Wormwood (Moe album) explained

Wormwood
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	moe.
Cover:	Wormwood (moe. album).jpg
Released:	February 4, 2003
Recorded:	2002
Genre:	Jam rock
Length:	57:23
Label:	Fatboy Records
Producer:	moe.
Prev Title:	Season's Greetings from moe.
Prev Year:	2002
Next Year:	2003

Wormwood is an album by Moe. It was released on February 4, 2003 by Fatboy Records.

Wormwood is considered an interesting album for the way it was recorded. The band took live recordings of their new songs from various Summer 2002 shows onward and interlaced them with studio takes. For this reason, there are sometimes cheers of the crowd evident (such as during the beginning of "Bullet"). Additionally, the album can be viewed as one seamless track, with the instrumental tracks bridging the gaps (segues) into the next.

It was a 2004 Jammy Award winner as the 'best studio album'.

Track listing

1. "Not Coming Down" (Schnier) – 3:55
2. "Wormwood" (moe.) – 4:48
3. "Okayalright" (Derhak) – 4:12
4. "Rumble Strip" (moe.) – 1:12
5. "Gone" (lyrics: Schnier, Derhak; music: Schnier) – 5:27
6. "Organs" (Schnier) – 0:49
7. "Crab Eyes" (lyrics: Derhak, Garvey, Schnier; music: moe.) – 5:04
8. "Bullet" (lyrics: Garvey; music: moe.) – 7:45
9. "Kyle's Song" (moe.) – 7:54
10. "Bend Sinister" (moe.) – 2:38
11. "Kids" (lyrics: Schnier; music: moe.) – 6:45
12. "Kidstoys" (lyrics: B. Schnier, E. Derhak; music: moe.) – 1:17
13. "Shoot First" (Garvey) – 4:03
14. "Edison Laugh Record" (moe.) – 1:35

Personnel

moe.

Vinnie Amico: percussion, drums

Rob Derhak

bass, vocals, photography

Chuck Garvey

guitar, piano, vocals, photography

Jim Loughlin: percussion, mallets, piccolo bass, MIDI mallets

Al Schnier

guitar, keyboards, vocals, editing, drum loop
Becca Childs Derhak: art direction, cover design
Scott Elmquist: photography
Bill Emmons: engineer, mixing
Fred Kevorkian: mastering
Mike Lapierre: assistant engineer