The Monitor

Tracklist

A1	A More Perfect Union	7:09
A2	Titus Andronicus Forever	1:55
A3	No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future	5:16
A4	Richard II	5:07
B1	A Pot In Which To Piss	8:53
B2	Four Score And Seven	8:38
C1	Theme From "Cheers"	5:01
C2	To Old Friends And New	7:00
C3	...And Ever	2:24
D1	The Battle Of Hampton Roads	14:02

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – Rainbo Records

Credits

• Bagpipes – Brett Bondar
• Bass Guitar – Ian Graetzer
• Cello – David Bentley
• Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Eric Harm
• Fiddle – Greg Farley
• Guitar – Andrew Cedermark, Dustin Wong, Pete Feigenbaum
• Guitar, Percussion, Vocals – Kevin McMahon
• Guitar, Vocals – Ian O'Neil, Jenn Wasner, Liam Betson
• Layout – Nolen Strals
• Lead Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer, Piano, Electronics, Harmonica – Patrick Stickles
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Piano, Organ, Vocals – Elio DeLuca
• Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Kevin McMahon
• Read By [As Abraham Lincoln] – Okey Canfield Chenoweth
• Read By [As Jefferson Davis] – Cassie Ramone
• Read By [As Walt Whitman] – Craig Finn
• Read By [As William Lloyd Garrison] – Nolen Strals
• Recorded By – Andy Stack, Elio DeLuca
• Recorded By [Craig Finn's Monologue] – Dustin Miller
• Recorded By [Incidental], Tape Op – Patrick Stickles
• Research – Alex Tretiak
• Snare, Vocals – Alex Tretiak
• Tambourine, Bells [Sleigh], Bass Drum – Ian Dykstra
• Tenor Saxophone – Peter Buettner
• Trombone – Dean Jones
• Trumpet – Brian Rutledge
• Vocals – Brendan Stickles, Dan McGee, Julian Veronesi, Matt Miller , Ryan Walsh
• Written-By – T. Andronicus*

Notes

Recorded at Marcata Recording, New Paltz, NY.
Additional recording at the Soul Shop, Medford, MA.
Even more additional recording at the Wong residence, Baltimore, MD.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC.

Suggested further reading:
Berstein, Iver - The New York City Draft Riots
Burns, Ken - The Civil War [film]
Davis, Jefferson - The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
De Kay, James Tertius - Monitor: The Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Changed the Course of History
Herndon, William - Life of Lincoln
McPherson, James - Battle Cry of Freedom
Oates, Stephen B. - To Purge This Land With Blood: A Biography of John Brown

Gatefold sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 34904 04771 9
• Matrix / Runout: L-18813M-A
• Matrix / Runout: L-18813M-B
• Matrix / Runout: L-18813M-C
• Matrix / Runout: L-18813M-D

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	Titus Andronicus	The Monitor ‎(CDr, Album, Promo)	Merok Records	none	US	2010
MECD029	Titus Andronicus	The Monitor ‎(CD, Album)	Merok Records, XL Recordings, Platinum	MECD029	Thailand	2010
MECD029	Titus Andronicus	The Monitor ‎(CD, Album)	Merok Records	MECD029	UK	2010
XLCD477	Titus Andronicus	The Monitor ‎(CD, Album)	XL Recordings	XLCD477	US	2010
XLLP477	Titus Andronicus	The Monitor ‎(2xLP, Album, TP, Gat)	XL Recordings	XLLP477	US	2010

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