Vetiver (album)

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Vetiver
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Studio album by
Released2004
Genre Folk
Length44:57
Label DiCristina
Producer Andy Cabic, Thom Monahan
Vetiver chronology
Vetiver
(2004)
To Find Me Gone
(2006)
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Vetiver is the debut album by folk band Vetiver. It was released in 2004 on DiCristina.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Oh Papa" – 2:38
  2. "Without a Song" – 4:36
  3. "Farther On" – 2:49
  4. "Amour Fou" with Devendra Banhart – 4:34
  5. "Los Pajaros del Rio" with Devendra Banhart – 3:44
  6. "Amerilie" – 3:14
  7. "Arboretum" – 1:59
  8. "Angels' Share" – with Hope Sandoval 4:21
  9. "Luna Sea" – 4:17
  10. "Belles" – 5:06
  11. "On a Nerve" – 7:39

Personnel

Musicians
Production

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