Life Before Insanity
Life Before Insanity is the third studio album by Gov't Mule. The album was released on February 15, 2000, by Capricorn Records. The album was produced and recorded by Michael Barbiero. It is the last album recorded with founding member Allen Woody, who died shortly after its release.
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| Released | February 15, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | Muscle Shoals Studios, Sheffield, AL and Water Music, Hoboken, NJ | |||
| Genre | Southern rock, hard rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 73:50 | |||
| Label | Capricorn | |||
| Producer | Michael Barbiero | |||
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Track listing
All songs by Warren Haynes unless otherwise noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Wandering Child" (Haynes, Matt Abts) | 6:05 |
| 2. | "Life Before Insanity" (Haynes, Danny Louis) | 6:12 |
| 3. | "Bad Little Doggie" (Haynes, Abts, Allen Woody) | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Lay Your Burden Down" (Haynes, Michael Barbiero) | 5:27 |
| 5. | "Fallen Down" | 6:58 |
| 6. | "World Gone Wild" | 6:17 |
| 7. | "Tastes Like Wine" | 6:57 |
| 8. | "I Think You Know What I Mean" | 4:55 |
| 9. | "Far Away" | 5:54 |
| 10. | "No Need to Suffer" | 8:20 |
| 11. | "In My Life/If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day" (Haynes, Robert Johnson) | 12:48 |
Personnel
- Warren Haynes – guitar, slide guitar, vocals
- Allen Woody – bass, mandolin on "Life Before Insanity", electric upright bass on "Tastes Like Wine", rhythm guitar on "I Think You Know What I Mean", fretless bass on "Far Away", dulcitar on "In My Life"
- Matt Abts – drums, djembe, ashika on "In My Life"
Additional personnel
- Michael Barbiero – glockenspiel on "Far Away"
- Hook Herrera – harmonica on "Bad Little Doggie" and "I Think You Know What I Mean"
- Ben Harper – vocals and lap steel on "Lay Your Burden Down"
- Johnny Neel – organ, Wurlitzer piano and background vocals
Production
- Michael Barbiero – producer, engineer, mixing
- Ray Martin – mixing, additional engineering
- Warren Haynes – mixing
- Brodie Hutcheson – mixing, additional engineering
- Dan Jurow – additional engineering
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Mark Pagliaro- guitar,bass,mandolin,amp,tech
- Daniel Saratec- drum, percussion tech
References
- Smith, Michael B. (2011). "Life Before Insanity - Gov't Mule | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
External links
- Life Before Insanity (CD liner). Gov't Mule. Atlanta, GA: Capricorn. 2000. 314 546 489-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
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