Weed is the tenth album by singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

, Chris Whitley

Chris Whitley

Christopher Becker Whitley was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Whitley changed his sound frequently, and achieved modest mainstream success while maintaining a small but devoted following...

. It is his eighth studio album.

The album is Whitley's acoustic

Acoustic music

Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...

 re-recording of a selection of songs he wrote from 1986-1996 for his three recordings on Columbia

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 / Work Records: Living with the Law

Living with the Law (album)

Living with the Law is the debut album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley.Malcolm Burn produced, mixed and played on the album...

(1991), Din of Ecstasy

Din of Ecstasy

Din of Ecstasy is the second studio album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley.It was produced primarily by John Custer and Chris Whitley...

(1995), and Terra Incognita

Terra Incognita (Chris Whitley album)

Terra Incognita is the third studio album by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley.It was produced primarily by Chris Whitley, Toby Wright, Mark Howard, and Dougie Bowne. The album was recorded primarily by Mark Howard at Boulevard Teatro in Oxnard, California...

(1997).

It was produced and recorded by Chris Whitley live to a two-track MD

MiniDisc

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 in Susann Bürger's bathroom / Sebnitzer Straße and Space House / Katharinenstraße in Dresden

Dresden

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, Germany

Germany

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.

Track listing

All tracks written by Chris Whitley:

1. "Power Down" – 3:43
2. "Living with the Law
   Living with the Law (song)
   "Living with the Law" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It was the first single to be released from his 1991 début album, Living with the Law, and became a hit single in the United States, rising to #28 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in...
   
   " – 4:05
3. "Know" – 3:16
4. "Phone Call from Leavenworth" – 4:22
5. "Cool Wooden Crosses" – 2:44
6. "Big Sky Country
   Big Sky Country (song)
   "Big Sky Country" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It was the second single to be released from his 1991 début album, Living with the Law, and became a hit single in the United States, rising to #35 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in 1991.-Music...
   
   " – 4:26
7. "New Machine" – 3:19
8. "Clear Blue Sky" – 4:36
9. "Bordertown" – 3:16
10. "Narcotic Prayer" – 3:42
11. "Kick the Stones" – 4:11
12. "Weightless" – 2:37
13. "I Forget You Everyday" – 4:20
14. "Make the Dirt Stick" – 3:33
15. "Dust Radio" – 3:22
16. "Can't Get Off (instrumental
    Instrumental
    An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
    
    )" – 3:57

Personnel

• Chris Whitley – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , guitar, and foot stomp