Album
The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
2013 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
10 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You is an Alt/Indie album by Neko Case, originally released in 2013. On Gatefold: 11 pressings tracked, owned by 10 collectors.
About
On her sixth studio album, the incomparable Neko Case returns to the exquisitely dark, structurally complex, yet unfailingly lovely songwriting that made her 2006 landmark <i>Fox Confessor Brings the Flood</i> so transcendent. “Night Still Comes” is Case at her most achingly gorgeous, even while singing tormented lyrics reminiscent of Fiona Apple’s “Every Single Night” (“My brain makes drugs to keep me slow… but not even the masons know what drug will keep night from coming”). “Bracing for Sunday” finds Case singing matter-of-factly about murdering the man responsible for a friend’s death. “Nearly Midnight, Honolulu” is an appalled a capella lullaby to a child Case witnessed being viciously berated by his mother, while the darkly baroque “Afraid” gives us the gift of Neko covering Nico, the former Velvet Underground muse. Still, the album is not without lighter moments such as plaintive love song “Calling Cards” or the resilient, horn-swirling closing track, “Ragtime.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Wild Creatures2:39
- A2Night Still Comes3:47
- A3Man3:27
- A4I'm From Nowhere3:01
- A5Bracing For Sunday2:17
- A6Nearly Midnight, Honolulu2:34
Side B
- B1Calling Cards2:36
- B2City Swans4:04
- B3Afraid2:20
- B4Local Girl2:34
- B5Where Did I Leave That Fire3:27
- B6Ragtime4:25
Side C
- C1Madonna Of The Wasps3:46
- C2Magpie To The Morning2:56
- C3Yon Ferrets Return1:16
- 1Wild Creatures2:40
- 2Night Still Comes3:48
- 3Man3:31
- 4I'm From Nowhere3:02
- 5Bracing For Sunday2:19
- 6Nearly Midnight, Honolulu2:37
- 7Calling Cards2:37
- 8City Swans4:08
- 9Afraid2:21
- 10Local Girl2:36
- 11Where Did I Leave That Fire3:27
- 12Ragtime5:14
- 13Madonna Of The Wasps3:48
- 14Magpie To The Morning2:59
- 15Yon Ferrets Return1:16
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- warm
- yearning
- confessional
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
The "Deluxe" edition includes a second LP with three bonus tracks and an etched D side.
Packaged in a gatefold sleeve and includes a sheet of temporary tattoos, a CD booklet, and CD copy of the entire album.
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Expertly recorded by Chris Schultz, Craig Schumacher at Wavelab, A, Tucker Martine, assisted by Michael Finn at Flora, Phil Palazzolo at the Seaside Lounge.
Additional recording by John Askew at Scenic Burrows and Kenny Siegal at Old Soul Studios, and Chris Testa at Boulevard Recording.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- A.C. NewmanBACKING VOCALS GUITAR
- Bo KosterORGAN PIANO, CLAVINET, SYNTH PIANO, KEYBOARDS
- Carl BroemelELECTRIC GUITAR SOLOIST, ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Carolyn MarkBACKING VOCALS
- Eric BachmannBACKING VOCALS
- Howe GelbORGAN, SYNTH
- Jacob ValenzuelaTRUMPET
- Jim JamesBACKING VOCALS
- Joey BurnsBASS CELLO CELLO, BARITONE GUITAR
- John ConvertinoDRUMS
- Jon RauhouseACOUSTIC GUITAR BANJO, ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Kelly HoganBACKING VOCALS
- Kurt DahleDRUMS
- M. WardELECTRIC GUITAR VOCALS
- Marc RibotPIANO
- Martin WenkTRUMPET
- Neko CaseTAMBOURINE TAMBOURINE, WRITTEN-BY VOCALS
- Nick LucaBASS, GUITAR
10 collectors on Gatefold own this · 11 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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