantly all the performances are fresh and invigorating."[1]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Adam Granduciel, except where noted.
| 1. |
"Arms Like Boulders" | |
5:20 |
| 2. |
"Taking the Farm" | Granduciel, Vile |
4:00 |
| 3. |
"Coast Reprise" | Granduciel, Vile |
3:15 |
| 4. |
"Buenos Aires Beach" | |
3:23 |
| 5. |
"There Is No Urgency" | |
6:19 |
| 6. |
"A Needle in Your Eye #16" | |
4:54 |
| 7. |
"Reverse the Charges" | |
3:20 |
| 8. |
"Show Me the Coast" | Granduciel, Vile |
10:03 |
| 9. |
"Barrel of Batteries" | |
2:29 |
Total length: |
43:03 |
Personnel
The War on Drugs
- Adam Granduciel - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica, drums, organs, samplers, rhodes, ms16, piano
- Kurt Vile - electric and acoustic 12-string guitars, lead jazzmaster, vocals, OB-8, wurlitzer, trumpet, piano
- David Hartley - electric bass (1 & 2)
- Kyle Lloyd - drums, percussion, Casper (1 & 5)
Additional musicians
- Paul Cobb - left and right drums (2)
- Ryan Cobb - sweep guitar (2)
Recording personnel
- Adam Granduciel - producer, recording (3, 4, 7 & 9), mixing (3, 4, 7 & 9)
- Kurt Vile - producer
- Jeff Zeigler - producer, recording (6 & 8), mixing (6 & 8)
- Ryan Cobb - recording (1, 2 & 5)
- Paul Cobb - recording (1, 2 & 5)
- Michael Johnson - additional engineering
- Kyle Lloyd - additional engineering
- Brian McTear - mixing (2 & 5)
- John Martin - amplifier preparation
Artwork
References
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- Kurt Vile
- Kyle Lloyd
- Mike Zhangi
- Steven Urgo
- Patrick Berkery
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