Vacancy is an EP by Joseph Arthur

Joseph Arthur

Joseph Arthur is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. Combining poetic lyrics with a layered sonic palette, Arthur has built his reputation over the years through critically acclaimed releases and constant touring; his unique solo live performances incorporate the use of a...

 released on May 11, 1999. Released by the independent label Undercover out of Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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, Vacancy is a hand packaged, limited edition that was assembled one at a time by two people at Undercover. Each one was pressed and die-cut, then assembled and folded by hand. Vacancy was limited to 10,000 copies worldwide--5,000 to the US and 5,000 to Europe, the UK and France. The EP's sleeve design was nominated in 1999 for a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 for Best Recording Package. Joan Osborne

Joan Osborne

Joan Elizabeth Osborne is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her song "One of Us". She has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.-Biography:Originally from Anchorage, Kentucky, a suburb...

 plays acoustic guitar on "Crying on Sunday."

The song "Bed of Nails" appears in the film "The Bone Collector

The Bone Collector

The Bone Collector is a 1999 thriller film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie, directed by Phillip Noyce and produced by Martin Bregman....

" starring Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr...

 and Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie

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Track listing

Personnel

• All songs by Joseph Arthur.

Musicians:

• Joseph Arthur:
  • vocals on all tracks.
  • acoustic guitar - track 1, 2, 4, 5, 7.
  • electric guitar - track 1, 2, 3, 6.
  • backwards electric guitar - track 7.
  • bass - track 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.
  • keyboards - track 2.
  • piano - track 2.
  • harmonica - track 4, 7.
  • loops - track 4.
  • background vocals - track 6.
• Carla Azar
  Carla Azar
  Carla Azar is a musician and a member of the band Autolux. Azar is a multi-instrumentalist but is known primarily for playing the drums. She also plays glockenspiel, xylophone, mellotron, piano, and bass guitar.-Career:...
  
  : drums - track 1, 2, 3, 4, 6; bells - track 1; piano - track 6; bass drum - track 7; sleigh bells - track 7.
• T-Bone Burnett
  T-Bone Burnett
  Joseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...
  
  : bass - track 7.
• "Eugene": piano - track 4.
• Eric Gerber: background vocals - track 6.
• Nadia Lanman: cello - track 1.
• Joan Osborne
  Joan Osborne
  Joan Elizabeth Osborne is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her song "One of Us". She has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.-Biography:Originally from Anchorage, Kentucky, a suburb...
  
  : acoustic guitar - track 6.
• Rick Will: electric guitar - track 4; symphonic noise treatment - track 7.
• Produced by T-Bone Burnett, Rick Will and Joseph Arthur.
• Engineered by Rick Will.
• Mixed by Rick Will with T-Bone Burnett and Joseph Arthur.
• Additional engineering on track 1 by Ben Findlay.
• Assistant engineering by Nick Raskulinecz, Kevin Dean and Marek.
• Art direction and design by Zachary James Larner with Joseph Arthur at Bombshelter NYC.
• Original artwork by Joseph Arthur.
• Recorded at Sound City, Sunset Sound.