Smile is a Country album by The Jayhawks, originally released in 2000. On Gatefold: 26 pressings tracked.
About
2000’s <i>Smile</i> took the pop direction suggested on 1997’s <i>Sound of Lies</i> to heart. And with legendary heavyhanded producer Bob Ezrin (who’s produced Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, and Kiss), The Jayhawks expanded their musical palette to include brilliant orchestration where country-rock once filled their souls. The title track is an epic opener unlike any previous opening track. It leads into the bright, poppy “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me.” Ezrin adds a few cowrites, including “Somewhere in Ohio,” “Queen of the World,” and “(In My) Wildest Dreams”; they all show signs of his influence in the performances and the creative mixes. This 2014 reissue adds six bonus tracks, including the studio outtakes “Who Made You King” and “Gypsy in the Mood,” a previously unreleased live version of “Life’s Little Ups and Downs,” and demos of “A Part of You” and “Five Cornered Blues” that are also previously unreleased. The addition of synthesizers makes a novel move for a band otherwise linked to the alt.country scene.
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Tracklist
- 1Smile3:49
- 2I'm Gonna Make You Love Me3:40
- 3What Led Me To This Town4:09
- 4Somewhere In Ohio3:39
- 5A Break In the Clouds4:00
- 6Queen of the World2:35
- 7Life Floats By4:42
- 8Broken Harpoon3:31
- 9Pretty Thing4:18
- 10Mr. Wilson4:26
- 11(In My) Wildest Dreams4:30
- 12Better Days4:36
- 13Baby, Baby, Baby5:19
- 14Who Made You King (Studio Outtake)5:41
- 15Gypsy In the Mood (Studio Outtake)1:16
- 16A Part of You (Demo)3:10
- 17Life's Little Ups and Downs (Live In Minneapolis, MN / 2000)4:52
- 18Greta Garbo (Demo)3:46
- 19Five Cornered Blues (Demo)4:00
Sound DNA
- Country
- Americana & Roots
- warm
- earnest
- pastoral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Armadillo String QuartetSTRINGS
- Bob EzrinARRANGED BY KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER, PERCUSSION, VOCALS, ACCORDION
- Ed AckersonPROGRAMMED BY
- Eric HeywoodPEDAL STEEL GUITAR, DOBRO PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, GUITAR PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, RESONATOR GUITAR
- Ev OlcottPROGRAMMED BY
- Ev WollcottPROGRAMMED BY
- Gary LourisBAND , VOCALS, LEAD GUITAR, RHYTHM GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER, MELODICA GUITAR
- Jen Gunderman
- Jonathan SacksARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY , ORCHESTRATED BY ORCHESTRATED BY
- Joseph BisharaPROGRAMMED BY
- Karen GrotbergBAND , KEYBOARDS, VOCALS KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, VOCALS
- Kraig Jarret JohnsonBAND , ELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Marc PerlmanBAND , BASS, GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER, PERCUSSION, MANDOLIN BASS
- Patrick SeymourSYNTHESIZER
- Richard WerbowenkoPROGRAMMED BY
- Tim O'ReaganBAND , DRUMS, VOCALS, PERCUSSION, ACOUSTIC GUITAR DRUMS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 26 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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