Expando

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Expando
Expando.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 20, 2009 (2009-10-20)
Recorded2007–2009
Studio
  • Mooselodge (Calabasas, California)
Genre Country rock, country pop
Length52:50
Label Lost Highway Records
Producer Timothy B. Schmit
Timothy B. Schmit chronology
Feed the Fire
(2001)
Expando
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
BBC (favourable) [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Expando is the fifth studio album released by American musician Timothy B. Schmit. The album was released on October 20, 2009 on Lost Highway Records. It is Schmit's first studio album since 2001's Feed the Fire .

Contents

Schmit wrote all the songs himself and recorded them in his home studio. [4]

Track listing

  1. "One More Mile" – 4:18
  2. "Parachute" – 6:18
  3. "Friday Night" – 4:43
  4. "Ella Jean" – 4:05
  5. "White Boy from Sacramento" – 4:55
  6. "Compassion" – 4:40
  7. "Downtime" – 6:33
  8. "Melancholy" – 3:27
  9. "I Don't Mind" – 4:13
    • featuring Van Dyke Parks
  10. "Secular Praise" – 4:52
  11. "A Good Day" – 4:47

Personnel

Musicians


Production

Charts

Chart performance for Expando
Chart (2009)Peak
position
US Billboard Top Heatseekers [5] 43

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References

  1. allmusic review
  2. BBC review
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  4. Graff, Gary (2009-09-15). "Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit set solo album release date". Billboard . Retrieved 2009-10-26.
  5. "Expando - Timothy B. Schmit (2009)". Billboard . Retrieved 2009-11-01.