Let It Fall is the debut solo album by Sean Watkins

Sean Watkins

Sean Charles Watkins is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is a member of the contemporary folk band Nickel Creek, the duo Fiction Family and the supergroup Works Progress Administration.-Nickel Creek:...

. It was released on March 13, 2001, with many well-known special guests. All of the songs on Let It Fall were written by Sean Watkins, except for "Over the Waterfall", a traditional song.

Overview

Nine out of ten of the songs on Let It Fall are instrumental

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

, and on the only vocal song (Let It Fall), Glen Phillips

Glen Phillips

Glen Phillips is a songwriter, lyricist, singer and guitarist. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of 1990s alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket.-Personal life:...

 takes the lead vocal role. Critics responded favorably to Let It Fall, Allmusic giving it 4 of 5 stars.

Track listing

1. Neo's Song - 3:50
2. Let It Fall - 4:01
3. January Second - 2:41
4. Ferdinand The Bull - 3:36
5. Cloudbreak - 3:30
6. The Birth - 3:07
7. The Ant And The Ant - 4:04
8. The Orange Autumn Days - 2:49
9. Nostalgic - 3:23
10. Over The Waterfall - 7:58

Musical

• Sean Watkins (guitar, mandolin, producer, harmony vocals, mixing)
• Glen Phillips
  Glen Phillips
  Glen Phillips is a songwriter, lyricist, singer and guitarist. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of 1990s alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket.-Personal life:...
  
   (vocals)
• Dennis Caplinger (banjo)
• Jerry Douglas
  Jerry Douglas
  Jerry Douglas may refer to:*Jerry Douglas , actor, who was on The Young and the Restless for 25 years*Jerry Douglas, country/bluegrass musician*Jerry Douglas , director and writer of adult films such as, Score...
  
   (dobro)
• Chris Thile
  Chris Thile
  Christopher Scott Thile is an American musician, best known as the mandolinist and a singer for the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek. His current band is Punch Brothers whose most recent album is Antifogmatic...
  
   (mandolin)
• Sara Watkins
  Sara Watkins
  Sara Ullrika Watkins is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of the progressive bluegrass group Nickel Creek, which consisted of herself, her elder brother Sean, and mandolinist Chris Thile. As a band, they are notable for three wide-released albums:...
  
  (fiddle, background vocals)
• Stuart Duncan, Luke Bulla (fiddle)
• Todd Phillips, Kevin Hennessey, Bob Magnuson (bass)
• Duncan Moore (drums)

Technical

• David Glasser - Mastering
• Sue Meyer - Design
• Jeff Sedlik - Photography
• Peter Sprague - Engineer
• Eric Uglum - Engineer, Mixing