Produced and Engineered by
Phillip Osborne II and Lance Whalen

Production Assistant:
Kahle Reardon

Layout:
Donald Shofner

Whalen Photography:
Thorne

Staircase Photography:
Kahle Reardon

Recorded 2002-2006
Nashville, Lexington KY, New Milford CT

Additional remote recording
on 4–track

Margarette Evans
Kahle Reardon
Whalen
vocals Write It Down
(Whalen) - stereo MP3 (192kbps, 2.6 MB)
Phillip Osborne II
Christopher Worland
Christopher Johnson
Kahle Reardon
Whalen
bass
drums
percussion
percussion
guitar
percussion
In a life temporary all things will come to pass but
you can help me make it last for all time...

Margarette Evans
Jillian Garrard
Whalen
vocals For Your Love
(words by Whalen and Mathew Haughten / music by Whalen / inspired by Mathew Haughton's poem "Love" )
Whalen guitar
percussion
I will drink the ocean through the cracks
if the boat starts to leak...

Now That You're Gone
(Whalen) - stereo MP3 (192kbps, 3.9 MB)
Whalen vocals
guitar
I understand something that I read now,
baby that you wrote,
"just leave me here to die in the snow..."

Andrew English
Whalen
vocals Dearest Emily
(Whalen)
Whalen
 
bass
guitar
violin
She don't believe in Jesus,
She don't believe in Hell...
 

Margarette Evans
Whalen
vocals Being in the World
(Whalen)
Phillip Osbourne II

Mike Doerr
Whalen 
bass
drums
organ
guitar
Kiss me or kill me...

Margarette Evans
Whalen
vocals Without Hesitation
(words by Whalen and Greg Horne / music by Whalen)
Margarette Evans
Whalen
keyboard
bass
guitar
Darling, will you dye my hair one last time...?

Andrew English
Whalen
vocals Paper Wings
(Whalen)
Whalen bass
drums
guitar
I hate my paper wings.
I fall apart every time that it rains...

Lucky Boy
(Whalen)
Whalen vocals
bass
drums
guitar
All (and only) true stories end in death...

Whalen vocals Set On
(Whalen)
Mike Doerr
Whalen
piano
guitar
I had a plan
for murdering you, darling...

Whalen vocals We Are
(words by Emily Brook Howell and Whalen / music by Whalen / inspired by an untitled poem by Emily Brook Howell)
Phillip Osbourne II

Mike Doerr
Whalen
bass
drums
organ
guitar
I am screaming like a ferris wheel
to have your breath on my lips again...

Andrew English
Whalen
vocals Oh My Lord
(Whalen)
Whalen bass
guitar
My virtue and my sixgun could not wrest me
from the temptation of the flame...

Whalen vocals Out of Tune Love Song
(music by Whalen and Christopher Worland / words by Whalen)
Christopher Worland
Whalen
fun machine
bass
guitar
My guitar?
You can smash it...

(non sequitur)
(Whalen)
Whalen vocals
guitar
Ereht dnats tsuj t'nod...

Whalen vocals Baby Baby (Wicked Lies)
(Whalen / Mike Doerr)
Phillip Osbourne II

Mike Doerr
Whalen
bass
drums
piano
guitar
I am your boots that will not shine,
I am a taste of turpentine,
Bartender, one more glass of wine,
Life ain't fair, tonight...

On the Tracks
(Whalen) - stereo MP3 (192kbps, 2.5 MB)
Whalen vocals
guitar
You're a rose and a needle
on the front of a train...

Whalen vocals Disappointed
(Whalen)
Phillip Osbourne II
Ryan Zimmerman
Kerry Kohlheffer
Whalen
drums
electric guitar
bass
guitar
I live for coffee
And I like to drink...

Kerry Kohlheffer
Mike Doerr
Whalen
vocals Ashes in a Box
(Whalen)
Ryan Zimmerman
Whalen
electric guitar
bass
drums
guitar
I wish I was in your bed again,
With your dog curled around my feet...

Kahle Reardon
Whalen
vocals Everything But You
(music by Whalen and Christopher Worland / words by Whalen)
Whalen bass
drums
It's another blue burned-out Sunday morning,
It's another hollow year...

Whalen vocals Don't Just Stand There
(Whalen)
Mike Doerr

Phillip Osbourne II
Mike Dulong

Whalen
organ
piano
drums
marching
snare drum
bass
guitar
timpani
Only the Devil
sends out invitations...

 

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Produced and Engineered by
Phillip Osborne II and Lance Whalen

Mastering Engineer:
Les Campbell of Campbell Productions

Layout:
Donald Shofner

Photography:
Jenni Miller

Recorded 1998-2002,
Megahurtz Studio, Lexington, Kentucky

Additional remote recording
on 4–track

Margarette Evans
Whalen
vocals Coffee Shops (she's not coming tonight)
(Whalen) - MP3s mono (64kbps, 2.1MB) or stereo (192kbps, 6 MB)
Keith Poage
Clay Dorsett
Holly Durkin
Whalen
bass
drums
viola
guitars
stare into your cup as you curse at the clock
that kind of waiting never will stop...

Ponyboy Curtis
Allie Olsen
Whalen
vocals While I'm Away
(Whalen) - stereo MP3 (192kbps, 7.3MB)
Phillip Osbourne II
Ryan Zimmerman
Whalen
bass, drums
mandolin
guitars
a dream is such a precious thing
so go and find your fairy wings...

Margarette Evans
Whalen
vocals Falling Again
(Whalen / arrangement - Evans, Osbourne)
Phillip Osbourne II
 
Margarette Evans
Whalen
bass, drum
sequence
keyboard
12-string
I know you've heard it all too many times before,
but I love you more than words can tell...

Whalen vocals These Dreams
(Whalen)
Phillip Osbourne II
Whalen
bass, drums
guitar
I've only seen half of your tattoo but now I'm yours...

Ponyboy Curtis
Whalen
vocals By Right
(Howell)
Whalen
 
guitar it is the sunshine, moonglints, on dew-dampened pixie hair
that calls me to those tones of nighttime...
 

Margarette Evans
Whalen
vocals Oh Baby Oh
(Whalen)
Keith Poage
Clay Dorsett
Whalen 
bass
drums
guitar
I got my fingers in your hair
I can't help it when I stare...

Whalen vocals Deep Space / Virgin Sky
(Whalen) - stereo MP3 (192kbps, 6.5 MB)
Phillip Osbourne II
Whalen
bass/drums
guitar
tell me ghost stories over sushi,
empty wine bottles reflect your beauty...

Don't Ask Why
(Whalen)
Whalen vocals
guitar
drum
a fifteen dollar pistol suicide,
just enough to do the job...

Whalen vocals Say the Things
(Whalen)
Phillip Osbourne II
Whalen
keyboards
guitar
fiddles in the corner, playing an old waltz,
its good to be here but whats the plot?

Nancy Atcher
Whalen
vocals How Now? (lat dat da)
(Whalen / Atcher)
Nancy Atcher
 
guitar I'm wearing your shirt you left on my floor
because it smells like you and I can't forget...
 
solo live version of How Now? - recorded Summer 2004
stereo mp3 (192kbps, 6.7 MB)

 

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