Natalie Merchant • Music • Natalie Merchant - The House Carpenter's Daughter - CD

Produced in collaboration with Grammy winning producer T Bone Burnett (O Brother, Where Art Thou?), Natalie Merchant's third studio album, Motherland , was released in 2001 to great critical and popular acclaim. From the pop hooks of "Just Can't Last," to the R&B inspired "Saint Judas" (which features guest vocals by the legendary gospel singer Mavis Staples), to the Arabic influenced "This House Is On Fire," Motherland proves to be Ms. Merchant's most lyrically and musically diverse album yet. Track Listing: 1. This House Is On Fire 2. Motherland 3. Saint Judas 4. Put The Law On You 5. Build A Levee 6. Golden Boy 7. Henry Darger 8. The Worst Thing 9. Tell Yourself 10. Just Can't Last 11. Not In This Life 12. I'm Not Gonna Beg

The linen bound deluxe edition has all the solo singles plus 15 additional rare tracks on 2 CDs including unreleased recordings, acoustic versions, album out-takes, soundtrack contributions, B-sides, along with out-of-print tracks recorded for benefit albums. Featuring collaborations with R.E.M., Billy Bragg, The Chieftains, Dr. John with Booker T. & The MG's, and Susan McKeown. Track List: CD ONE 1. WONDER 2. CARNIVAL 3. JEALOUSY 4. SAN ANDREAS FAULT 5. KIND & GENEROUS 6. BREAK YOUR HEART 7. LIFE IS SWEET 8. THE LIVING 9. BUILD A LEVEE 10. NOT IN THIS LIFE 11. MOTHERLAND 12. OWENSBORO 13. SALLY ANN CD TWO 1. SHE DEVIL 2. COWBOY ROMANCE 3. CHILDREN GO WHERE I SEND THEE 4. BIRDS & SHIPS 5. THE LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND 6. ONE FINE DAY 7. PHOTOGRAPH 8. PARTY OF GOD 9. THICK AS THIEVES 10. BREAD & CIRCUSES 11. BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH 12. TELL YOURSELF 13. BUT NOT FOR ME 14. I KNOW HOW TO DO IT 15. COME TAKE A TRIP IN MY AIRSHIP

Leave Your Sleep is the culmination of six years of research and collaboration and is, in Merchant’s words, “The most elaborate project I have ever completed or even imagined.” It is her first studio album since 2003 and her first for Nonesuch. 1. Nursery Rhyme Of Innocence And Experience (Sailor O Sailor) 5:10 2. The Man In The Wilderness 3:45 3. Equestrienne 4:39 4. The Dancing Bear 5:37 5. Calico Pie 2:42 6. The Janitor's Boy 3:52 7. The Peppery Man 5:06 8. Topsyturvey-World 5:09 9. Bleezer's Ice-Cream 5:16 10. It Makes A Change 3:30 11. Adventures Of Isabel 3:23 12. The King Of China's Daughter 2:39 13. The Sleepy Giant 3:19 14. If No One Marries Me 2:22 15. Maggie And Milly And Molly And May 4:07 16. Spring And Fall: To A Young Child 3:04