The Narcotic Story
by Oxbow
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 June 2007
- Label: Hydra Head
- Country: United States
- Length: 45:35
- Community rating: 3.74/5 from 7 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Oxbow delivers a tense, noir-influenced art-rock album with 'The Narcotic Story'. Eugene Robinson's vocals range from whispers to screams over intricate, bluesy instrumentation. It is a challenging, cinematic exploration of addiction and despair.
Genres
Descriptors: experimental, noisy, bluesy, abrasive, theatrical
Tracklist
- Mr. Johnson (00:42)
- The Geometry of Business (04:11)
- Time, Gentlemen, Time (04:52)
- Down a Stair Backward (05:00)
- She's a Find (08:47)
- Frankly Frank (04:46)
- A Winner Every Time (04:52)
- Frank's Frolic (06:24)
- It's the Giving, Not the Taking (06:01)
Credits
- Aaron Turner - art direction
- Dan Adams - bass
- Jarratt Rossini - bassoon
- Eric Gaenslen - cello
- Leslie Tagorda - clarinet
- Niko Wenner - composed by [orchestral composition]
- Carlo Dean - conductor
- Gabriella Marks - director of photography
- Greg Davis - drums, percussion
- Enrique Gonzales - engineer [second engineer]
- Jared Warner - engineer [second engineer]
- Loredana Crisan - engineer [second engineer], voice
- Diane Grubbe - flute
- MaryClare Brzytwa - flute
- JJ Golden - mastered by [mastering]
- John Golden - mastered by [mastering]
- Jessica Boelter - oboe
- Kyle Bruckmann - oboe [oboe solos], soloist
- Monte Vallier - other [locations]
- Joe Chiccarelli - producer [production], mixed by [mixing]
- Homer Hsu - violin
- Robin Sharp - violin
- Sam Smith - violin
- Eugene Robinson - vocals, lyrics by