Tambourine (album)

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Tambourine
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Studio album by
Released2004
StudioSound City Studios
M.C. Studios
Glenwood Place
Cello Studios
Los Angeles, California
Genre Alternative Country, Americana
Length46:04
Label Lost Highway
Producer George Drakoulias
Tift Merritt chronology
Bramble Rose
(2002)
Tambourine
(2004)
Home Is Loud
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork 7.3/10 [2]
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Tambourine is the second album by alternative country artist Tift Merritt. It was released in 2004 by Lost Highway Records, and earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tift Merritt except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stray Paper" 3:52
2."Wait it Out"Tift Merritt, Jay Joyce 3:34
3."Good Hearted Man" 3:39
4."Ain't Looking Closely" 4:23
5."Still Pretending" 3:40
6."Write My Ticket" 3:42
7."Your Love Made a U-Turn" McClinton Osbie Burnett 2:33
8."Plainest Thing" 3:30
9."Late Night Pilgrim" 4:23
10."I Am Your Tambourine" 3:42
11."Laid a Highway" 3:51
12."Shadow in the Way" 4:42
iTunes bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Easy to Change"3:53

Personnel

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