Approximate CD value: $15.00
Highest U.S. chart position: #30
Released: November 13, 2001
Recorded: June 15 - September 9, 2001
Produced by: Natalie Merchant & T-Bone Burnett
Engineered by: Michael Piersante & Jim Scott
Cover Photo by: Laura Wilson
Label: Elektra 62721-2
- This House Is On Fire {Merchant} (4:43)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Elizabeth Steen: Hammond organ
- Gabriel Gordon: electric guitar
- Erik Della Penna: oud
- Graham Maby: bass
- Matt Chamberlain: drums, percussion
- Stephen Barber: arranger & conductor
- Sandra Park, Sharon Yamada: violins
- Karen Dreyfus: viola
- Alan Stepansky: cello
- Sandra Church: alto flute
- Motherland {Merchant} (4:46)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Van Dyke Parks: accordion
- Patrick Warren: pump organ
- Mike Elizando: acoustic bass
- Greg Leisz: acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
- Saint Judas {Merchant} (5:45)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Mavis Staples: guest vocals
- Elizabeth Steen: Hammond organ
- Gabriel Gordon: electric guitar
- Erik Della Penna: banjo
- Graham Maby: bass
- Matt Chamberlain: drums
- Put The Law On You {Merchant} (5:01)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Elizabeth Steen: Hammond organ
- Gabriel Gordon, Erik Della Penna: electric guitars
- Graham Maby: bass
- Matt Chamberlain: drums
- David Ralicke: tenor saxophone
- Keefus: piano
- Build A Levee {Merchant} (4:47)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals, Fender Rhodes electric piano
- Mavis Staples: guest vocals
- Elizabeth Steen, Keefus: Hammond organs
- Greg Leisz: electric guitar
- Bob Glaub: bass
- Matt Chamberlain: drums
- Patrick Warren: chamberlain
- David Ralicke: baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Golden Boy {Merchant} (4:12)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Elizabeth Steen: mellotron
- Gabriel Gordon: e-bow electric guitar
- Erik Della Penna: electric guitar
- Mike Elizando: acoustic bass
- Matt Chamberlain: drums, percussion
- Carla Azar: drums (live)
- Patrick Warren: chamberlain
- Keefus: keyboard
- Henry Darger {Merchant} (4:26)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Erik Della Penna: classical guitar
- Kate Daley, Kelly Daley: Vivian Girl's voices
- Stephen Barber: arranger & conductor
- Sandra Park: first violin & string contractor
- Sharon Yamada, Lisa E. Kim, Bruno Eicher, Karen Marx, Ann S. Kim, Laura Seaton, Fiona Simon, Jung Sun Yoo, Soo Hyun Kwon, Krystof Kuznik, Robert T. Shaw: violins
- Karen Dreyfus, Nick Cords, Vivek Kamath: violas
- Alan Stepansky, Sarah Seiver, Elizabeth Dyson: cellos
- Jeremy McCoy: bass
- Mitchell Estrin: bass clarinet
- Tony Kadleck: trumpet
- Philip Myers: French horn
- The Worst Thing {Merchant} (5:48)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Daniel de la Calle: Spanish lyrics
- Elizabeth Steen: Wurlitzer electric piano
- Gabriel Gordon: electric guitar
- Erik Della Penna: classical guitar, electric guitar
- Graham Maby: bass
- Matt Chamberlain: drums, percussion
- Stephen Barber: arranger & conductor
- Sandra Park, Sharon Yamada: violins
- Karen Dreyfus: viola
- Alan Stepansky: cello
- Guy Klucevsek: accordion
- David Krakauer: clarinet
- Tell Yourself {Merchant} (5:13)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Katie Goldberg: guest vocals
- Elizabeth Steen: piano, Hammond organ
- Erik Della Penna: acoustic guitar
- Greg Leisz: acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar
- Graham Maby: bass
- Matt Chamberlain: drums, percussion
- Patrick Warren: chamberlain, pump organ
- Just Can't Last {Merchant} (4:31)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals
- Elizabeth Steen: Hammond organ
- Gabriel Gordon: additional vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Erik Della Penna: banjo, lap steel guitar, bazouki
- Graham Maby: bass
- Matt Chamberlain: drums
- Patrick Warren: chamberlain
- Chris Tedesco: trumpet
- David Ralicke: trombone, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Not In This Life {Merchant} (5:23)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals, piano
- Elizabeth Steen: Hammond organ
- Erik Della Penna: electric guitar
- Gabriel Gordon: electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Graham Maby: bass
- Matt Chamberlain: drums, percussion
- Patrick Warren: chamberlain
- I'm Not Gonna Beg {Merchant} (3:40)
- Natalie Merchant: vocals, piano
- Elizabeth Steen: Hammond organ
- Gabriel Gordon: electric guitar
- Erik Della Penna: lap steel guitar
- Graham Maby: bass
- Matt Chamberlain: drums
- Total playing time 58:22
CD-ROM (MAC/PC) with Internet links to:
http://www.elektra.com/weblink/artist/merchant
http://www.natalie-merchant.com
http://www.nataliemerchant.com
Motherland is dedicated to all the victims of the September
11, 2001 attack upon the United States who were lost at the
World Trade Center, Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
May they rest in peace.