Tambourine (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tambourine
| type = Album
| artist = Tift Merritt
| cover = tambourinetm.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2004
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Sound City Studios
M.C. Studios
Glenwood Place
Cello Studios
{{small|Los Angeles, California}}
| genre = Alternative Country, Americana
| length = 46:04
| label = Lost Highway
| producer = George Drakoulias
| prev_title = Bramble Rose
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Home Is Loud
| next_year = 2005
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r700748|pure_url=yes}} link]
|rev2=Pitchfork |rev2Score=7.3/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5620-tambourine/|title=Tift Merritt: Tambourine Album Review - Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|accessdate=July 22, 2017}}
|rev3=Rolling Stone|rev3Score= {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tiftmerritt/albums/album/6419720/review/6438492/tambourine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325010845/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tiftmerritt/albums/album/6419720/review/6438492/tambourine|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 25, 2008|title=link|website=rollingstone.com|accessdate=July 22, 2017}}}}
Tambourine is the second album by alternative country artist Tift Merritt. It was released in 2004 by Lost Highway Records, and earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album.{{cite web|title=Tift Merritt: A Heel Of a Singer (washingtonpost.com)|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53152-2005Apr14.html|website=www.washingtonpost.com|accessdate=July 22, 2017}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = Tift Merritt except where noted
| title1 = Stray Paper
| length1 = 3:52
| title2 = Wait it Out
| length2 = 3:34
| writer2 = Tift Merritt, Jay Joyce
| title3 = Good Hearted Man
| writer3 =
| length3 = 3:39
| title4 = Ain't Looking Closely
| writer4 =
| length4 = 4:23
| title5 = Still Pretending
| writer5 =
| length5 = 3:40
| title6 = Write My Ticket
| writer6 =
| length6 = 3:42
| title7 = Your Love Made a U-Turn
| writer7 = McClinton Osbie Burnett
| length7 = 2:33
| title8 = Plainest Thing
| writer8 =
| length8 = 3:30
| title9 = Late Night Pilgrim
| writer9 =
| length9 = 4:23
| title10 = I Am Your Tambourine
| writer10 =
| length10 = 3:42
| title11 = Laid a Highway
| writer11 =
| length11 = 3:51
| title12 = Shadow in the Way
| writer12 =
| length12 = 4:42
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = iTunes bonus track
| title13 = Easy to Change
| length13 = 3:53
}}
Personnel
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- Tift Merritt – vocals, Wurlitzer
- Mike Campbell – guitar, pump organ
- Jason Sinay – guitar
- Robert Randolph – pedal steel guitar
- Lance Morrison – bass
- Benmont Tench – melodica, Wurlitzer
- Brandon Bush – Farfisa organ, Hammond B-3
- Don Heffington – drums
- Zeke Hutchins – tom toms
- George Drakoulias – percussion
- Patrick Warren – chamberlain, celeste
- Joseph Sublett, Darrell Leonard, Gregory H. Smith – horns
- Neal Casal, Margaret Fowler, Jim Gilstrap, Lani Groves, Ellis Hall, Gary Louris, Maxayn Lewis, Maria McKee, Tata Vega, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters, – background vocals
;Technical
- Jim Scott, Ryan Hewitt – recording engineer
- Jim Scott, David Bianco – mixing
- Richard Dodd – mastering
- Roberto D'este, Neal Casal – photography
- Bethany Newman – art direction and design
- Bethany Newman – design
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