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Albino Alligator

Michael Brook

Credits

4AD
11 February 1997

produced by Michael Brook
recorded at Hybrid Studios

Art direction and design by Vaughn Oliver and Chris Bigg at v23.
Motion picture photography trademark & copyright 1997 Miramax Films.

Tracks

  1. Arrival (Brook) 5'01
    • Michael Brook: guitar, keyboard
    • Anton Schwartz: saxophone
    • Bob Adams string bass, organ
    • Jason Lewis: drums
  2. Doggie Dog (Brook) 1'52
  3. Slow Town (Brook) 2'34
    • Brook: infinite guitar, keyboard bass, drum programming
    • James Pinker: hi-hat
  4. Preparation (Brook) 3'18
    • Michael Brook: infinite guitar, keyboard bass, drum programming
    • Hafez Modirzadeh: ney
    • James Pinker: cymbal
  5. Miscalculation (Brook) 1'44
    • Michael Brook: keyboard, bass
    • James Pinker: tambourine, kick-drum
    • Hafez Modirzadeh: saxophone
    • Jason Lewis: tabla, hi-hat, tom-drum
  6. Aftermath (Brook) 4'39
    • Michael Brook: infinite guitar, drum programming
    • Hafez Modirzadeh: saxophone
    • Bob Adams: bowed bass
  7. Tunnel (Brook) 5'00
    • Michael Brook: srinivas guitar, keyboard, drum programming
    • Jason Lewis: marimba
  8. Albo Gator (Brook) 4'18
    • Michael Brook: infinite guitar, drum programming
    • William Fichiner: harmonica, voice
    • Jason Lewis: tuned percussion
    • (dialogue by Christian Forte)
  9. The Promise (Brook) 4'36
    • Michael Brook: Organ keyboard, vibraphone
    • Jason Lewis: percussion
  10. The City (Brook) 5'46
    • Michael Brook: infinite guitar
    • Anton Schwartz: saophone
    • Jason Lewis: udu
    • Hafez Modirzadeh: ney
    • James Pinker: tambourine
  11. The Kicker (Brook) 1'28
    • Michael Brook: bass, infinite guitar
    • Jason Lewis: drums
    • James Pinker: shaker
  12. Exit (Brook) 4'16
    • Michael Brook: guitar, keyboard
    • Anton Schartz: saxophone
    • Hafez Modirzadeh: ney
    • Jason Lewis: drums
  13. Ill Wind (You're Blowing Me No Good) (Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen) 3'34
    • arranged by Michael Brook & Flea
    • co-produced by Michael Brook & Flea
    • Michael Brook: infinite guitar
    • Jimmy Scott: vocals
    • Michael Stipe: vocals
    • James Pinker: drums
    • Bob Adams: piano
    • Flea: bass

Notes

"Ill Wind (You're Blowing Me No Good)" is a jazz classic originally composed by Harold Arlen (perhaps most popularly known as the composer of the music to The Wizard of Oz) and Ted Koehler.

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