Dollars and Dimes explained

Dollars and Dimes
Type:	studio
Artist:	Owen Temple
Cover:	DollarsandDimescover.jpg
Released:	2009
Recorded:	Austin, Texas, January 2009
Genre:	Country
Length:	36:36
Label:	El Paisano
Producer:	Gabriel Rhodes
Prev Title:	Two Thousand Miles
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Mountain Home
Next Year:	2011

Dollars and Dimes is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter Owen Temple. It was released June 9, 2009, on El Paisano Records. A concept album focused on hard times in different regions of North America, that the Chicago Sun-Times stated "delivers the concept richly".^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Owen Temple except where noted.

1. "Broken Heart Land" (Temple, Jeff Burkhart, Gordy Quist)– 3:32
2. "Black Diamond" (Temple, Adam Carroll, Scott Nolan)– 2:58
3. "Making a Life" (Temple, Quist, Chris Anderson) – 3:38
4. "City of the King" (Temple, Quist, Evan Christian)– 4:15
5. "Dollars and Dimes" (Temple, Carroll)– 3:11
6. "Memphis" – 3:10
7. "Los Angeles" – 2:49
8. "I Don't Want to Do What I Do" (Temple, Carroll)– 3:14
9. "Quiet Look" – 3:15
10. "Golden Age" (Temple, Quist)– 3:35
11. "Winnipeg Waltz" – 3:06

Personnel

Musicians

• • • Owen Temple – vocals, acoustic Gabriel Rhodes – acoustic, electric guitar, pump organ, piano, ukulele Will Sexton – bass, electric guitar, harmony vocals
• Hunt Sales – drums, electric guitar, percussion
• Brian Standefer – cello
• Michael Thompson – piano
• Adam Carroll – harmonica

Production

• Produced by Gabe Rhodes
• Engineered by Cris Burns
• Recorded at Bumshoe Music Services, Austin, Texas

Artwork

• Art direction/design by Lance Schriner
• Photography by Jonathan Lurie
• Photography by Philip Albert Shane

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Freeform American Roots Chart^[2]	5
Euro Americana Chart^[3]	1

Notes and References

1. http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/hoekstra/1652006,TRA-News-Detours05.article
2. http://www.tcmnradio.com/far/far119.htm Freeform American Roots (FAR) Chart
3. http://www.euroamericanachart.nl Euro Americana Chart