Middle Cyclone
by Neko Case
- Type: Album
- Released: 3 March 2009
- Label: Anti-
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:13:08
- Community rating: 3.5/5 from 8 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Neko Case's powerful voice soars over a junkyard orchestra of pianos and guitars on 'Middle Cyclone'. The lyrics use animal metaphors to explore love and independence. It ends with a 30-minute track of frogs croaking, emphasizing its connection to nature.
Genres
Descriptors: nature, vocal, powerful, folk, storytelling, melodic
Tracklist
- This Tornado Loves You (03:19)
- The Next Time You Say "Forever" (01:44)
- People Got A Lotta Nerve (02:31)
- Polar Nettles (02:24)
- Vengeance Is Sleeping (03:21)
- Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth (02:11)
- Middle Cyclone (03:05)
- Fever (03:15)
- Magpie To The Morning (02:44)
- I'm An Animal (02:16)
- Prison Girls (05:23)
- Don't Forget Me (03:07)
- The Pharoahs (03:33)
- Red Tide (02:36)
- Marais La Nuit (31:39)
Credits
- Neko Case - artwork [all drawings and photos except the old ones whose copyrights have died], artwork [art put together by]
- Kathleen Judge - artwork [art put together by]
- Ali Hedrick - booking [booking agent]
- Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein - legal [law firm]
- Erin "E-Dog” Collins - make-up [makeup]
- Amy Lombardi - management
- Peter Moore - mastered by
- Darryl Neudorf - mixed by
- Amy Casey - painting
- Barry Mirochnick - performer [neko's good looking band]
- Jon Rauhouse - performer [neko's good looking band]
- Kelly Hogan - performer [neko's good looking band]
- Paul Rigby - performer [neko's good looking band]
- Tom Ray - performer [neko's good looking band]
- Lewis Stillwell - photography by [middle cyclone photo]
- Robert Myers - photography by [owl photo]
- Jason Creps - photography by [photos of neko]
- Mitch - recorded by [additional vocals]
- Chris Schultz - recorded by [bed tracks and overdubs]
- Craig Schumacher - recorded by [bed tracks and overdubs]
- Nick Luca - recorded by [bed tracks and overdubs]
- Dan Dietrich - recorded by [kelly and nora]
- Phil Palazzolo - recorded by [lots of vocals]
- Ryan Boyles - recorded by [piano orchestra]
- Chris Shreenan-Dyck - technician [woodshed assistant]