Blackberry Belle

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Blackberry Belle
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2003
Recorded Los Angeles, New Orleans and Memphis
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock
Length44:39
Label One Little Indian
Producer Mike Napolitano, Mathias Schneeberger, Greg Dulli
The Twilight Singers chronology
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (EP)
(2003)
Blackberry Belle
(2003)
She Loves You
(2004)
Singles from Blackberry Belle
  1. "Teenage Wristband" / "The Killer"
    Released: November 10, 2003
  2. "Feathers" / "Number Nine"
    Released: January 26, 2004
  3. "Papillon"
    Released: August 2, 2004 (promo only)
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Blackberry Belle is the second full-length album released by The Twilight Singers. It was released by One Little Indian Records on October 14, 2003 and features guest appearances by Mathias Schneeberger, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Stanton Moore, Petra Haden, Kamasi Washington and Mark Lanegan. The album is a tribute to director Ted Demme, a close friend of Greg Dulli's who died of a heart attack while playing a game of basketball in January 2002. Dulli had been working on another project entitled Amber Headlights (which would later see the light of day in 2005), but abandoned those sessions due to Demme's death. The recordings which followed, fueled in part by the memory of Demme, resulted in Blackberry Belle.

Contents

The album was released on vinyl over two years after the initial CD release. Pressed on white vinyl, the LP contained an extra track "Run, Rabbit Run". This is a demo version featuring Greg Dulli on piano. He was known to perform a version of this song on the last The Afghan Whigs tour.

The Twilight Singers performed the album in its entirety for the first and only time in San Francisco at the Great American Music Hall on September 17, 2011 with special guests Mark Lanegan, Petra Haden and Dave Catching joining the group on stage.

Track listing

All songs written by Greg Dulli except as noted.

  1. "Martin Eden" – 3:39
  2. "Esta noche" – 4:33 (Dulli, Schneeberger)
  3. "Teenage Wristband" – 3:34
  4. "St. Gregory" – 3:28 (Dulli, Tobias)
  5. "The Killer" – 4:28 (Dulli, Phillips)
  6. "Decatur St." – 4:10
  7. "Papillon" – 4:24
  8. "Follow You Down" – 2:24
  9. "Feathers" – 4:02
  10. "Fat City (Slight Return)" – 3:25
  11. "Number Nine" – 6:32
  12. "Run, Rabbit Run" (vinyl release only)

Personnel

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