Fair Ain't Fair
Studio album by
Tim Fite
ReleasedMay 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)
GenreRock, folk, hip hop
Length46:43
LabelANTI-
Tim Fite chronology
It's Only Ketchup
(2007)		 Fair Ain't Fair
(2008)		 Change of Heart
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Paste(favorable)[2]
PopMatters[3]
Punknews.org[4]
Spin[5]

Fair Ain't Fair is Tim Fite's second studio album released on ANTI- Records. As with Gone Ain't Gone, Fite created this album with a mixture of real instrumentation and sampling, resulting in a sound composed of rock, folk and hip hop elements.

Franz Nicolay, of The Hold Steady, listed the album among his favourite albums of 2008.[6]

Track listing

All songs written by T. Sullivan, except "Harriet Tubman" (T. Sullivan/C. Lind)

  1. "Roots of a Tree" (1:54)
  2. "Trouble" (3:26)
  3. "The Barber" (3:25)
  4. "Big Mistake" (3:28)
  5. "Inside Man" (2:02)
  6. "Rats and Rags" (3:25)
  7. "Yesterday's Garden" (3:14)
  8. "Thought I Was a Gun" (2:03)
  9. "The Names of All the Animals" (4:24)
  10. "Motorcade" (1:37)
  11. "More Clothes" (3:28)
  12. "Harriet Tubman" (1:36)
  13. "My Hands" (4:00)
  14. "Heaven Is War" (1:46)
  15. "Sing Along" (3:29)
  16. "Line by Line" (3:26)

Samples

  • "Roots of a Tree" samples the song "Kettle" by Frances
  • "Trouble" samples the song "When We Were Wolves" by My Latest Novel
  • "The Barber" samples the song "Spin Me Around" by Kip Boardman
  • "Big Mistake" samples the song "Kitty and Her Beautiful Lady" by Remate
  • "Motorcade" samples the song "Black Holes" by Needle
  • "Yesterday's Garden" samples the song "Whistle and Water" by East Ghost West Ghost
  • "More Clothes" samples the song "Bubbles" by Trunk Federation
  • "My Hands" samples the song "I Can't Fall Asleep" by Picastro
  • "Sing Along" samples the song "Poison" by Constantines

Major contributors

  • Dr. Leisure – Tape sounds, singing, live show
  • Rob Bedenoch – Engineering, audio tweaking
  • Justin Riddle – Drums, percussion
  • Shawna Enyart – Elephants
  • Chris Lind – Slack key guitar
  • Andy, Matt, and Anti – Business
  • Jacob Harris – Management
  • Dan Kinsley – Guitar, piano, mandolin
  • Ryan Foregger – Video specialization
  • Adam Gustavson – Guitar, banjo, pedal steel, bass
  • Dan Saks – Guitar
  • Merle Hansen – Viola
  • Pepi Ginsberg – singing
  • Shars Worden – singing, ghosting
  • The Bloody Nose Boys – singing
  • Danielle Stech Homsy – singing
  • Dave Kutch – Mastering
  • Tim Fite – Everything else and nothing else

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Paste review
  3. ↑ PopMatters review
  4. ↑ Punknews.org review
  5. ↑ Spin review
  6. ↑ Lindsay, Andrew. "Interview: Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady)". stereokill.net. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-15.



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