Track listing

All songs written by Jeff Mangum except where noted. Horn arrangements by Robert Schneider.

1. "Song Against Sex" – 3:40
2. "You've Passed" – 2:54
3. "Someone Is Waiting" – 2:31
4. "A Baby for Pree" – 1:21
5. "Marching Theme" – 2:58
6. "Where You'll Find Me Now" – 4:04
7. "Avery Island/April 1st" (Jeff Mangum/Robert Schneider)  – 1:48
8. "Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone" – 3:14
9. "Three Peaches" – 4:01
10. "Naomi" – 4:53
11. "April 8th" – 2:47
12. "Pree-Sisters Swallowing a Donkey's Eye" (Jeff Mangum/all players)  – 13:49

Additional information

The title refers to Avery Island, a salt dome

Salt dome

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 island in southern Louisiana

Louisiana

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, the band's home state. Avery Island is the headquarters of the McIlhenny Company, makers of Tabasco sauce

Tabasco sauce

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.

The UK

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 version of this CD

Compact Disc

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 has two more tracks: "Everything Is" and "Snow Song Pt. 1," both of which are taken from the "Everything Is" single, reportedly without Jeff Mangum's permission. On the vinyl LP, "Pree-Sisters Swallowing a Donkey's Eye" is 3:28 long. The UK version also has a different cover, with artwork by Jill Carnes

Jill Carnes

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 of Thimble Circus.

Personnel

• Jeff Mangum
  Jeff Mangum
  Jeff Mangum is a musician best known for being the lyricist, vocalist and guitarist of the band Neutral Milk Hotel, as well as being one of the cofounders of The Elephant 6 Recording Company. Mangum, along with the other founding members of the Elephant 6, attended Ruston High School in the late...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals, bells, xylophone
  Xylophone
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  , air organ, Casio
  Casio
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   keyboards, tapes, cover design
• Robert Schneider
  Robert Schneider
  Robert Peter Schneider is one of the co-founders of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, along with Will Cullen Hart, Bill Doss, and Jeff Mangum...
  
   - air organs, home organs, fuzz bass, xylophone, horn arrangements
• Lisa Janssen - fuzz bass on tracks 2 and 8
• Oliver Lindberg - saxophone
• Rick Benjamin - trombone
  Trombone
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   on tracks 1, 7, 8

Track 12 features Merisa Bissinger, Hilarie Sidney

Hilarie Sidney

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, Zachary DeMichele, Dane Terry, Lisa Janssen, Aaron Reedy, and Jeff Mangum performing various Indonesian instruments.