Fair Ain't Fair
Fair Ain't Fair | ||||
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Studio album by Tim Fite | ||||
Released | May 6, 2008 | |||
Genre | Rock, folk, hip hop | |||
Length | 46:43 | |||
Label | ANTI- | |||
Tim Fite chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Paste | (favorable)[2] |
PopMatters | [3] |
Punknews.org | [4] |
Spin | [5] |
Fair Ain't Fair is Tim Fite's second studio album released on ANTI- Records. As with Gone Ain't Gone, Fite created this album with a mixture of real instrumentation and sampling, resulting in a sound composed of rock, folk and hip hop elements.
Franz Nicolay, of The Hold Steady, listed the album among his favourite albums of 2008.[6]
Track listing
All songs written by T. Sullivan, except "Harriet Tubman" (T. Sullivan/C. Lind)
- "Roots of a Tree" (1:54)
- "Trouble" (3:26)
- "The Barber" (3:25)
- "Big Mistake" (3:28)
- "Inside Man" (2:02)
- "Rats and Rags" (3:25)
- "Yesterday's Garden" (3:14)
- "Thought I Was a Gun" (2:03)
- "The Names of All the Animals" (4:24)
- "Motorcade" (1:37)
- "More Clothes" (3:28)
- "Harriet Tubman" (1:36)
- "My Hands" (4:00)
- "Heaven Is War" (1:46)
- "Sing Along" (3:29)
- "Line by Line" (3:26)
Samples
- "Roots of a Tree" samples the song "Kettle" by Frances
- "Trouble" samples the song "When We Were Wolves" by My Latest Novel
- "The Barber" samples the song "Spin Me Around" by Kip Boardman
- "Big Mistake" samples the song "Kitty and Her Beautiful Lady" by Remate
- "Motorcade" samples the song "Black Holes" by Needle
- "Yesterday's Garden" samples the song "Whistle and Water" by East Ghost West Ghost
- "More Clothes" samples the song "Bubbles" by Trunk Federation
- "My Hands" samples the song "I Can't Fall Asleep" by Picastro
- "Sing Along" samples the song "Poison" by Constantines
Major contributors
- Dr. Leisure – Tape sounds, singing, live show
- Rob Bedenoch – Engineering, audio tweaking
- Justin Riddle – Drums, percussion
- Shawna Enyart – Elephants
- Chris Lind – Slack key guitar
- Andy, Matt, and Anti – Business
- Jacob Harris – Management
- Dan Kinsley – Guitar, piano, mandolin
- Ryan Foregger – Video specialization
- Adam Gustavson – Guitar, banjo, pedal steel, bass
- Dan Saks – Guitar
- Merle Hansen – Viola
- Pepi Ginsberg – singing
- Shars Worden – singing, ghosting
- The Bloody Nose Boys – singing
- Danielle Stech Homsy – singing
- Dave Kutch – Mastering
- Tim Fite – Everything else and nothing else
References
- ↑ AllMusic review
- ↑ Paste review
- ↑ PopMatters review
- ↑ Punknews.org review
- ↑ Spin review
- ↑ Lindsay, Andrew. "Interview: Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady)". stereokill.net. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
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