Exile and the Kingdom (2006) is the debut solo album from Canadian singer/songwriter Jeff Martin. The title is derived from the 1957 book of the same name by Albert Camus.
Track listing All songs are written by Jeff Martin, except track 1 by Martin, Michael Lee and Ritesh Das.
"World Is Calling" – 5:24 "Butterfly" – 3:31 "Where Do We Go from Here" – 3:37 "Daystar" – 3:59 "Lament" – 4:34 "Angeldust" – 4:51 "Black Snake Blues" – 3:32 "Stay Inside of Me" – 3:40 "The Kingdom" – 6:22 "Good Time Song" – 3:18
Personnel Recording personnel Produced by Jeff Martin Executive Producer Michael Lee Jackson Associate Executive producers: Dr. Michael Virro, Perry Tapanainen Recorded & engineered by Nick Blagona Assistant engineers: Evan Ritchie, Barry Nolan Mixed by: Nick Blagona & Jeff Martin Assistant mix engineer: Luke Fountain All songs recorded at Caroline Studios, Durrus, County Cork, Ireland All songs mixed at Metalworks Recording Studio, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Mastered by Nick Blagona at Metalworks Recording Studios Published by JMartin Music (SOCAN)
Musicians "World Is Calling": Jeff Martin – vocals, electric guitars, bass guitar, emulator synthesizer, dumbek Ritesh Das – tabla, chant. Michael Lee – drums. Marc Oulette – String arrangement & composition "Butterfly": Jeff Martin – vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitar, Fender Telecaster B-bender, Hammond B3 Ritesh Das – udu Michael Lee – drums "Daystar": Jeff Martin – vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitar, sitar, sarod, tanpura, hurdy-gurdy, piano Ritesh Das – tabla, dholak, dunun, udu Michael Lee – Drums "Lament": Jeff Martin – vocals, Ellis 7 string resonator guitar, electric guitars, bass guitar, E-bow, emulator synth Ritesh Das – tabla, dunun Michael Lee – Drums Evan Ritchie – manjira "Angeldust": Jeff Martin – vocals, acoustic guitars, esraj emulator synth Nick Blagona – shakers, hand drum "Black Snake Blues": Jeff Martin – vocals, Ellis 7-string resonator guitar, bass guitar, banjo Michael Lee – Drums New Beginning Choral Ensemble Rodney Appleby – choir vocal arrangement & conducting "Stay Inside of Me": Jeff Martin – vocals, acoustic guitars, mandolin, emulator synth Jenny Laws – Vocals "The Kingdom": Jeff Martin – vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, Hammond B3, emulator synth Ritesh Das – tabla, manjira Michael Lee – Drums Marc Oulette – string arrangement & composition New Beginning Choral Ensemble Rodney Appleby – choral vocal arrangement & conducting Nick Blagona – tambourine "Good Time Song": Jeff Martin – vocals, acoustic guitars, Ellis 7 string resonator guitar Ritesh Das – table (yes, "table") Larsen Liebig – double bass Terry Scott – spoons
Charts + Chart performance for Exile and the Kingdom Chart (2006) Peakposition
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