Wide Mouth Mason (album)

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Wide Mouth Mason
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 25, 1997 (1997-03-25) (Canada)
July 8, 1997 (1997-07-08) (U.S.)
Recorded Greenhouse Studios, Vancouver, B.C.
Genre Hard rock, Blues-rock
Length48:30
Label Warner Music Canada
Producer Joel Van Dyke, Wide Mouth Mason
Wide Mouth Mason chronology
The Nazarene
(1996)
Wide Mouth Mason
(1997)
Where I Started
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Wide Mouth Mason is the eponymous second studio album by the Canadian blues-rock band Wide Mouth Mason and the first to be released on a major label. The band re-recorded most of their independent first album, The Nazarene, for inclusion on the album as well as the new song "This Mourning". The album was certified Gold in Canada on March 11, 1998 [2] on the strength of the singles "Midnight Rain", "My Old Self", "This Mourning" and "The Game".

Contents

Track listing

All songs were written by Wide Mouth Mason.

  1. "My Old Self" - 3:48
  2. "Midnight Rain" - 3:47
  3. "Tom Robinson" - 2:59
  4. "The River Song" - 3:23
  5. "This Mourning" - 4:55
  6. "The Preacherman's Song" - 3:04
  7. "The Game" - 3:57
  8. "All It Amounts To" - 4:29
  9. "Corn Rows" - 4:17
  10. "Sister Sally" - 5:25
  11. "Tell Me" - 3:34
  12. "Mary Mary" - 4:15

Personnel

Additional musicians:

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