Tambourine (album)

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.^[4]

Tambourine
Studio album by Tift Merritt
Released	2004
Studio	Sound City Studios M.C. Studios Glenwood Place Cello Studios Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative Country, Americana
Length	46:04
Label	Lost Highway
Producer	George Drakoulias
Tift Merritt chronology
Bramble Rose (2002) Tambourine (2004) Home Is Loud (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork	7.3/10[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stray Paper"		3:52
2.	"Wait it Out"	Tift Merritt, Jay Joyce	3:34
3.	"Good Hearted Man"		3:39
4.	"Ain't Looking Closely"		4:23
5.	"Still Pretending"		3:40
6.	"Write My Ticket"		3:42
7.	"Your Love Made a U-Turn"	McClinton Osbie Burnett	2:33
8.	"Plainest Thing"		3:30
9.	"Late Night Pilgrim"		4:23
10.	"I Am Your Tambourine"		3:42
11.	"Laid a Highway"		3:51
12.	"Shadow in the Way"		4:42

All tracks are written by Tift Merritt except where noted

iTunes bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Easy to Change"	3:53

Personnel

• 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