Balm in Gilead (album)

Balm in Gilead
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Studio album by Rickie Lee Jones
Released	3 November 2009
Genre	Folk rock
Length	42:51
Label	Fantasy
Producer	Rickie Lee Jones, David Kalish, Sheldon Gomberg
Rickie Lee Jones chronology
The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard (2007) Balm in Gilead (2009) Live in Stockholm (2010)

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Balm in Gilead is an album by American singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, released in November 2009 on the Fantasy Records label. It was produced by Rickie Lee Jones together with David Kalish and Sheldon Gomberg.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rickie Lee Jones; except where indicated

1. "Wild Girl"
2. "Old Enough" (Jones, David Kalish)
3. "Remember Me"
4. "The Moon Is Made of Gold"
5. "His Jewelled Floor"
6. "Eucalyptus Trail"
7. "The Blue Ghazel"
8. "The Gospel of Carlos, Norman and Smith" (Jones, David Kalish)
9. "Bonfires"
10. "Bayless St." (Jones, David Kalish)

Personnel

• Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, guitars, bowed bass, banjo, keyboards, piano, electric piano, percussions, finger snaps; horn arrangements on "Wild Girl" and "Old Enough"
• Sebastian Steinberg – bass
• Tom Evans – saxophone, flute
• Brian Swartz – trumpet
• Arnold McCuller – background vocals
• Jon Brion – baritone guitar, guitar, bass
• David Kalish – bass, guitar, dobro, piano, organ
• Pete Thomas – drums
• Ben Harper – slide guitar
• Joel Guzman – organ, accordion
• Reggie McBride – bass
• Charlie Paxson – drums
• Patrick Maguire – octave guitar
• Alison Krauss – violin
• Vic Chesnutt – vocals
• John Reynolds – guitar, whistle
• Victoria Williams – vocals
• Tony Scherr – bass
• Kenny Wollesen – drums
• Chris Joyner – electric piano, vocals
• Bill Frisell – guitar
• Paulie Cerra – saxophone
• Grey DeLisle – autoharp
• Danny Frankel – percussions, tambourine
• Ed Maxwell – bass
• John Doan – harp guitar
• Craig Eastman – violin, mandolin
• Blair Aaronson – string and horn arrangement on "Eucalyptus Trail"

Technical

• Barrie Maguire, Chris Testa, David Kalish, Mark Johnson, Sheldon Gomberg – engineer
• Larissa Collins – art direction