Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs

Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs
Studio album by Stan Ridgway
Released	July 13, 2004
Genre	Rock
Length	68:27
Label	redFLY
Producer	Stan Ridgway
Stan Ridgway chronology
Blood (2004) Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs (2004) Neon Mirage (2010)

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Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs is an album by Stan Ridgway, released in 2004 through redFLY Records.

Track listing

All tracks written by Stan Ridgway, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Into the Sun"		3:29
2.	"Wake Up Sally (The Cops Are Here)"		3:02
3.	"Afghan/Forklift"		4:49
4.	"King for a Day"		5:26
5.	"Your Rockin' Chair"		3:43
6.	"Monsters of the Id" (Mose Allison)	Mose Allison	4:04
7.	"Running With the Carnival"		4:39
8.	"Our Manhattan Moment" (Stan Ridgway, Pietra Wexstun)	Stan Ridgway, Pietra Wexstun	5:19
9.	"Crow Hollow Blues"		2:28
10.	"That Big 5-0"		2:47
11.	"God Sleeps in a Caboose"		5:37
12.	"Throw It Away"		3:16
13.	"My Own Universe"		3:33
14.	"Classic Hollywood Ending"		3:54
15.	"Talking Wall of Voodoo Blues Pt. 1"		5:55
16.	"My Rose Marie (A Soldier's Tale)"		5:19

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Personnel

• Bob Demaa – mastering
• Baboo God – mixing
• Stan Ridgway – Banjo, Bells, Celeste, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Guitar (Nylon String), Hammer Dulcimer, Harmonica, Harp, Mandolin, Melodica, Slide Guitar, Sound Effects, Vocals, production, engineering, mixing
• Doug Schwartz – mastering
• Alvin Fike – Brass, French Horn, Saxophone, Woodwind
• Skip Heller – Guitar, Guitar (Nylon String), Hi String Guitar, Piano
• Brantley Kearns – Fiddle
• Ricky King – Flute (Wood), Guitar, Vocals
• David Sutton – Bass, Bass (Acoustic), Box
• Pietra Wexstun – Autoharp, Celeste, Composer, Effects, Elka, Farfisa Organ, Glockenspiel, Juno, Loops, Mellotron, Oberheim Synthesizer, Organ, Programming, Reed Organ, Sampling, Sound Effects, Vocals, Wurlitzer
• Bruce Zelesnik – Bird Calls, Drums, Handclapping, Hand Drums, Jawbone, Percussion, Prop Design, Rake, Rhythm, Siren, Sound Effects, Spoons, Train Whistle, Trash Cans

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References

1. Horowitz, Hal. "Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs". Allmusic. Retrieved August 10, 2012.