Spirit (Amos Lee album)

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Spirit
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 16, 2016
GenreFolk rock, Neo soul
Length47:52
LabelJohn Varvatos/Republic
ProducerAmos Lee
Amos Lee chronology
Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song
(2013)
Spirit
(2016)
My New Moon
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Spirit is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Amos Lee. It was released August 16, 2016 on the John Varvatos imprint of Republic Records, Lee's first album on a label other than Blue Note Records. It is also the first album which Lee self-produced. Like all previous albums, Lee penned all thirteen songs.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart at No. 3,[2] selling 12,000 copies in its first week.

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Amos Lee

  1. "New Love" – 3:45
  2. "Running Out of Time" – 3:19
  3. "Spirit" – 4:50
  4. "Lost Child" – 3:54
  5. "Highways and Clouds" – 3:29
  6. "Lightly" – 3:00
  7. "One Lonely Light" – 3:35
  8. "Wait Up for Me" – 3:45
  9. "Till You Come Back Through" – 3:02
  10. "Hurt Me" – 3:17
  11. "Vaporize" – 3:51
  12. "Walls" – 4:38
  13. "With You" – 3:27

Personnel[edit]

  • Amos Lee – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, percussion, background vocals
  • Jaron Olevsky – keyboards [piano, organ, glockenspiel, synthesizer] (all), bass (3, 8, 10), accordion (8), background vocals (5)
  • Zach Djanikian – electric guitar (2, 6, 7, 9, 12), bass (5), saxophone (5), mandolin (7, 8), synthesizer (11), background vocals (5, 12)
  • Mark Colenburg – drums, percussion (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12)
  • Adam Blackstone – bass (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12)
  • Ian Fitchuk – drums, percussion (3, 4, 5, 7), background vocals (5)
  • Fred Berman – drums (8, 10)
  • Doug Pettibone – electric guitar (2, 3, 10), pedal steel (10, 11)
  • Luther Dickinson – electric guitar, background vocals (5)
  • Andy Keenan – dobro (3), lap steel (6)
  • Jeff Coffin – saxophone (1, 2, 4)
  • Rashawn Ross – trumpet (1, 2, 4)
  • Rob Moose – violin, viola (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
  • Anthony LaMarchina – cello (10, 13)
  • Vanessa McGowan – contrabass (10), bowed bass (13)
  • Annie Clements – background vocals (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12)
  • Kristen Rogers – background vocals (2, 6, 7, 12)
  • Jason Eskridge – background vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 9)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Collar, Matt. Spirit at AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "Rock Albums: August 31, 2016". Billboard.