Rocket House

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Rocket House
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 5, 2001
Recorded2001
Genre Rock
Length53:17
Label ATO Records
Producer Tony Mangurian
Chris Whitley chronology
Perfect Day
(2000)
Rocket House
(2001)
Long Way Around
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Rocket House is the seventh album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It is his sixth studio album.

Contents

It was produced by Tony Mangurian and recorded primarily at Soho Music Studios in New York City. It was mixed by Tony Mangurian and Danny Madorsky at Greene St. Recording.

Additional recording was done at Little Henri Studio in New York City, Dok Noord in Ghent, Belgium, and by Scott Campbell in Los Angeles, California.

Whitley used turntable scratchings and what he called "electronic abstraction". [2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Chris Whitley unless otherwise noted.

  1. "To Joy (Revolution of the Innocents)" (Chris Whitley, Tony Mangurian) – 4:26
  2. "Radar" (Chris Whitley, Tony Mangurian) – 4:04
  3. "Chain" – 5:38
  4. "Say Goodbye" (Chris Whitley, Tony Mangurian) – 3:37
  5. "Solid Iron Heart" – 3:51
  6. "Rocket House" – 6:09
  7. "Serve You" – 4:10
  8. "Little Torch" – 4:45
  9. "From a Photograph" – 3:55
  10. "Vertical Desert" – 3:32
  11. "Something Shines"
  12. "Shadowland" (hidden track) – 9:05

Personnel

Additional personnel

Track listing – import bonus CD

For a limited time in France, Fargo Records packaged Rocket House with a bonus CD containing radio edits, live, unreleased, outtake, and acoustic material. This package is commonly called Rocket House – Edition limitée 2cd.

All tracks written by Chris Whitley unless otherwise noted:

  1. "To Joy (Revolution of the Innocents) (edit)" (Chris Whitley and Tony Mangurian) – 3:41
  2. "Radar (edit)" (Chris Whitley and Tony Mangurian) – 3:51
  3. "Radar (live)" (Chris Whitley and Tony Mangurian) – 3:45
  4. "Timebomb Baby" – 5:19
  5. "Say Goodbye (acoustic)" (Chris Whitley and Tony Mangurian) – 3:31
  6. "Vertical Desert (acoustic)" – 3:55
  7. "Invisible Day" – 3:53
  8. "Breaking Your Fall" – 3:11
  9. "Shadowland (acoustic)" – 5:01
  10. "Rocket House (acoustic)" – 4:41

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r536181
  2. Sisario, Ben (November 24, 2005). "Chris Whitley, 45, Songwriter Whose Music Blended Genres, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved September 4, 2024.