Tiny Voices is the ninth studio album by Joe Henry

Joe Henry

Joseph Lee "Joe" Henry is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Henry's musical style spans several genres, including alt. country, rock, jazz and folk.- Early years :...

, released in September 2003, and his first release on the ANTI-

ANTI-

ANTI- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label of Epitaph Records.While Epitaph's focus has shifted over the last decade from mostly punk rock, nowadays ANTI- has a more diverse roster, ranging from country , hip hop , reggae , Soul , folk , rap-rock , indie rock...

 label. Tiny Voices features a unique production sound, quite discordant and unpolished in comparison to Henry's previous album Scar

Scar (album)

Scar is the eighth studio album by Joe Henry, released in May 2001 on Mammoth Records. It marked another shift in direction for Henry's music, and a foray into the genres of jazz and soul music...

in 2001. Joe assembled a group of accomplished musicians, and provided them only with basic demo versions of each song. From there, he asked the musicians to "learn" the songs while they were being recorded. Henry felt this more ungroomed approach was in alignment with the themes of the album.

The song "Flesh and Blood" was originally written by Henry for Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke was an American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, mortician, and an archbishop of the United House of Prayer For All People. Burke was known as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", and as the "Bishop of Soul", and described as "the Muhammad Ali of soul", and as "the most...

 to record on Don't Give Up on Me

Don't Give Up On Me

Don't Give Up on Me is a studio album by R&B/Soul singer Solomon Burke, recorded and released in 2002 on Fat Possum Records. The album won the MOJO Award for Album of the Year, as well as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album...

, Burke's Grammy-award winning album, which Henry produced. The song "Animal Skin" was previously recorded by Joe for the Groundwork: Act to Reduce Hunger charity album.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Henry.

1. "This Afternoon" – 5:44
2. "Animal Skin" – 5:54
3. "Tiny Voices" – 6:41
4. "Sold" – 5:29
5. "Dirty Magazine" – 4:38
6. "Flag" – 5:09
7. "Loves You Madly" – 4:10
8. "Lighthouse" – 5:11
9. "Widows of the Revolution" – 4:38
10. "Leaning" – 5:24
11. "Flesh and Blood" – 5:34
12. "Your Side of My World" – 7:19

Personnel

• Joe Henry - guitar, vocals
• Don Byron
  Don Byron
  Don Byron is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet, but has also used bass clarinet and saxophones....
  
   - clarinet, tenor saxophone
• Jim Keltner
  Jim Keltner
  James Lee "Jim" Keltner is an American drummer known primarily for his session work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists...
  
  - drums
• Gregg Arreguin - guitar
• Chris Bruce - guitar
• Jennifer Condos - bass
• Niki Harris - vocals
• Jean McClain - vocals
• Patrick Warren - keyboards
• Jay Bellerose - drums, percussion
• Dave Palmer - keyboards
• The Ron Miles Quartet - trumpets