Tiny Voices is the ninth studio album by Joe Henry, released in September 2003, and his first release on the ANTI- label. Tiny Voices features a unique production sound, quite discordant and unpolished in comparison to Henry's previous album Scar in 2001. Joe assembled a group of accomplished musicians, and provided them only with basic demo versions of each song. From there, he asked the musicians to "learn" the songs while they were being recorded. Henry felt this more ungroomed approach was in alignment with the themes of the album.
The song "Flesh and Blood" was originally written by Henry for Solomon Burke to record on Don't Give Up on Me, Burke's Grammy-award-winning album, which Henry produced. The song "Animal Skin" was previously recorded by Joe for the Groundwork: Act to Reduce Hunger charity album.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks composed by Joe Henry.
"This Afternoon" – 5:44
"Animal Skin" – 5:54
"Tiny Voices" – 6:41
"Sold" – 5:29
"Dirty Magazine" – 4:38
"Flag" – 5:09
"Loves You Madly" – 4:10
"Lighthouse" – 5:11
"Widows of the Revolution" – 4:38
"Leaning" – 5:24
"Flesh and Blood" – 5:34
"Your Side of My World" – 7:19
Personnel
Joe Henry – vocals, guitars
Dave Palmer – keyboards
Patrick Warren – keyboards
Chris Bruce – guitars
Gregg Arreguin – guitars (9)
Jennifer Condos – bass
Jay Bellerose – drums (1–5, 7–12), percussion
Jim Keltner – drums (6)
Don Byron – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet
Ron Miles – trumpet
Niki Haris – additional vocals
Jean McClain – additional vocals
Production
Joe Henry – producer
S. Husky Hoskulds – recording, mixing
Craig Conard – assistant engineer
Jason Mott – assistant engineer
Gavin Lurssen – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Anabel Sinn – design
Seymour Mednick – front cover photography
Melanie Nissen – additional photography