The King of In Between

The King of In Between is a solo album by Garland Jeffreys. It was released in 2011 by Big Lake Records and self-produced. Lou Reed provided backing vocals on one track on the album, "The Contortionist".[1]

The King of In Between
Studio album by
Garland Jeffreys
Released2011
GenreRock, Reggae
LabelBig Lake Records
ProducerLarry Campbell, Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys chronology
Wildlife Dictionary
(1997)		 The King of In Between
(2011)		 Truth Serum
(2013)

Critical reception

The King of In Between has a score of 79/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(79%)[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Austin Chronicle[4]
Robert Christgau(A-)[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys

  1. "Coney Island Winter"
  2. "I'm Alive"
  3. "Streetwise"
  4. "The Contortionist"
  5. "All Around the World"
  6. "'Til John Lee Hooker Calls Me"
  7. "Love Is Not a Cliche"
  8. "Rock and Roll Music"
  9. "The Beautiful Truth"
  10. "Roller Coast Town"
  11. "In God's Waiting Room"
  12. "Rock On" (unlisted bonus track)[6]

Personnel
  • Garland Jeffreys - vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 11, 12, 13)
  • Larry Campbell - electric guitar (tracks: 3, 4, 6); acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, violin, string arrangements (tracks: 12, 13); guitar solos (tracks: 4, 8); rhythm guitar (track: 9); revelator guitar (track: 11)
  • Duncan Sheik - acoustic and electric guitar, sonic orchestration (track: 2)
  • Duke Levine - electric guitar (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13); wah-wah electric guitar, special effects (track: 9)
  • Hugh McCracken (tracks: 2), Junior Marvin (tracks: 5, 10) - electric guitar
  • Mark Bosch - acoustic, electric and slide guitar (tracks: 2, 7); electric guitar, organ, piano (tracks: 1, 7)
  • Alan Freedman - acoustic guitar (track: 12); electric guitar (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 10)
  • Jeremy Chatzky (tracks: 5, 10), John Conte (tracks: 1, 7), Mike Merritt (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9,12,13), Pino Palladino (track: 2) - bass
  • Brian Mitchell - keyboards (tracks: 12, 13); Hammond organ (tracks: 3, 4, 9), piano (tracks: 4, 8)
  • George Kouao - keyboards (tracks: 5, 10)
  • Rich Pagano (tracks: 1, 7), Steve Goulding (tracks: 5, 10), Steve Jordan (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13) - drums
  • Jerry Johnson - tenor saxophone (tracks: 5, 10)
  • Clark Gayton - trombone (tracks: 5, 10)
  • Savannah Jeffreys, Vaneese Thomas - additional vocals (track: 4)
  • Cindy Mizelle (tracks: 5, 13), Lou Reed (track: 4), Vaneese Thomas (track: 8) - backing vocals

References
  1. Tucker, Ken (23 June 2011). "Garland Jeffreys: New York's 'King Of In Between'". NPR. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. "The King of In Between". Metacritic. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. Horowitz, Hal. "The King of in Between Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  4. Caligiuri, Jim (16 March 2012). "The King of In Between". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  5. Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Garland Jeffreys". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  6. Brown, Peter Stone. "Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between". Up Against It. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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