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2008 studio album by Tim Fite
Fair Ain't Fair
Studio album by Tim Fite
ReleasedMay 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)
GenreRock, folk, hip hop
Length46:43
LabelANTI-
Tim Fite chronology
It's Only Ketchup
(2007) 		Fair Ain't Fair
(2008) 		Change of Heart
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Paste(favorable)
PopMatters
Punknews.org
Spin

Fair Ain't Fair is Tim Fite's second studio album released on ANTI- Records. As with Gone Ain't Gone, Fite created this album with a mixture of real instrumentation and sampling, resulting in a sound composed of rock, folk and hip hop elements.

Franz Nicolay, of The Hold Steady, listed the album among his favourite albums of 2008.

Track listing

All songs written by T. Sullivan, except "Harriet Tubman" (T. Sullivan/C. Lind)

  1. "Roots of a Tree" (1:54)
  2. "Trouble" (3:26)
  3. "The Barber" (3:25)
  4. "Big Mistake" (3:28)
  5. "Inside Man" (2:02)
  6. "Rats and Rags" (3:25)
  7. "Yesterday's Garden" (3:14)
  8. "Thought I Was a Gun" (2:03)
  9. "The Names of All the Animals" (4:24)
  10. "Motorcade" (1:37)
  11. "More Clothes" (3:28)
  12. "Harriet Tubman" (1:36)
  13. "My Hands" (4:00)
  14. "Heaven Is War" (1:46)
  15. "Sing Along" (3:29)
  16. "Line by Line" (3:26)

Samples

  • "Roots of a Tree" samples the song "Kettle" by Frances
  • "Trouble" samples the song "When We Were Wolves" by My Latest Novel
  • "The Barber" samples the song "Spin Me Around" by Kip Boardman
  • "Big Mistake" samples the song "Kitty and Her Beautiful Lady" by Remate
  • "Motorcade" samples the song "Black Holes" by Needle
  • "Yesterday's Garden" samples the song "Whistle and Water" by East Ghost West Ghost
  • "More Clothes" samples the song "Bubbles" by Trunk Federation
  • "My Hands" samples the song "I Can't Fall Asleep" by Picastro
  • "Sing Along" samples the song "Poison" by Constantines

Major contributors

  • Dr. Leisure – Tape sounds, singing, live show
  • Rob Bedenoch – Engineering, audio tweaking
  • Justin Riddle – Drums, percussion
  • Shawna Enyart – Elephants
  • Chris Lind – Slack key guitar
  • Andy, Matt, and Anti – Business
  • Jacob Harris – Management
  • Dan Kinsley – Guitar, piano, mandolin
  • Ryan Foregger – Video specialization
  • Adam Gustavson – Guitar, banjo, pedal steel, bass
  • Dan Saks – Guitar
  • Merle Hansen – Viola
  • Pepi Ginsberg – singing
  • Shars Worden – singing, ghosting
  • The Bloody Nose Boys – singing
  • Danielle Stech Homsy – singing
  • Dave Kutch – Mastering
  • Tim Fite – Everything else and nothing else

References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. Paste review
  3. PopMatters review
  4. Punknews.org review
  5. "Spin review". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  6. Lindsay, Andrew. "Interview: Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady)". stereokill.net. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-15.

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