Smartie Mine (1999) is Iowa native singer/songwriter Dan Bern's follow-up to Fifty Eggs.

Smartie Mine
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 9, 1999
GenreFolk rock
Length136:43
LabelChartmaker
ProducerDan Bern, Wil Masisak
Dan Bern chronology
Fifty Eggs
(1998)
Smartie Mine
(1999)
New American Language
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Indianapolis Star[2]
The Montreal Gazette[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Track listing edit

Unless otherwise noted, all tracks by Dan Bern

  1. "Smartie Mine" – 4:20
  2. "One Thing Real" – 5:41
  3. "Tiger Woods" – 3:07
  4. "Chelsea Hotel" – 4:54
  5. "City of Models" – 3:19
  6. "Krautmeyer" – 3:55
  7. "Crosses" – 5:18
  8. "Colors" – 3:25
  9. "Airplane Blues" (Sleepy John Estes, Lightnin' Hopkins) – 8:39
  10. "Freight Train Blues" (McDowell) – 4:52
  11. "Talkin' Woody, Bob, Bruce & Dan Blues" – 5:09
  12. "Ballerina" – 6:40
  13. "Simple" – 8:52
  14. "Beautiful Trees" – 2:41
  15. "Joe Van Gogh" – 4:15
  16. "Little Russian Girl" – 3:39
  17. "Gamblin' With My Love" (Pete Rose) – 5:36
  18. "Murderer" – 4:51
  19. "Alia" – 3:50
  20. "Two-Month Affair" – 3:26
  21. "Baby Love" (Wainwright) – 4:40
  22. "Sculpter" – 4:56
  23. "Dark Chocolate" – 3:42
  24. "Decadent Town" – 4:28
  25. "Hooker" – 7:32
  26. "Cocaine Blues/Blue Jay Way" (Davis, George Harrison) – 6:29
  27. "True Revolutionaries" – 8:27

Personnel edit

  • Dan Bern – Organ, Guitar, Harmonica, Cello, Vocals, Art Direction, Illustrations, Paintings
  • Jarrod Kaplan – Drums, Djembe
  • Tige DeCoster – Bass, Fretless Bass
  • Wil Masisak – Keyboards, Vocals, Found Objects
  • Martha Wainwright – Vocals (Lead Vocal on "Baby Love")
  • Eben Grace – Electric Guitar (track 16) & Lap Steel (track 13)

References edit

  1. ^ Hartenbach, Brett. "Dan Bern - Smartie Mine". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  2. ^ Allan, Marc D. (1998-12-20). "Record Picks". The Indianapolis Star.
  3. ^ Lamey, Mary (2000-11-09). "Forever light and fluffy: Spice Girls' new R&B-flavoured CD is a slick but shallow hit-maker". The Montreal Gazette.
  4. ^ Berger, Arion. "Dan Bern: Smartie Mine". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2002-11-02. Retrieved 2018-12-31.