Posthumous Success Explained

Posthumous Success is the 2009 album by Tom Brosseau.

Album insight

The album cover, a photo by Autumn de Wilde, shows Tom Brosseau, Sara Watkins, and Largo owner, Mark Flanagan, standing backstage in a mirrored hallway. Design and layout were created by longtime Brosseau collaborator, DLT.

Blurb from FatCat Records:^[1] "Tom Brosseau’s third full-length for FatCat marks a huge stylistic shift away from the spare, acoustic arrangements of his previous releases."

Track listing

1. "My Favorite Color Blue"
2. "Been True"
3. "Big Time"
4. "Boothill"
5. "You Don't Know My Friends"
6. "Love To New Heights"
7. "Youth Decay"
8. "Give Me A Drumroll"
9. "Miss Lucy"
10. "Axe & Stump"
11. "Chandler, AZ"
12. "Wishbone Medallion"
13. "My Favorite Color Blue"

Personnel

• Tom Brosseau: Vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
• Adam Pierce: Drums on tracks 2, 3, 5, and 10
• Rob Laakso: Electric guitar on tracks 2, 3, 5
• Gary Jimmerson: Drums on tracks 6, 8, 12, and 13
• Ethan Rose: Synthesizers on tracks 6, 8, 9, 12, and 13; Banjo on track 4
• Adam Porterfield: Loops on track 6
• Shelley Short: Backing vocals in tracks 4 and 12
• Jayme Layne: Vocals on track 3
• Jeremy Backofen: Audio engineer, additional vocals
• Rob King: Fender Rhodes

References

1. Web site: Posthumous Success. FatCat Records. en. 2017-04-13.