Some Need It Lonely

Some Need It Lonely
Studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López
Released	December 16, 2016
Recorded	1999–2012
Genre	Experimental rock, avant-garde, dub
Length	38:13
Label	Ipecac Recordings
Producer	Omar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López solo chronology
Nom de Guerre Cabal (2016) Nom de Guerre Cabal2016 Some Need It Lonely (2016) Some Need It Lonely2016 A Lovejoy (2016) A Lovejoy2016
Omar Rodríguez-López chronology
Antemasque (2014) Antemasque2014 Some Need It Lonely (2016) Some Need It Lonely2016 Crystal Fairy (2017) Crystal Fairy2017

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Exclaim!	[1]

Some Need It Lonely is the thirty-eighth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist, to be released on 16 December 2016. It is his twelfth and last release in the 12 album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings, although before its release the label confirmed an additional 12 records forthcoming set to continue the fortnightly release schedule.^[2]

"Archangel Trophy" was uploaded in advance as the album's single.

Track listing

All songs written by Omar Rodríguez-López.

1. "Bitter Sunsets" – 3:38
2. "We Might" – 1:46
3. "Sanity a Dream" – 3:43
4. "Zophiel" – 3:48
5. "Archangel Trophy" – 3:52
6. "Changes" – 2:53
7. "Back to the Same" – 3:04
8. "Zero Worth" – 3:07
9. "Barachiel Is At It Again" – 2:31
10. "Ariel" – 4:09
11. "Mulu Lizi" – 4:42

Tracks 5 & 6 form a single track, as do 8 & 9. Track 4 contains a guitar sample of The Mars Volta's "Vicarious Atonement".

Personnel

• Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars, synthesizers, bass (1, 5–7, 10), vocals (1)
• Teri Gender Bender – vocals (2, 5–9, 11)
• Cedric Bixler-Zavala – voice (3)
• Jon Theodore – drums (1, 4)
• Thomas Pridgen – drums (3, 7–9)
• Deantoni Parks – drums (5–6)
• Juan Alderete de la Peña – bass (3, 7–9)
• Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – percussion, keyboards, synthesizers
• Adrián Terrazas-González – saxophone, percussion

Production

• Jon Debaun – engineering
• Shawn Sullivan – engineering
• Lars Stalfors – mixing
• Chris Common – mastering
• Mackie – cover art, layout

Release history

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