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Label:    Capitol Records – B001983901
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, 180 gram
Country:    US
Released:    Feb 25, 2014
Genre:    Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style:    Folk, Alternative Rock

A1        Cycle    0:40
A2        Morning
Double Bass [Upright Bass] – Stanley Clarke
Drums, Percussion – Joey Waronker
Piano, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Joseph Manning, Jr.*
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards – Beck Hansen
5:22
A3        Heart Is A Drum
Drums, Percussion – Joey Waronker
Electric Bass – Stanley Clarke
Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Clavinet, Backing Vocals – Joseph Manning, Jr.*
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Sounds [Sound Collage] – Beck Hansen
4:31
A4        Say Goodbye
Banjo – Fats Kaplin
Drums – James Gadson
Electric Bass – Bram Inscore
Guitar – Cody Kilby
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Tambourine – Beck Hansen
3:29
A5        Blue Moon
Clavinet, Backing Vocals – Joseph Manning, Jr.*
Drums, Percussion – Joey Waronker
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass, Ukulele, Charango – Beck Hansen
4:00
A6        Unforgiven
Acoustic Guitar, E-Bow – Smokey Hormel
Bass – Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Drums – James Gadson
Harp – Stephanie Bennett
Vocals, Piano – Beck Hansen
4:34
B1        Wave
Cello – Rudy Stein, Stefanie Fife
Cello [First] – Steve Richards
Concertmaster – Joel Derouin
Conductor – David Richard Campbell*
Double Bass – David Stone*
Viola – Andrew Duckles, Denyse Buffum, Matt Funes
Violin – Alyssa Park, Charlie Bisharat, Gerry Hilera*, Joel Derouin, Josefina Vergara, Julian Hallmark, Mario De Leon*, Natalie Leggett, Razdan Kuyumjian, Tereza Stanislav
Vocals – Beck Hansen
3:45
B2        Don't Let It Go
Acoustic Guitar – Smokey Hormel
Cello – Steve Richards
Drums – Joey Waronker
Electric Bass – Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Piano – Roger Waronker
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Beck Hansen
3:08
B3        Blackbird Chain
Drums – Matt Sherrod (2)
Electric Bass – Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Electric Guitar – Jason Falkner, Smokey Hormel
Organ – Matt Mahaffey
Pedal Steel Guitar – Greg Leisz
Percussion – Joey Waronker
Piano, Clavinet, Backing Vocals – Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.*
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Celesta – Beck Hansen
4:26
B4        Phase    1:12
B5        Turn Away
Harp – Stephanie Bennett
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Dulcimer – Beck Hansen
3:05
B6        Country Down
Drums – Joey Waronker
Electric Bass – Jason Falkner
Electric Guitar – Smokey Hormel
Organ [B3], Electric Piano – Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.*
Pedal Steel Guitar – Greg Leisz
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica – Beck Hansen
4:00
B7        Waking Light
Clavinet – Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.*
Drums – Joey Waronker
Electric Bass – Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Electric Guitar – Jason Falkner
Organ – Matt Mahaffey
Vocals, Electric Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, Glockenspiel, Organ – Beck Hansen
5:00

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Fonograf (3)
Copyright © – Fonograf (3)
Licensed From – Fonograf Records
Licensed To – Capitol Records
Manufactured By – Furnace MFG
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At – Blackbird Studio
Recorded At – Studio Gang
Recorded At – RAK Studios
Recorded At – Capitol Studios
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Recorded At – The Library
Mixed At – Electric Lady Studios
Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
Manufactured By – Pallas USA
Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 31098
Cello – Rudolph Stein*, Suzie Katayama
Cello [Principal] – John E. Acosta*, Steve Richards
Conductor [Album Strings] – David Richard Campbell*
Contractor [Album Strings] – Suzie Katayama
Design – Andy West Design*
Double Bass [Principal] – David Stone*
Engineer – Cassidy Turbin, Greif Neill*, Cole Marsden, Darrell Thorp, David "Elevator" Greenbaum*, Florian Lagatta, Joe Visciano, Robbie Nelson (2)
Lacquer Cut By – BG*
Layout [Initial Cover] – Dan Mountford
Management – SAM*
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Tom Elmhirst
Mixed By [Assisted By] – Ben Baptie
Photography By – Autumn de Wilde*
Photography By [City Street Image] – Dennis Hallinan
Producer – Beck Hansen
Viola – Jeanie Lim, Matt Funes
Viola [Principal] – Andrew Duckles, Roland Kato
Violin – Grace Oh, Joel Pargman, Josefina Vergara, Julian Hallmark, Kevin Connolly, Michele Richards, Natalie Leggett, Nina Evtuhov, Sarah Thornblade, Songa Lee, Tammy Hatwan*, Tereza Stanislav
Violin [Concert Mastered] – Charlie Bisharat, Sara Parkins
Written-By – Beck Hansen
℗© 2014 Fonograf Records under exclusive license to Capitol Records

Pressed on 180 gram black vinyl; includes printed insert and download card for entire album in MP3 format.

Recorded at Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, CA and Nashville, TN), Blackbird Studio (Nashville, TN), Gang Recording Studio (Paris, France), Rak Studios (London, UK), Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA), Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA), and The Library (Los Angeles, CA)
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York

℗© 2014 Fonograf Records under exclusive license to Capitol Records
Manufactured in Germany by Furnace MFG / The Pallas Group for Capitol Records
Made in USA
Barcode (Printed): 6 02537 64974 7
Barcode (Scanned): 602537649747

Often pigeonholed as being prolific to a fault, Beck took an extended break from recording after the 2008 release of Modern Guilt. He kept himself busy, producing acclaimed albums for Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thurston Moore, and Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, blowing off steam via his mischievous Record Club (an online series where he and his friends covered classic albums), and then easing back to original songwriting through the ambitious Song Reader project, a folio containing sheet music for 20 unrecorded songs. He also suffered a spinal injury in 2008, a fact not publicized until he was ready to release Morning Phase, his first album in six years, early in 2014. As Morning Phase is a slow, shimmering album deliberately in the vein of classic singer/songwriter LPs, it's easy to think of it as a pained, confessional sequel to Sea Change, the 2002 record written and recorded in the wake of a painful romantic breakup. Beck didn't shy away from these comparisons, calling it a "companion piece" to his acclaimed 2002 LP, and as "Morning" glimmers into view, sounding for all the world like "Golden Age," it almost seems as if Beck covered himself as part of the Record Club. Morning Phase soon develops its own distinct gait, one that's a little more relaxed than its cousin. Crucially, Beck has swapped sorrow for mere melancholy, a shift in attitude that makes this 2014 album sweeter than its predecessor, a distinction sometimes distinguished by moments where words, traditionally the sadness signifiers for sensitive troubadours, are washed away by cascading waves of candy-colored sound. Underneath this warm, enveloping aural blanket lie some sturdily constructed compositions -- the haunting "Heart Is a Drum," bringing to mind memories of Nick Drake; the loping country-rock "Say Goodbye" and its sister "Country Down"; "Blue Moon," where the skies part like the breaking dawn -- but the abiding impression left from this album is one of comfort, not despair, which makes Morning Phase distinctly different than its companion Sea Change. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ALTERNATIVE
• RSD Date: n/a
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 2/25/2014