Motherland

Original Release Date:  November 13, 2001

Track Listing

• 1. This House Is on Fire
• 2. Motherland
• 3. Saint Judas
• 4. Put the Law on You
• 5. Build a Levee
• 6. Golden Boy
• 7. Henry Darger
• 8. The Worst Thing
• 9. Tell Yourself
• 10. Just Can't Last
• 11. Not in This Life
• 12. I'm Not Gonna Beg

Credits

• Van Dyke Parks: Accordion
• Guy Klucevsek: Accordion
• Stephen Barber: Arranger, Conductor
• T-Bone Burnett: Producer
• Matt Chamberlain: Percussion, Drums
• Karen Dreyfus: Viola
• Mitch Estrin: Clarinet (Bass)
• Bob Glaub: Bass
• Tony Kadleck: Trumpet
• David Krakauer: Clarinet
• Greg Leisz: Guitar (Acoustic), Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar (12 String)
• Bob Ludwig: Mastering
• Graham Maby: Bass
• Natalie Merchant: Piano, Vocals, Producer, Fender Rhodes, Package Design
• Phillip Myers: French Horn
• Sandra Park: Violin, String Contractor
• David Ralicke: Trombone, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• Robert Read: Assistant Engineer
• Jim Scott: Engineer, Mixing
• Laura Seaton: Violin
• Mavis Staples: Vocals
• Patrick Warren: Chamberlin, Organ (Pump)
• Erik Della Penna: Banjo, Guitar (Electric), Oud, Guitar (Classical), Bazouki, Lap Steel Guitar
• Mike Piersante: Engineer
• Mike Elizondo: Bass
• Ryan Boesch: Assistant Engineer
• Ann Kim: Violin
• Keith Shortreed: Assistant Engineer
• Sara Selver: Cello
• Laura Wilson: Photography
• Sharon Yamada: Violin
• Brandon Mason: Assistant Engineer
• Karen Marks: Violin
• Bruno Eicher: Violin
• Gabriel Gordon: Guitar (Electric), E-Bow
• Elizabeth Dyson: Cello
• Lisa Kim: Violin
• Fiona Simon: Violin
• Keefus: Piano, Keyboards
• Sandra Church: Flute (Alto)
• Paul Ackling: Production Assistant, Guitar Technician
• Jennifer Hilliard: Assistant Engineer
• Nick Cords: Viola
• Katie Daley: Voices
• Kelly Daley: Voices
• Vivek Kamath: Viola
• Krystof Kuznik: Violin
• Jeremy McCoy: Bass
• Elizabeth Steen: Mellotron
• Jung Sun Yoo: Violin
• Robert Shaw: Violin
• Alan Stepansky: Cello
• Soohyun Kwon: Violin
• Kevin Dean: Assistant Engineer