Insight
‘From the short, satirical Wedding Poem, through the intensely beautiful Hera to the visionary and political Lesser Shadows, Priest shows a depth and complexity that operates on many levels, raising his performance above a bar-room rant or a wishy-washy poetry reading to an intense experience, something akin to a trance session”
– Lucy Mallows, The Budapest Sun Oct 22-28 1998
“Some of these are mellow thoughts about lovers, poems and trees, others are down right rambunctious rocking sprees or resemble the scary voices you hear in your head.. He’s got a range.”
– Elysia Gallo Budapest Week
“This is the edge of poetry … there seems to be a synergous amalgamation between songs. The passing from mundane to supra-mundane torches from beginning to end is quite unique”
– Suzanne Legault Northern Life (Sudbury)
“Grand & Mystic”
– Jason Anderson (Eye Magazine)
“A work of words and funky grooves that is extremely listenable …Vote Shit elevates excrement above politicians in a way that King Missile’s John S. Hall would be proud of. Ticket to Hell is great protest-and-bile folk vented in the direction of the tax man. Both soothing and biting, this is well done.
– Darren Kerr, Drop Dead Magazine
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Credits
Musicians
Robert Priest: lead vocals on all tracks; acoustic guitar on ‘Ticket to Hell’; background vocals on ‘What Kind of Voodoo’, ‘The Funk U Can’t Get’ and ‘My Father’s Hands’
Alannah Myles: additional vocals on ‘What Kind of Voodoo’
Marc Jordan: additional vocals, background vocals, keyboards, programming and arrangements on ‘Lesser Shadows’
Hugh Marsh: electric violin on ‘Hey Ugly’, ‘The Origin of “Woman”’, ‘Lesser Shadows’ and ‘Christ Is the Kind of Guy’
Neil Chapman: electric guitar on ‘Hey Ugly’, ‘The Funk U Can’t Get’, ‘Vote Shit’ and ‘Hera’; bass on ‘Sayings’ and ‘Vote Shit’; background vocals on ‘Poem U Can’t Refuse’, ‘The Funk U Can’t Get’ and ‘Vote Shit’; programming and arrangements on ‘Vote Shit’
Trudy Artman: electric guitar and background vocals on ‘Sayings’
Jeff McCullough: electric guitar on ‘What Kind of Voodoo’ and ‘My Father’s Hands’; keyboards on ‘Sometimes There Is a Way’
Tony Duggan-Smith: acoustic guitar on ‘Hera’ and ‘Sometimes There Is a Way’
Peter Lafferty: acoustic guitar on ‘Poem for the Ancient Trees’; bass on ‘Poem U Can’t Refuse’, ‘What Kind of Voodoo’, ‘My Father’s Hands’ and ‘Poem for the Ancient Trees’; background vocals on ‘Poem U Can’t Refuse’, ‘What Kind of Voodoo’, ‘My Father’s Hands’ and ‘The Funk U Can’t Get’
Derek Davy: acoustic guitar on ‘Stars + Stripes’
Steve Webster: bass on ‘The Funk U Can’t Get’
David Woodhead: bass on ‘Hera’ and ‘Sometimes There Is a Way’
Chris Simpson: bass on ‘Stars + Stripes’
Dan Williams: sitar on ‘Stars + Stripes’
Wilson Laurencian: drums on ‘Poem U Can’t Refuse’, ‘Sayings’, ‘What Kind of Voodoo’, ‘My Father’s Hands’ and ‘The Funk U Can’t Get’
Steve Heathcote: drums on ‘Hera’ and ‘Sometimes There Is a Way’
Wil Kwanzaa: percussion on ‘Hera’ and ‘Sometimes There Is a Way’
Nicholas Hockin: percussion on ‘Poem for the Ancient Trees’
Rob Greenaway: background vocals on ‘Poem U Can’t Refuse’
Rebecca Jenkins: background vocals on ‘Sayings’
Sue Bright: background vocals on ‘Sayings’ and ‘Sometimes There Is a Way’
Wendy Lands: background vocals on ‘Come to Me’
John Alcorn: background vocals on ‘Come to Me’
Maryem Hassan: background vocals on ‘Come to Me’
Micah Barnes: background vocals on ‘What Kind of Voodoo’, ‘Hera’ and ‘Sometimes There Is a Way’
Ron Allen: Arabic flute on ‘Lesser Shadows’
Michael White: trumpet on ‘Come to Me’
Steven MacKinnon: programming and arrangements on ‘Come to Me’
Anthony Vanderburg: programming and arrangements on ‘Lesser Shadows’
Songwriting
All lyrics written by Robert Priest
Choruses on ‘Lesser Shadows’ written by Marc Jordan
Published by Dreaming in Public (SOCAN)
Production
All songs produced by Robert Priest, except:
‘The Origin of “Woman”’ produced by Steven MacKinnon
‘The Funk U Can’t Get’ and ‘Vote Shit’ produced by Neil Chapman and Robert Priest
‘Lesser Shadows’ produced by Marc Jordan
‘Poem for the Ancient Trees’ produced by Peter Lafferty and Robert Priest
Executive producers: Frank Davies for TMP and Robert Priest
Musical director on ‘Poem U Can’t Refuse’ and ‘The Funk U Can’t Get’: Neil Chapman
All songs engineered by Jeff McCullough, except:
‘Vote Shit’ engineered by Stefan Podgrabinski
‘Wedding Poem’ engineered by Tony Duggan-Smith
‘Stars + Stripes’ engineered by Dan Williams
‘Lesser Shadows’ engineered by Anthony Vanderburg
‘Poem for the Ancient Trees’ engineered by Peter Lafferty
Assistant engineers on ‘Come to Me’: Paul Offenbacher and Stu Brawley
Recorded and mixed at Wellesley Sound, except:
‘Come to Me’ recorded at Studio 55 and mixed at Sounds Interchange
‘Vote Shit’ recorded and mixed at Sound Proof Studios
‘Wedding Poem’ recorded at 100 Bain by Tony Duggan-Smith
‘Lesser Shadows’ recorded and mixed at Exploding Door Studios
‘Poem for the Ancient Trees’ recorded and mixed at Zootrax
All songs mixed by Robert Priest and Jeff McCullough, except:
‘Poem U Can’t Refuse’ and ‘The Funk U Can’t Get’ mixed by Robert Priest, Jeff McCullough and Neil Chapman
‘Come to Me’ mixed by Scott Boyling at Sounds Interchange
‘Vote Shit’ mixed by Neil Chapman, Robert Priest and Stefan Podgrabinski
‘Stars + Stripes’ mixed by Jeff McCullough
‘Lesser Shadows’ mixed by Marc Jordan and Anthony Vanderburg
‘Poem for the Ancient Trees’ mixed by Peter Lafferty
Mastered by Brett Zilahi at Metalworks
Artwork
Package design by Antoine Moonen
Photography by Ivan Otis
Enhanced CD portion programmed and designed by Allen Booth
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