You in Reverse is the sixth full-length album released by indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Built to Spill

Built to Spill

Built to Spill is an American indie rock band based in Boise, Idaho. The band has released seven full-length albums. Their most recent album, There Is No Enemy, was released on October 6, 2009.-History:...

. The band added one new member for this album, making Built to Spill a quartet for the first time. It was also first album since Ultimate Alternative Wavers

Ultimate Alternative Wavers

Ultimate Alternative Wavers was the first full-length album released by indie rock band Built to Spill. The line-up consisted of Doug Martsch on guitar and vocals, Brett Netson on guitar and bass, and Ralf Youtz on drums, although there was some variation in instrumentation on a few tracks...

 not recorded or produced by Phil Ek

Phil Ek

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. The lineup was Doug Martsch

Doug Martsch

Doug Martsch is an American musician. Martsch, a native of Boise, Idaho, is best known for his distinctive vocals and guitar style in the band Built to Spill. He has also worked with Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening in The Halo Benders. Martsch's first band was Farm Days, with Andy Capps and Brett...

, Brett Nelson

Brett Nelson

Brett Nelson is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist for the indie rock band Built to Spill....

, Scott Plouf, and Jim Roth

Jim Roth (musician)

Jim Roth is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has played with several indie bands including The Delusions, Voodoo Gearshift, and The Hollowmen. He also has released a solo album called Anti-Rad. Roth also plays guitar in Built to Spill...

. The album was recorded in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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 at Audible Alchemy. You in Reverse was released on April 11, 2006.

The album was dedicated to Pat Brown, co-founder of Martsch's previous band Treepeople

Treepeople

Treepeople was an alternative rock band from Boise, Idaho, although it spent most of its time and was officially based in Seattle, Washington. The band was composed of Pat Brown , Wayne Rhino Flower, Doug Martsch, and Scott Schmaljohn. It also included drummer Eric Akre on the critically acclaimed...

, who committed suicide

Suicide

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 in April 1999.

Additional musicians

• Steven Wray Lobdell - guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , vibraphone
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  , and percussion (he is credited as a "utility player" in the album notes, which do not specify what instruments he plays or on which tracks he appears)
• Brett Netson - guitar
  Guitar
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   on "Goin' Against Your Mind," "Conventional Wisdom," "Gone," and "Just a Habit"
• Sam Coomes
  Sam Coomes
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   - organ
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  on "Gone"

Track listing

1. "Goin' Against Your Mind" – 8:41
2. "Traces" – 4:43
3. "Liar" – 5:11
4. "Saturday" – 2:25
5. "Wherever You Go" – 6:10
6. "Conventional Wisdom" – 6:22
7. "Gone" – 5:41
8. "Mess With Time" – 5:43
9. "Just a Habit" – 4:27
10. "The Wait" – 5:00