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I'll Take Care of You (Mark Lanegan album)

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I'll Take Care of You
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1999
GenreAlternative rock
Length33:40
LabelSub Pop
Beggars Banquet
ProducerMartin Feveyear
Mark Lanegan chronology
Scraps at Midnight
(1998)
I'll Take Care of You
(1999)
Field Songs
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press 1/00, pp.90-1
Robert Christgau(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[2]
Pitchfork Media7.5/10[3]
Q 11/99, p.126

I'll Take Care of You is the fourth solo album by former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan. This album consists of cover songs.

Recording

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The album features Lanegan's interpretation of songs from a wide variety of songwriters, including Tim Rose, Tim Hardin, Booker T. Jones, and Buck Owens. I'll Take Care Of You also includes the traditional song "Little Sadie." A review from NME said: "it's probably his finest, most tenderly-delivered work to date."[4] Pitchfork Media's Neil Lieberman said this about the album: "In this collection, Lanegan's managed to tug on the timeless threads that hold the patchwork of American music together. And that's certainly something to consider."[5] The album opener "Carry Home" was composed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, with whom Lanegan would write "Kimiko's Dream House," which would appear on his next album Field Songs.

Reception

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Steve Huey of AllMusic: "It's a testament to Lanegan's interpretive skill that he's able to use his already well-established style so effectively yet again, as most of these versions range from stunning to merely excellent."

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Carry Home" (Jeffrey Lee Pierce)3:00
2."I'll Take Care of You" (Brook Benton)2:50
3."Shiloh Town" (Tim Hardin)3:22
4."Creeping Coastline of Lights" (Leaving Trains)3:20
5."Badi-Da" (Fred Neil)3:21
6."Consider Me" (Eddie Floyd, Booker T. Jones)3:49
7."On Jesus' Program" (Overton Vertis Wright)2:45
8."Little Sadie" (Traditional)3:23
9."Together Again" (Buck Owens)2:34
10."Shanty Man's Life" (Stephen Harrison Paulus)3:12
11."Boogie Boogie" (Tim Rose)2:04

Personnel

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Technical
  • Brett Eliason - engineer
  • Greg Calbi - mastering
  • Jeff Kleinsmith - layout design
  • Chris Takino - A&R
  • Stanford Wilson - photography

References

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  1. ^ "I'll Take Care of You - Mark Lanegan". Allmusic.
  2. ^ "CG: Artist 882". Robert Christgau.
  3. ^ "Mark Lanegan: I'll Take Care of You". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "I'll Take Care Of You | NME". September 12, 2005. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  5. ^ [1][permanent dead link]