On May 6, 2014, “Nonesuch” label released the self-titled, sixth Natalie Merchant album. It was recorded 2013 – 2014, at “Clubhouse Recording Studios”, “Electric Lady Studios”, and was produced by Natalie Merchant.
Personnel:
- Natalie Merchant – vocals
- Uri Sharlin – grand piano, electric piano, upright piano
- John Medeski – organ, keyboards
- Jonathan Dreyden – organ
- Gabriel Gordon – acoustic and electric guitar
- Erik Della Penna – electric guitar
- Jeremy McCoy – double bass
- John Patitucci – double bass
- Kurt Muroki – double bass
- Jesse Murphy – electric bass
- Marc Friedman – electric bass
- Shawn Pelton – drums
- Andrew Barr – drums
- Kenny Wollesen – drums, percussion
- Stephen Barber – string arrangements
- Nadége Foofat – string arrangements
- Tony Finno – string arrangements
- Liz Lim – violin
- Joanna Maurer – violin
- Lisa Kim – violin
- Quan Ge – violin
- Sein Ryu – violin
- Sharon Yamada – violin
- Robert Rinehart – viola
- Vivek Kamath – viola
- Alan Stepansky – cello
- Wei Yu – cello
- Ru Pie Yeh – cello
- Eddie Allen – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Clark Gayton – tuba, trombone, horn arrangements
- Steve Elson – clarinet, saxophones
- Anthony McGill – clarinet
- Mindy Kaufmann – flute
- Johanna Warren, Simi Stone, Tamar-kali, Elizabeth Mitchell – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Natalie Merchant.
- Ladybird
- Maggie Said
- Texas
- Go Down Moses
- Seven Deadly Sins
- Giving Up Everything
- Black Sheep
- It’s a Coming
- Lulu (introduction)
- Lulu
- The End
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