I'll Take Care of You
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I'll Take Care of You is the fourth solo album by former Screaming Trees
vocalist Mark Lanegan
. This album consists of cover songs.
It features Lanegan's interpretation of songs from a wide variety of songwriters, including Tim Rose
, Tim Hardin
, Booker T. Jones
, and Buck Owens
. Perhaps the most moving song in the collection is "Carry Home," which was written by the late Jeffrey Lee Pierce
of The Gun Club (Lanegan would co-write "Kimiko's Dream House"http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=13&ti=1,13&Search%5FArg=Pierce%20Jeffrey%20Lee&Search%5FCode=NALL&CNT=25&PID=Ux-Kc1IT61vZ8VyLY5IKnYmbof&SEQ=20081210190254&SID=7 with Pierce, which would appear on his next album Field Songs
.)
I'll Take Care Of You also includes the traditional song "Little Sadie
."
A review from NME
said: "it's probably his finest, most tenderly-delivered work to date." http://www.nme.com/reviews/mark-lanegan/1391
Pitchfork Media
s Neil Lieberman said this about the album: "in this collection, Lanegan's managed to tug on the timeless threads that hold the patchwork of American music together. And that's certainly something to consider"http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19288-mark-lanegan-ill-take-care-of-you Neil Lieberman rating of the album: 7.5.
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner and drummer Mark Pickerel. Pickerel had been replaced by Barrett Martin by the time the band reached its most successful period...
vocalist Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan is an American rock musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s, forming the grunge group Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel. During his time in the band Lanegan would start a low-key solo career...
. This album consists of cover songs.
It features Lanegan's interpretation of songs from a wide variety of songwriters, including Tim Rose
Tim Rose
Timothy Alan Patrick Rose , best known professionally as Tim Rose, was an American singer-songwriter, who spent much of his life in London, England and had more success in Europe than in his native country...
, Tim Hardin
Tim Hardin
James Timothy "Tim" Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Robert Plant, and "Reason to Believe", covered by many, including Rod Stewart, as well...
, Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...
, and Buck Owens
Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
. Perhaps the most moving song in the collection is "Carry Home," which was written by the late Jeffrey Lee Pierce
Jeffrey Lee Pierce
Jeffrey Lee Pierce was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was one of the founding members of the 1980s punk band The Gun Club...
of The Gun Club (Lanegan would co-write "Kimiko's Dream House"http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=13&ti=1,13&Search%5FArg=Pierce%20Jeffrey%20Lee&Search%5FCode=NALL&CNT=25&PID=Ux-Kc1IT61vZ8VyLY5IKnYmbof&SEQ=20081210190254&SID=7 with Pierce, which would appear on his next album Field Songs
Field Songs
Field Songs is an album by Mark Lanegan, released in 2001 on the Beggars Banquet label.The two largest instrumental contributors are Mike Johnson and Ben Shepherd. The album also features Duff McKagan of Velvet Revolver as well as Lanegan's ex-wife, Wendy Rae Fowler.The album represents a...
.)
I'll Take Care Of You also includes the traditional song "Little Sadie
Little Sadie
"Little Sadie" is a 20th Century American folk ballad in D Dorian mode. It is also known variously as "Bad Lee Brown", "Cocaine Blues", "Transfusion Blues", "East St. Louis Blues", "Late One Night", "Penitentiary Blues" and other titles. It tells the story of a man who is apprehended after shooting...
."
A review from NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
said: "it's probably his finest, most tenderly-delivered work to date." http://www.nme.com/reviews/mark-lanegan/1391
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
s Neil Lieberman said this about the album: "in this collection, Lanegan's managed to tug on the timeless threads that hold the patchwork of American music together. And that's certainly something to consider"http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19288-mark-lanegan-ill-take-care-of-you Neil Lieberman rating of the album: 7.5.
Track listing
- "Carry Home" - 3:00 (Jeffrey Lee PierceJeffrey Lee PierceJeffrey Lee Pierce was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was one of the founding members of the 1980s punk band The Gun Club...
) - "I'll Take Care of You" - 2:50 (Brook BentonBrook BentonBrook Benton was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.He made a comeback in 1970...
) - "Shiloh Town" - 3:22 (Tim HardinTim HardinJames Timothy "Tim" Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Robert Plant, and "Reason to Believe", covered by many, including Rod Stewart, as well...
) - "Creeping Coastline of Lights" - 3:20 (Leaving Trains)
- "Badi-Da" (Fred NeilFred NeilFred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer, and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after being...
) - 3:21 - "Consider Me" - 3:49 (Eddie FloydEddie FloydEddie Lee Floyd is an American soul/R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s and the song "Knock on Wood".-Biography:...
, Booker T. JonesBooker T. JonesBooker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...
) - "On Jesus' Program" - 2:45 (Overton Vertis Wright)
- "Little SadieLittle Sadie"Little Sadie" is a 20th Century American folk ballad in D Dorian mode. It is also known variously as "Bad Lee Brown", "Cocaine Blues", "Transfusion Blues", "East St. Louis Blues", "Late One Night", "Penitentiary Blues" and other titles. It tells the story of a man who is apprehended after shooting...
" - 3:23 (Traditional) - "Together AgainTogether Again (Buck Owens song)"Together Again" is a 1964 song by United States country singer and guitarist Buck Owens.The song, best known as the "B" side to Owens' No. 1 hit, "My Heart Skips a Beat", interrupted that song's run at Number One on the U.S. country charts...
" - 2:34 (Buck OwensBuck OwensAlvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
) - "Shanty Man's Life" - 3:12 (Steven Harrison Paulus)
- "Boogie Boogie" - 2:04 (Tim RoseTim RoseTimothy Alan Patrick Rose , best known professionally as Tim Rose, was an American singer-songwriter, who spent much of his life in London, England and had more success in Europe than in his native country...
)
Personnel
- Mark Lanegan - Vocals
- Steve Berlin - Organ, flute, piano
- Mark Boquist - Drums
- Greg Calbi - Mastering
- Van ConnerVan ConnerVan Conner is an American rock musician. In 1984 he co-founded the band Screaming Trees with his brother Gary Lee Conner and close friends Mark Lanegan and Mark Pickerel. On the 25 June 2000 Screaming Trees announced their official breakup...
- Bass - Brett Eliason - Engineer
- Martin FeveyearMartin FeveyearMartin Feveyear is a British record producer and audio engineer based in Seattle, Washington. Beginning as a singer-songwriter and musician, Feveyear soon began recording work for artists in both the UK and US before moving to Seattle at the age of 25. Together with Christian Fulghum , he opened...
- Organ, percussion, piano, producer, engineer, mixing, wurlitzer - Mark Hoyt - Guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), vocals
- Jeff Kleinsmith - Layout design
- David Krueger - Violin
- Barrett MartinBarrett MartinBarrett Martin , is an American drummer, upright bassist, composer, producer, writer, and Zen artist. He was the drummer for the Seattle, Washington groups Skin Yard and Screaming Trees, as well as the supergroups Mad Season and Tuatara...
- Percussion, vibraphone - Mark PickerelMark PickerelMark Pickerel is best known as the original drummer for the Screaming Trees, a rock group from Ellensburg, WA, that formed in 1985. Other members of the band included the versatile singer Mark Lanegan and the Conner brothers...
- Drums - Ben ShepherdBen ShepherdBen Shepherd is an American musician, two-time Grammy Award Winner best known for playing bass in the grunge band Soundgarden from 1990 until the band's 1997 break-up...
- Bass - Chris Takino - A&R
- Stanford Wilson - Photography