released June 12, 2012

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Produced by The dB’s
Additional Production by Scott Litt and Mitch Easter
Mixed by Scott Litt (1, 9), Mitch Easter (3, 8), Ian Schreier (2, 10, 12),
Tim Harper (11) and Chris Stamey (4, 5, 6, 7)
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound (NYC)

Recorded by:
George Cowan, at Water Music Recorders (Hoboken, NJ)
Mitch Easter, at the Fidelitorium (Kernersville, NC)
John Plymale, at Overdub Lane (Durham, NC) and Modern Recording (Chapel Hill, NC)
Ryan Weitzel, at Exit Stencil Recordings (Cleveland, OH)
Brent Lambert, at Kitchen Mastering (Carrboro, NC)
Chris Stamey, Wes Lachot, and Tim Harper, at Modern Recording
String and wind arrangements by Chris Stamey

Cover image: “Disruptive Patterns #43” by Harrison Haynes, photocollage on paper
Photography by Daniel Coston, F. J. Ventre, Michael Traister
Design by Chris Eselgroth

Legal services provided by Josh Grier/Sloss Eckhouse LawCo (NYC)

Special thanks to Josh Grier, Dirk Burhans, Dave Jenkins, Eli Attie, Brett Milano, Gary Stewart, Tim Harper, Rob Grenoble, and the Reptile Brain Activator™

Above and beyond: Jefferson Holt

1, 3, 7, 9 (Holsapple) published by Hospital Music BMI*
4 (Rigby) published by Lettersize Songs BMI
2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 (Stamey) published by ShangMoto Songs BMI*
11 (Holsapple/Bush) published by Hospital Music BMI* / Songs of the Architect BMI
*administered by Bug Music

That Time Is Gone
Acetone organ: CS

Before We Were Born
additional electric guitars: Mitch Easter; Wurlitzer pianos: Charles Cleaver, PH; baritone saxes: Brannon Bollinger; additional bkgd vocals: Brett Harris

The Wonder of Love
additional percussion: PH; additional guitars: Mitch Easter; trumpet: Al Strong; sax: Peter Lamb; brass transcription and refinements: Andrew Kliendienst

Write Back
organ solo: WR; aahs: Brett Harris, Jeff Crawford; violins: Karen Galvin, Kaitlin Wolfberg; cello: Josh Starmer

Far Away and Long Ago
violins: Karen Galvin, Kaitlin Wolfberg; cello: Josh Starmer

Send Me Something Real
piano and organ: PH; violin lines: Gabriel Pelli; violins: Laura Thomas; cello: Josh Starmer; flute: Lisa Lachot; F horn: Emma Nadeau

World to Cry
violins: Laura Thomas

The Adventures of Albatross and Doggerel
violins: Kaitlin Wolfberg, Karen Galvin; cello: Josh Starmer; trumpet: Corey Sims; flute: Lisa Lachot; Wurlitzer: Charles Cleaver; vocalese effects: Brett Harris, Jeff Crawford

I Didn’t Mean to Say That
percussion: CS; additional aahs: Brett Harris, Jeff Crawford; produced by Scott Litt

Collide-oOo-Scope
Wurlitzer: Charles Cleaver; Dimension D guitar: Mitch Easter; percussion: Dale Baker, Mitch Easter; tubular bells: CS; violins: Karen Galvin, Kaitlin Wolfberg; celli: Josh Starmer, CS; double bass: CS; additional bkgd vocals: Jeff Crawford, Brett Harris

She Won’t Drive in the Rain Anymore
violins: Karen Galvin, Kaitlin Wolfberg; cello: Josh Starmer aahs: Jeff Crawford, Brett Harris; piano: Charles Cleaver

Remember (Falling Off the Sky)
solo: Mitch Easter