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ARIZONA AMP AND ALTERNATOR is Howe Gelb and friends keeping themselves busy in the desert (actually Denmark and Modesto mostly, with a little Tucson thrown in for good measure). Howe is a mind-bogglingly prolific songwriter, and he's joined here by a star-studded collection of co-conspirators- M.Ward, the boys from Grandaddy, Scout Niblett, Danish chanteuse Marie Frank, and Jeremy Gara (Arcade Fire).

TRACKLISTING
01 Velvet and Pearl [with kent olsen]
02 Where the Wind Turns the Skin to Leather [with marie frank + kent olsen, nicolai land, jørgen holmegaard, søren koch, thøger t lund]
03 AAAA (1) [with tom larkins]
04 Low Spark of High Heeled Boys [with grandaddy]
05 Man on a String [with henriette sennenvalt]
06 Bottom of the Barrel
[with grandaddy-all vocals by howe]
07 AAAA (2)
08 Can Do Girl [with tom larkins]
09 Blue Blue Marble Girl [with marie frank]
10 Baby It's Cold Outside [with maria lorette friis + john parish]
11 Re-Entry [with tom larkins, neil harry + nathan sabatino]
12 Loretta and the Insect World [with marie frank + kent olsen, nicolai land, jørgen holmegaard, søren koch, thøger t lund]
13 AAAA (3) [with m. ward]
14 Talula and the Last Straw [with grandaddy]
15 Vows [with tom larkins]
16 AAAA (4) [with tom larkins, neil harry + nathan sabatino]
17 Recital [with scout niblett]
18 The Leaving You [with jeremy gara]

TRACKS PRODUCED BY
1,2,9,12 - kent olsen
4,6,14 - jason lytle, jim fairchild, aaron burtch + howe
all others - howe