Scattered (The Handsome Family album)
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Scattered is a second compilation of demos, outtakes and rarities by alternative country
Alternative country
Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...

 band The Handsome Family
The Handsome Family
The Handsome Family is an alternative country band, formed in Chicago, Illinois.-History:The band was formed in 1993 by husband-and-wife duo Brett Sparks and Rennie Sparks and drummer Mike Werner, although the band would later revolve around Rennie, who writes the lyrics, and Brett, who writes...

. It was released 2010 through Handsome Family Music and is the sequel of Smothered and Covered
Smothered and Covered
Smothered and Covered is a collection of outtakes, demos, and rarities by alternative country band The Handsome Family. It was released in 2003 through Handsome Family Music.-Track listing:#"There's A City" - 3:12#*outtake from In the Air...

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Track listing

  1. "The Lost Soul" - 3:21
    • version of a traditional
  2. "When It Rains" - 2:25
    • outtake from Twilight
      Twilight (The Handsome Family album)
      Twilight is the sixth album released by alternative country band The Handsome Family. It was released 2001 by Carrot Top Records.-Track listing:# "The Snow White Diner" – 4:01# "Passenger Pigeons" – 4:29# "A Dark Eye" – 3:53# "There Is A Sound" – 3:26...

  3. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" - 5:39
    • Bob Dylan
      Bob Dylan
      Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

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  4. "Snowball" - 2:16
    • song by The Handsome Family
  5. "Ain't No Grave" - 2:53
    • Brother Claude Ely cover
  6. "Little Buddy" - 3:56
    • an early track from 1993
  7. "Eleanor Rigby" - 2:45
    • The Beatles
      The Beatles
      The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

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  8. "A Plague Of Humans" - 3:01
    • song by The Handsome Family
  9. "Famous Blue Raincoat" - 5:07
    • Leonard Cohen
      Leonard Cohen
      Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...

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  10. "Drinking Beer On The Roof" - 3:23
    • alternate take from "The Red Leaf Forest" (digital-only bonus track from Honey Moon
      Honey Moon (The Handsome Family album)
      Honey Moon is the eighth studio album released by alternative country band The Handsome Family. It was released 2009 by Carrot Top Records.-Track listing:# "Linger, Let Me Linger" – 3:34# "Little Sparrows" – 3:08# "My Friend" – 4:56...

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  11. "Telephones And Telescopes" - 3:06
    • a song written by Brett Sparks
  12. "Lost Highway" - 2:59
    • Leon Payne
      Leon Payne
      Leon Payne , "the Blind Balladeer", was a country music singer and songwriter.-Life:Leon Roger Payne was born in Alba, Texas on June 15, 1917. He was blind in one eye at birth, and lost the sight of the other eye in early childhood. He attended the Texas School for the Blind from 1924 to 1935,...

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  13. "Honcho" - 1:58
    • instrumental recorded by Brett Sparks on 4-track
  14. "The Blizzard" - 3:32
    • Harlan Howard
      Harlan Howard
      Harlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...

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  15. "What Does The Deep Sea Say?" - 3:37
    • a version of the song by The Handsome Family (maybe a Bob Miller cover, maybe it's a traditional)
  16. "Tranqualized" - 2:56
    • a song written by Brett Sparks in 1996
  17. "June Bugs" - 3:36
    • alternate mix of the song released on Honey Moon
  18. "One Way Up" - 2:37
    • 4-track demo of the song released on Odessa
      Odessa (The Handsome Family album)
      Odessa is the first album released by alternative country band The Handsome Family. It was released 1994 by Carrot Top Records.-Track listing:# "Here's Hopin" – 3:26# "Arlene" – 3:37# "Pony" – 3:13# "One Way Up" – 3:19# "Water Into Wine" – 3:12...

  19. "Claire Said" - 4:29
    • an early live recording of the song released on Odessa
      Odessa (The Handsome Family album)
      Odessa is the first album released by alternative country band The Handsome Family. It was released 1994 by Carrot Top Records.-Track listing:# "Here's Hopin" – 3:26# "Arlene" – 3:37# "Pony" – 3:13# "One Way Up" – 3:19# "Water Into Wine" – 3:12...

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