Graveyard Whistling

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Graveyard Whistling
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Studio album by
Old 97's
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
RecordedApril 2016
Studio Sonic Ranch
Genre
Label ATO
Producer Vance Powell
Old 97's chronology
Most Messed Up
(2014)		Graveyard Whistling
(2017)		 Love the Holidays
(2018)

Graveyard Whistling is the eleventh studio album by American alt-country band Old 97's, released on February 24, 2017. [1] The album's title comes from the song "Irish Whiskey Pretty Girls." The album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in April 2016. Brandi Carlile joins in on the vocals of "Good with God". [2]

Contents

A review in Mother Jones Magazine ends with this summation of the album: "Graveyard Whistling will make you feel more alive and more aware of your inexorable mortality at once." [3]

Track listing

All tracks by Rhett Miller, Ken Bethea, Murry Hammond and Philip Peeples except where noted.

  1. "I Don't Wanna Die In This Town" (Miller, Bethea, Hammond, Peeples, Salim Nourallah) - 3:58
  2. "Bad Luck Charm" (Miller, Bethea, Hammond, Peeples, Caitlin Rose) - 3:33
  3. "All Who Wander" - 4:13
  4. "Jesus Loves You" (Miller, Bethea, Hammond, Peeples, Salim Nourallah, Gaines Greer) - 3:20
  5. "Good With God" (featuring Brandi Carlile) (Miller, Bethea, Hammond, Peeples, Brandi Carlile) - 3:55
  6. "She Hates Everybody" (Miller, Bethea, Hammond, Peeples, Salim Nourallah) - 3:41
  7. "Irish Whiskey Pretty Girls" - 4:19
  8. "Nobody" - 3:17
  9. "Drinkin' Song" - 2:55
  10. "Turns Out I'm Trouble" - 4:36
  11. "Those Were the Days" (Miller, Bethea, Hammond, Peeples, Nicole Atkins) - 3:56

Personnel

Old 97's

Additional Musicians

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References

  1. ↑ Maxwell, Emily (December 12, 2016). "Old 97's To Unearth Eleventh Album Graveyard Whistling". American Songwriter. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Lore, Mark (February 21, 2017). "Old 97's: Graveyard Whistling Review". Paste. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Young, Jon (March 11, 2017). "Old 97's Graveward Whistling Review". Mother Jones. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
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