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  • Artist: Joseph Arthur
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: May 11, 1999
  • Total Time: 32:24
  • Type: Extended Play (EP)
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Despite its bleak artwork and song titles like "Prison" and "Bed of Nails," Joseph Arthur's second album Vacancy features textured, folk and country-tinged rock that falls somewhere between Beck's more reflective songs and Sparklehorse's more upbeat moments. Arthur's whispery, laconic vocals dominate confessional songs like "Toxic Angel," "Hang Around Here," and "Making Mistakes," and the songs' eclectic arrangements -- which include drum loops, keyboards, harmonica, and honky-tonk piano -- add to Vacancy's evocative, heartfelt yet experimental tone. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Hang Around Here Joseph Arthur Joseph Arthur (3:27)
Bed of Nails Joseph Arthur Joseph Arthur (3:42)
Prison Joseph Arthur Joseph Arthur (4:49)
Making Mistakes Joseph Arthur Joseph Arthur (5:28)
Vacancy Joseph Arthur Joseph Arthur (3:07)
Crying on Sunday Joan Osborne, Joseph Arthur Joseph Arthur (4:38)
Toxic Angel Joseph Arthur Joseph Arthur (7:13)

Credits

Rick "Soldier" Will (Sound Treatment), Joseph Arthur (Bass), Joseph Arthur (Guitar (Electric)), Joseph Arthur (Vocals), Joan Osborne (Writer), Rick "Soldier" Will (Mixing), Zachary Larner (Design), Carla Azar (Bells), T Bone Burnett (Mixing), Joseph Arthur (Piano), Zachary Larner (Art Direction), Carla Azar (Drums (Snare)), Joseph Arthur (Vocals (Background)), T Bone Burnett (Producer), Kevin Dean (Engineer), Carla Azar (Drums (Bass)), Joseph Arthur (Keyboards), Rick "Soldier" Will (Producer), T Bone Burnett (Bass), Carla Azar (Drums), Carla Azar (Sleigh Bells), Rick "Soldier" Will (Engineer), Ben Findlay (Engineer), Nadia Lanman (Cello), Joseph Arthur (Loops), Joseph Arthur (Guitar (Acoustic)), Rick "Soldier" Will (Noise), Rick "Soldier" Will (Guitar (Electric)), Madia Lamman (Cello), Carla Azar (Piano), Eric Gerber (Vocals (Background)), Joan Osborne (Guitar (Acoustic)), Joseph Arthur (Mixing), Joseph Arthur (Producer), Marek (Engineer), Eugene (Piano), Joseph Arthur (Writer), Nick Raskulinecz (Engineer), Joseph Arthur (Harmonica)
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Vacancy (EP)
EP by Joseph Arthur
Released May 11, 1999
Recorded Sound City, Sunset Sound
Genre Alternative rock
Length 32:24
Label Undercover
Real World Records
Producer T-Bone Burnett, Rick Will, Joseph Arthur
Professional reviews
Joseph Arthur chronology
Big City Secrets
(1997)		 Vacancy (EP)
(1999)		 Come to Where I'm From
(2000)

Vacancy is an EP by Joseph Arthur released on May 11, 1999. Released by the independent label Undercover out of Portland, Oregon, Vacancy is a hand packaged, limited edition that was assembled one at a time by two people at Undercover. Each one was pressed and die-cut, then assembled and folded by hand. Vacancy was limited to 10,000 copies worldwide--5,000 to the US and 5,000 to Europe, the UK and France. The EP's sleeve design was nominated in 1999 for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. Joan Osborne plays acoustic guitar on "Crying on Sunday."

The song "Bed of Nails" appears in the film "The Bone Collector" starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Joseph Arthur. 

# Title Length
1. "Hang Around Here"   3:27
2. "Bed of Nails"   3:42
3. "Prison"   4:49
4. "Making Mistakes"   5:28
5. "Vacancy"   3:07
6. "Crying on Sunday"   4:38
7. "Toxic Angel / (Untitled Hidden Track)"   7:13

Personnel

  • All songs by Joseph Arthur.

Musicians:

  • Joseph Arthur:
    • vocals on all tracks.
    • acoustic guitar - track 1, 2, 4, 5, 7.
    • electric guitar - track 1, 2, 3, 6.
    • backwards electric guitar - track 7.
    • bass - track 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.
    • keyboards - track 2.
    • piano - track 2.
    • harmonica - track 4, 7.
    • loops - track 4.
    • background vocals - track 6.
  • Carla Azar: drums - track 1, 2, 3, 4, 6; bells - track 1; piano - track 6; bass drum - track 7; sleigh bells - track 7.
  • T-Bone Burnett: bass - track 7.
  • "Eugene": piano - track 4.
  • Eric Gerber: background vocals - track 6.
  • Nadia Lanman: cello - track 1.
  • Joan Osborne: acoustic guitar - track 6.
  • Rick Will: electric guitar - track 4; symphonic noise treatment - track 7.
  • Produced by T-Bone Burnett, Rick Will and Joseph Arthur.
  • Engineered by Rick Will.
  • Mixed by Rick Will with T-Bone Burnett and Joseph Arthur.
  • Additional engineering on track 1 by Ben Findlay.
  • Assistant engineering by Nick Raskulinecz, Kevin Dean and Marek.
  • Art direction and design by Zachary James Larner with Joseph Arthur at Bombshelter NYC.
  • Original artwork by Joseph Arthur.
  • Recorded at Sound City, Sunset Sound.


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