Weed (album) explained

Weed
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Chris Whitley
Cover:	Whitley_weed.jpg
Released:	March 20, 2004
Recorded:	August 2003
Genre:	Blues
Length:	59:35
Label:	Messenger Records
Producer:	Chris Whitley
Prev Title:	Hotel Vast Horizon
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	War Crime Blues
Next Year:	2004

Weed is the tenth album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It is his eighth studio album.

The album is Whitley's acoustic re-recording of a selection of songs he wrote from 1986 to 1996 for his three recordings on Columbia / Work Records: Living with the Law (1991), Din of Ecstasy (1995), and Terra Incognita (1997).

It was produced and recorded by Chris Whitley live to a two-track MD in Susann Bürger's bathroom / Sebnitzer Straße and Space House / Katharinenstraße in Dresden, Germany.

Track listing

All tracks written by Chris Whitley:

1. "Power Down" – 3:43
2. "Living with the Law" – 4:05
3. "Know" – 3:16
4. "Phone Call from Leavenworth" – 4:22
5. "Cool Wooden Crosses" – 2:44
6. "Big Sky Country" – 4:26
7. "New Machine" – 3:19
8. "Clear Blue Sky" – 4:36
9. "Bordertown" – 3:16
10. "Narcotic Prayer" – 3:42
11. "Kick the Stones" – 4:11
12. "Weightless" – 2:37
13. "I Forget You Everyday" – 4:20
14. "Make the Dirt Stick" – 3:33
15. "Dust Radio" – 3:22
16. "Can't Get Off (instrumental)" – 3:57

Personnel

• Chris Whitley – vocals, guitar, and foot stomp