Merriment Explained

Merriment
Type:	studio
Artist:	Vic Chesnutt
Cover:	Merriment-vic chesnutt.jpg
Released:	29 August 2000
Genre:	Folk rock Alt-Country
Label:	Backburner Records
Producer:	Kelly Keneipp, Nikki Keneipp, Vic Chesnutt
Prev Title:	The Salesman and Bernadette
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Left to his Own Devices
Next Year:	2001

Merriment is a 2000 album by Vic Chesnutt.^{[1] [2]} The album is a collaborative effort between Georgia-based musicians Chesnutt and Kelly and Nikki Keneipp, with Chesnutt writing and singing the songs, and the Keneipps playing the music. It was released on the Keneipps' record label, Backburner Records, on August 29, 2000.

Reception

Pitchfork Media gave Merriment an 8.0.

Track listing

All songs written by Vic Chesnutt.

Musical accompaniment by Kelly and Nikki Keneipp.

1. "Merriment" – 4:40
2. "Fissle" – 2:46
3. "Feather" – 2:46
4. "Sunny Pasture" – 2:43
5. "Preponderance" – 2:47
6. "Haiku" – 2:46
7. "Mighty Monkey" – 4:26
8. "DNA" – 3:00
9. "Deeper Currents" – 3:47
10. "Merriment Reprise" – 4:04

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vic Chesnutt and Mr. And Mrs. Keneipp Merriment. exclaim.ca.
2. Web site: Vic Chesnutt.