Busy Being Born

Busy Being Born
Studio album by Gary Lucas
Released	March 17, 1998
Genre	Folk
Length	49:07
Label	Tzadik
Producer	Gary Lucas, Kazunori Sugiyama
Gary Lucas chronology
Evangeline (1997) Busy Being Born (1998) @ Paradiso (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly	B

Busy Being Born is the fourth album by Gary Lucas, released on March 17, 1998 through Tzadik Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gary Lucas, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Adon Olom" (Instrumental)	Traditional arr.	1:30
2.	"Adon Olom" (Vocal)	Traditional arr.	3:11
3.	"Shekhinah"		2:19
4.	"Sandman"		4:27
5.	"Sunrise Sunset"	Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick	2:53
6.	"Tradition"	Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick	2:35
7.	"The Mensch in the Moon"	Walter Horn, Gary Lucas	5:07
8.	"Lydia, The Tattooed Lady"	Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg	2:06
9.	"Crawlspace"		3:08
10.	"Dayenu/Dreidel"	Traditional arr.	2:56
11.	"Fleischerei"	Green, Lerner, Timberg	3:01
12.	"A Hundred Pounds of Clay"	Luther Dixon, Bob Elgin, Kay Rogers	2:41
13.	"The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao"	Leigh Harline	2:06
14.	"Abie the Fishman"		2:28
15.	"Hinay Ma Tov"	Traditional arr.	2:53
16.	"Theme from Exodus"	Ernest Gold	2:50
17.	"Adon Olom" (Acappella)	Traditional arr.	2:56

Personnel

Musicians

• Greg Cohen – bass guitar
• Jonathan Kane – drums
• Gary Lucas – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, production

Production and additional personnel

• Larry Fine – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay"
• André Grossmann – photography
• Kenny Hurwitz – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay"
• Tim Kalliches – engineering
• Misako Kano – piano on "Abie the Fishman"
• Ikue Mori – design
• Sascha von Oertzen – engineering
• Kazunori Sugiyama – production
• Irene Trudel – engineering
• Allan Tucker – mastering
• John Zorn – saxophone on "Adon Olom" and "Sandman"