Fair Ain't Fair is Tim Fite's second studio album released on Anti-. 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.
Track listing All songs written by T. Sullivan, except "Harriet Tubman" (T. Sullivan/C. Lind)
"Roots of a Tree" (1:54) "Trouble" (3:26) "The Barber" (3:25) "Big Mistake" (3:28) "Inside Man" (2:02) "Rats and Rags" (3:25) "Yesterday's Garden" (3:14) "Thought I Was a Gun" (2:03) "The Names of All the Animals" (4:24) "Motorcade" (1:37) "More Clothes" (3:28) "Harriet Tubman" (1:36) "My Hands" (4:00) "Heaven Is War" (1:46) "Sing Along" (3:29) "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
External links Fair Ain't Fair on ANTI- Records' website