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Faces & Names

Faces & Names is Dave Pirner's first solo studio album. It was released in the United States on 30 July 2002.

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Faces & Names
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Released30 July 2002
Recorded2001–2002
GenrePop rock
Length42:31
LabelUltimatum Music
ProducerDave Pirner
Mike Napolitano tracks 3–11
David Gamson, Oliver Leiber tracks 1–2
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Faces & Names is Dave Pirner's first solo studio album.34 It was released in the United States on 30 July 2002.

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Pirner.

  1. "Teach Me To Breathe" – 3:46
  2. "Never Recover" – 3:45
  3. "Faces & Names" – 4:21
  4. "Feel the Need" – 4:01
  5. "Someday Love" – 3:49
  6. "364" – 4:06
  7. "I'll Have My Day" – 4:21
  8. "Tea" – 3:33
  9. "Much Too Easy" – 3:39
  10. "Levitation" – 3:26
  11. "Start Treating People Right" – 3:55

Personnel

  • Dave Pirner - vocals, guitar, trumpet
  • Pat Sansone - keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
  • Anthony Tidd - bass
  • Chris Joyner - organ, piano
  • Ian Mussington - drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Sophia Jones - backing vocals
  • Oliver Leiber - guitar, bass, drums on "Teach Me to Breathe" and "Never Recover"
  • Mark Brown - bass on "Never Recover"
  • Billy Preston - organ, Wurlitzer on "Never Recover"
  • Chris Whitley - dobro on "Faces & Names" and "Start Treating People Right"
  • Brady Kish - double bass on "Faces & Names"
  • Kraig Jarret Johnson - guitar on "Someday Love"
  • Mike Napolitano - guitar on "Tea" and "Levitation"
  • Michael Blum - pedal steel on "Much Too Easy"
  • Eric "Skerik" Walton - tenor saxophone on "Levitation"

Singles

  1. "Tea"
  2. "Levitation"
  3. "Feel the Need"
References

References

  1. Mark Deming (30 July 2002). "Faces & Names – Dave Pirner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. "Dave Pirner: Faces & Names". Robert Christgau. 22 August 2002. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  3. Green, Stuart (1 December 2002). "Dave Pirner Faces and Names". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  4. Cristina Diettinger (16 September 2002). "Pirner's Paradise | Stage Previews Reviews". nola.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.