Vacancy (EP)

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Vacancy (EP)
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ReleasedMay 11, 1999
RecordedSound City, Sunset Sound
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock
Length32:41
Label Undercover
Real World Records
Producer T-Bone Burnett, Rick Will, Joseph Arthur
Joseph Arthur chronology
Big City Secrets
(1997)
Vacancy (EP)
(1999)
Come to Where I'm From
(2000)
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Vacancy is an EP by Joseph Arthur released on May 11, 1999. Released by the independent label Undercover out of Portland, Oregon, Vacancy is a hand packaged, limited edition that was assembled one at a time by two people at Undercover. Each one was pressed and die-cut, then assembled and folded by hand. Vacancy was limited to 10,000 copies worldwide—5,000 to the US and 5,000 to Europe, the UK and France. The EP's sleeve design was nominated in 1999 for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. Joan Osborne plays acoustic guitar on "Crying on Sunday."

The song "Bed of Nails" appears in the film "The Bone Collector" starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joseph Arthur.

No.TitleLength
1."Hang Around Here"3:30
2."Bed of Nails"3:44
3."Prison"4:51
4."Making Mistakes"5:31
5."Vacancy"3:10
6."Crying on Sunday"4:40
7."Toxic Angel" (The song "Toxic Angel" ends at 4:30. After 40 seconds of silence [4:30 - 5:10], begins an untitled hidden song.)7:15

Personnel

Musicians: