Scattered (album) explained

Scattered
Type:	compilation
Artist:	the Handsome Family
Cover:	The Handsome Family album Scattered.png
Released:	2010
Length:	63:36
Label:	Handsome Family Music
Prev Title:	Honey Moon
Prev Year:	2009
Next Title:	Wilderness
Next Year:	2013

Scattered is a second compilation of demos, outtakes and rarities by the Handsome Family. It was released 2010 through Handsome Family Music and is the sequel to 2002's Smothered and Covered.

Track listing

1. "The Lost Soul" - 3:21
   • version of a traditional
2. "When It Rains" - 2:25
   • outtake from Twilight
3. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" - 5:39
   • Bob Dylan cover
4. "Snowball" - 2:16
   • song by The Handsome Family
5. "Ain't No Grave" - 2:53
   • Brother Claude Ely cover
6. "Little Buddy" - 3:56
   • an early track from 1993
7. "Eleanor Rigby" - 2:45
   • The Beatles cover
8. "A Plague Of Humans" - 3:01
   • song by The Handsome Family
9. "Famous Blue Raincoat" - 5:07
   • Leonard Cohen cover
10. "Drinking Beer On The Roof" - 3:23
    • alternate take from "The Red Leaf Forest" (digital-only bonus track from Honey Moon)
11. "Telephones And Telescopes" - 3:06
    • a song written by Brett Sparks
12. "Lost Highway" - 2:59
    • Leon Payne cover
13. "Honcho" - 1:58
    • instrumental recorded by Brett Sparks on 4-track
14. "The Blizzard" - 3:32
    • Harlan Howard cover
15. "What Does The Deep Sea Say?" - 3:37
    • a version of the song by The Handsome Family (maybe a Bob Miller cover, maybe it's a traditional)
16. "Tranqualized" - 2:56
    • a song written by Brett Sparks in 1996
17. "June Bugs" - 3:36
    • alternate mix of the song released on Honey Moon
18. "One Way Up" - 2:37
    • 4-track demo of the song released on Odessa
19. "Claire Said" - 4:29
    • an early live recording of the song released on Odessa

External links

• The Handsome Family official website