Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing – EP is a 2009 EP

Extended play

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 by The Welcome Wagon

The Welcome Wagon

The Welcome Wagon is a Gospel/indie pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. The group consists of Presbyterian minister Vito Aiuto and his wife, Monique...

, released by Asthmatic Kitty

Asthmatic Kitty

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 and produced

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 by Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came...

. "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood" previously appeared on the various artists compilation To Spirit Back the Mews, released by Asthmatic Kitty in 2001. All of the songs from the EP are outtakes from their debut album Welcome to The Welcome Wagon

Welcome to the Welcome Wagon

Welcome to The Welcome Wagon is a folk rock music album by The Welcome Wagon, released in 2008. It was produced by Sufjan Stevens.- Track listing :#"Up on a Mountain" – 3:34#"Sold! To the Nice Rich Man" – 4:11...

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The proceeds from sales of the EP through iTunes Store

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 go to Freeset

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—a fair trade

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 organization working with women in Kolkata

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. The album was initially made available through the Urbana

Urbana (convention)

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 missions conference and later released internationally on January 5, 2010.

Track listing

1. "Oh Christ, Our Hope" (words: unknown author, 7th or 8th Century as "Jesu nostra redemptio, Amor et desiderium"; translated from Latin to English by John Chandler. music: Vito Aiuto) – 2:46
2. "Up on a Mountain" (Demo) (Vito Aiuto) – 3:14
3. "I Am Not Skilled to Understand" (words: Dorothy Greenwell. music: Vito Aiuto) – 2:31
4. "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood" (words: William Cowper. music: Vito Aiuto) – 3:35

Personnel

"O Christ Our Hope"

• Monique Aiuto and Vito Aiuto – horns
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  , drums
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  , guitar
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  s, and vocals
  Singing
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"Up on a Mountain"

• Monique Aiuto – vocals
• Vito Aiuto – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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   and vocals
• Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens
  Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came...
  
   – acoustic guitar

"I Am Not Skilled"

• Monique Aiuto and Vito Aiuto – horns and vocals
• Alex Foote  – electric guitar
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• Jay Foote – double bass
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"There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood"

• Monique Aiuto and Vito Aiuto – guitar, banjo, Casio
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   keyboard
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  , and vocals