The Wallflowers, Bringing Down the Horse
The WallflowersBRINGING DOWN
THE HORSE.
Bringing Down the Horse placed Jakob Dylan's songs inside a T Bone Burnett production filled with carefully chosen session players and enough space for the Wallflowers to sound like a band rather than a studio project.
Album artwork shown for commentary and historical reference. Image source: Cover Art Archive / MusicBrainz.
SEVEN THINGS
WORTH KNOWING.
Recording stories, personnel, physical details and numbers worth keeping with the record.
Bringing Down the Horse was released on May 21, 1996 and contains 11 tracks.
T Bone Burnett produced the album.
The record includes "One Headlight," "6th Avenue Heartache," "The Difference" and "Three Marlenas."
Jon Brion contributes lead guitar to "One Headlight."
Matt Chamberlain plays drums on "One Headlight," while Gary Louris and Sam Phillips contribute backing vocals.
Tom Lord-Alge is among the engineers and mixers credited on the album's major recordings.
"One Headlight" won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
WHY THIS
ALBUM MATTERS.
Bringing Down the Horse is a songwriter's album built with a producer who understands texture, surrounding Jakob Dylan's songs with recognizable players without letting the guests overwhelm the band.
THE
NUMBERS.
TRACKS
The album contains eleven songs.
GRAMMYS
One Headlight won two Grammy Awards.
RELEASE
The album arrived in May 1996.
THE
PHYSICAL OBJECT.
The close horse imagery makes the title visual without turning the sleeve into a literal band portrait, giving the record a restrained and slightly mysterious identity.
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DIGGING.
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