The Great Despiser is Joe Pug's second studio album. The album's opening track, "Hymn #76," was selected by American Songwriter magazine as one of the Top 50 Songs of 2012.

Track listing

"Hymn #76" – 3:37 "Those Thankless Years" – 3:05 "The Great Despiser" – 4:05 "A Gentle Few" – 3:53 "Ours" – 4:03 "Silver Harps and Violins" – 4:13 "Stronger Than The World" – 3:16 "One of Many" – 3:09 "Neither Do I Need A Witness" – 3:26 "The Servant's Ace" – 3:11 "Deep Dark Wells" – 2:51

Credits Joe Pug - Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Tenor), Harmonica, Primary Artist, Vocals Don Bartlett - Management Jim Becker - Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin, Slide Guitar Josh Brinkman - Booking Brian Deck - Drums, Mixing, Producer Craig Finn - Vocals Dorian Gehring - Assistant Sam Kassirer - Marimba, Organ, Piano Mike Novak - Assistant Gordon Patriarca - Bass Neil Strauch - Engineer Shawn Stucky - Artwork, Design Greg Tuohey - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) Harvey Thomas Young - Composer

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