Thirteen Cities

by Richmond Fontaine

Thirteen Cities cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 2007
  • Label: El Cortez
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:37
  • Community rating: 3.28/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Portland's Richmond Fontaine expanded their established alt-country sound on 'Thirteen Cities' by incorporating an entirely new array of instrumentation, notably prominently featuring a brass section. Willy Vlautin's cinematic, narrative songwriting anchors the album, delivering sharp vignettes of desert landscapes and American drifters.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Intro/The Border (0:49)
  2. Moving Back Home #2 (2:34)
  3. $87 and a guilty Conscience That Gets Worse the Longer I Go (3:34)
  4. I Fell into Painting Houses in Phoenix, Arizona (3:27)
  5. El Tiradito (3:49)
  6. A Ghost I Became (4:37)
  7. Westward Ho (2:33)
  8. St. Ides, Parked Cars and Other People's Homes (1:38)
  9. The Kid From Belmont Street (3:44)
  10. Capsized (3:17)
  11. Ballad of Dan Fanta (2:19)
  12. The Disappearance of Ray Norton (3:11)
  13. Four Walls (4:28)
  14. Lost in this World (3:31)

Credits

  • Richmond Fontaine - primary artist, written-by
  • Nate Beaty - artwork
  • Jill Coykendall - guest, musician, clarinet
  • Joey Burns - guest, musician, double bass [upright bass], synthesizer [moog], piano, accordion, percussion, glockenspiel, synthesizer [moog], double bass [upright bass], percussion, accordion
  • Nick Luca - guest, musician, guitar, accordion, organ, piano, acoustic guitar, organ
  • Paul Brainard - guest, musician, pedal steel guitar, trumpet, dobro, piano, piano, pedal steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, dobro
  • Howe Gelb - guest, musician, piano
  • Ralph Huntley - guest, musician, piano, accordion

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