The King of In Between

The King of In Between
Studio album by Garland Jeffreys
Released	2011
Genre	Rock, Reggae
Label	Big Lake Records
Producer	Larry Campbell, Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys chronology
Wildlife Dictionary (1997) The King of In Between (2011) Truth Serum (2013)

The King of In Between is a solo album by Garland Jeffreys. It was released in 2011 by Big Lake Records and self-produced. Lou Reed provided backing vocals on one track on the album, "The Contortionist". ^[1]

Critical reception

The King of In Between has a score of 79/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ^[2]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(79%) [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Austin Chronicle	[4]
Robert Christgau	A- [5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys

1. "Coney Island Winter" - 3:50
2. "I'm Alive" - 4:01
3. "Streetwise" - 4:48
4. "The Contortionist" - 3:53
5. "All Around the World" - 4:38
6. "'Til John Lee Hooker Calls Me" - 4:02
7. "Love Is Not a Cliché" - 3:27
8. "Rock and Roll Music" - 2:56
9. "The Beautiful Truth" - 4:04
10. "Roller Coast Town" - 3:06
11. "In God's Waiting Room" - 3:59
12. "Rock On" (unlisted bonus track) ^[6] - 3:18

Personnel

• Garland Jeffreys - vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 11, 12, 13)
• Larry Campbell - electric guitar (tracks: 3, 4, 6); acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, violin, string arrangements (tracks: 12, 13); guitar solos (tracks: 4, 8); rhythm guitar (track: 9); revelator guitar (track: 11)
• Duncan Sheik - acoustic and electric guitar, sonic orchestration (track: 2)
• Duke Levine - electric guitar (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13); wah-wah electric guitar, special effects (track: 9)
• Hugh McCracken (tracks: 2), Junior Marvin (tracks: 5, 10) - electric guitar
• Mark Bosch - acoustic, electric and slide guitar (tracks: 2, 7); electric guitar, organ, piano (tracks: 1, 7)
• Alan Freedman - acoustic guitar (track: 12); electric guitar (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 10)
• Jeremy Chatzky (tracks: 5, 10), John Conte (tracks: 1, 7), Mike Merritt (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9,12,13), Pino Palladino (track: 2) - bass
• Brian Mitchell - keyboards (tracks: 12, 13); Hammond organ (tracks: 3, 4, 9), piano (tracks: 4, 8)
• George Kouao - keyboards (tracks: 5, 10)
• Rich Pagano (tracks: 1, 7), Steve Goulding (tracks: 5, 10), Steve Jordan (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13) - drums
• Jerry Johnson - tenor saxophone (tracks: 5, 10)
• Clark Gayton - trombone (tracks: 5, 10)
• Savannah Jeffreys, Vaneese Thomas - additional vocals (track: 4)
• Cindy Mizelle (tracks: 5, 13), Lou Reed (track: 4), Vaneese Thomas (track: 8) - backing vocals

References

1. Tucker, Ken (June 23, 2011). "Garland Jeffreys: New York's 'King Of In Between'". NPR. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
2. "The King of In Between". Metacritic. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
3. Horowitz, Hal. "The King of in Between Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
4. Caligiuri, Jim (March 16, 2012). "The King of In Between". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
5. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Garland Jeffreys" . Retrieved December 12, 2014.
6. Brown, Peter Stone. "Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between". Up Against It. Retrieved October 27, 2019.

External links

• AMG review