Fleet FoxesHelplessness Blues

Label:

Nonesuch – 0075597935394

Format:

CD , Album, Reissue

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Folk, World, & Country

Style:

Country

Tracklist

1 Montezuma 3:36
2 Bedouin Dress
Arranged By [Strings Arranged With Help From]Hanna Benn
ViolinAlina To
4:29
3 Sim Sala Bim 3:14
4 Battery Kinzie 2:49
5 The Plains / Bitter Dancer 5:53
6 Helplessness Blues 5:03
7 The Cascades 2:07
8 Lorelai 4:24
9 Someone You'd ire 2:29
10 The Shrine / An Argument
ViolinAlina To
8:07
11 Blue Spotted Tail 3:05
12 Grown Ocean
Pedal Steel Guitar, Lap Steel GuitarBill Patton
4:35

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright ©Foxes Fellowship
  • Recorded AtReciprocal Recording
  • Recorded AtDreamland Recording Studios
  • Recorded AtBear Creek Studios
  • Recorded AtAvast! Recording Co.
  • Recorded AtFort Warden Water Cistern
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound
  • Manufactured ByOptimal Media GmbH – AH83273

Credits

  • A&R [Artist & Repertoire]Sue Busch
  • Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Harp [Water]Skyler Skjelset
  • Arranged By [Additional Harmony Arrangements]Casey Wescott
  • Arranged By [Music Arranged By]Fleet Foxes
  • Artwork [Color]Chris Alderson
  • BookingTrey Many
  • Co-producer, Engineer, Mixed ByPhil Ek
  • Cover, Illustration [Cover Mind-map Illustration]Toby Liebowitz
  • DesignDusty Summers
  • Double Bass [Upright], WoodwindMorgan Henderson
  • Layout [Photo Collage], Design, Photography By [All]Sean Pecknold
  • Legal [Legal Guardian]Brian Mherson (2)
  • ManagementAja Pecknold
  • Mastered ByGreg Calbi
  • Painting [Sunburst Painting]Olivia Park-Sargent
  • Piano, Organ [Pump], Marxophone, Musical Box, Bass [Crumar], Synthesizer [Moog], Zither [Tremoloa], Singing Bowls [Tibetian], Harmonium, Harpsichord, MellotronCasey Wescott
  • ProducerPhil Ek
  • Songwriter [All Songs Written By], Lyrics ByRobin Pecknold
  • Technician [Assistant]Trevor Spencer
  • Technician [Luthier]Greg Pecknold
  • Typography [Type Design]Robin Pecknold
  • Vocals, Bass Guitar [Electric]Christian Wargo*
  • Vocals, Drums, PercussionJosh Tillman*
  • Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Fiddle, Mandolin, Dulcimer [Hammer], Harmonium, Synthesizer [Moog], Harp [Lever], Synthesizer [Prophet]Robin Pecknold

Notes

Released in a heavy gatefold cardboard sleeve with folded, poster style insert.

Printed notes on insert (excerpt):

Studios:
Reciprocal Recording - Seattle, WA - January to December 2010.
Dreamland Studios - West Hurley, NY - Twelve Days in April 2010.
Bear Creek Studios - Woodinville, WA - Ten Days in July 2010.
Avast Recording - Seattle, WA - Four Weeks Mixing & Recording, Fall 2010.
Loud noises recorded at the Fort Warden Water Cistern, Port Townsend, WA.
Mastering at Sterling Sound, NY.

All songs... Foxes Fellowship (ASCAP).
istered by Chrysalis in the U.K.

On label:
© Foxes Fellowship (ASCAP)
℗© 2017 Fleet Foxes, under licence to Nonesuch Records, Inc. Manufactured in the EU.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 75597 03539 4
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 0075597935394 AH83273-01
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 0075597935394 AH83272-01
  • Matrix / Runout (Variants 1, 2): manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (Variants 1, 2): ifpi L575
  • Mould SID Code (Variants 1, 2): IFPI 9707

Other Versions (5 of 23)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Helplessness Blues (CD, Album, Cardboard Sleeve ) Bella Union BELLACD283 Europe 2011
Helplessness Blues (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) Sub Pop SP 888 US 2011
New Submission
Helplessness Blues (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, White) Sub Pop SP 888 US 2011
Helplessness Blues (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) Bella Union BELLAV283 Europe 2011
Recently Edited
Helplessness Blues (CD, Album) Sub Pop SPCD 888, SP 888 US 2011

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