And All the Pieces Matter - Five Years of Music from The Wire is a soundtrack album for the HBO television show The Wire, that was released on January 8, 2008.
| And All the Pieces Matter - Five Years of Music from The Wire | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | January 8, 2008 |
| Length | 74:33 |
| Label | Nonesuch |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.6/10) [1] |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "This America, man" | 0:25 | ||
| 2. | "Way Down in the Hole" | Waits | The Blind Boys of Alabama | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Why would anyone ever wanna leave Baltimore?" | 0:24 | ||
| 4. | "Oh My God" | Franti | Michael Franti & Spearhead | 5:06 |
| 5. | "Dance My Pain Away" | Lee | Rod Lee | 2:07 |
| 6. | "My Life Extra" | Brand | DJ Technics | 1:17 |
| 7. | "The king stay the king" | 0:47 | ||
| 8. | "Way Down in the Hole" | Waits | The Neville Brothers | 1:34 |
| 9. | "We used to make shit in this country" | 0:14 | ||
| 10. | "Sixteen Tons" | Travis | The Nighthawks | 3:33 |
| 11. | "Assume the Position" | Gilchrist | Lafayette Gilchrist | 3:40 |
| 12. | "What the fuck did I do?" | 0:13 | ||
| 13. | "Step by Step" | Winchester | Jesse Winchester | 2:53 |
| 14. | "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" | Rebennack | Paul Weller | 4:58 |
| 15. | "Fast Train" | Morrison | Solomon Burke | 5:38 |
| 16. | "The Body of an American" | MacGowan | The Pogues | 4:44 |
| 17. | "All the pieces matter" | 0:08 | ||
| 18. | "Efuge Efuge" | Vassiliadis | Stelios Kazantzidis | 3:33 |
| 19. | "Omar Comin'!" | 0:40 | ||
| 20. | "Way Down in the Hole" | Waits | DoMaJe | 1:43 |
| 21. | "If it’s a lie, then we fight on that lie" | 0:21 | ||
| 22. | "Projects" | Morehead, Darkroom Productions | Tyree Colion | 3:28 |
| 23. | "Later for that gangsta bullshit" | 0:38 | ||
| 24. | "Ayo" | Hill/Holifield/Shelton | Bossman | 3:19 |
| 25. | "Analyze" | SharpShootaz | 2:44 | |
| 26. | "Wars end" | 0:14 | ||
| 27. | "Unfriendly Game" | Clear | Masta Ace | 3:52 |
| 28. | "What You Know About Baltimore" | Ogun feat. Phathead | 3:17 | |
| 29. | "Jail Flick" | Champ, Darkroom Productions | Diablo | 3:38 |
| 30. | "The Life, the Hood, the Streetz" | Muldrow | Mullyman | 3:49 |
| 31. | "An act of daily journalism" | 0:13 | ||
| 32. | "I Feel Alright" | Earle | Steve Earle | 2:56 |
| 33. | "Way Down in the Hole" | Waits | Tom Waits | 1:44 |
| 34. | "You remember the one day summer past?" | 0:41 | ||
| 35. | "The Fall" | Leyh | Blake Leyh | 1:50 |
| Total length: | 79:17 | |||
Personnel
edit- Ivan Ashford – vocals
- Avery Bargasse – vocals
- Karina Benznicki – production supervisor
- James Bevelle – engineer, mixing
- David Bither – executive producer
- Cameron Brown – vocals
- Andre Burke – violin
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Eli Cane – production coordination
- Milton Davis – producer
- Michael Franti – producer
- Ronen Givony – editorial coordinator
- Loren Hill – producer
- Andy Kris – mixing
- Rod Lee – producer
- Blake Leyh – mixing, producer
- James Mbah – producer
- Ivan Neville – producer
- Nina K. Noble – producer
- Mike Potter – engineer
- Richard Shelton – producer
- David Simon – executive producer
- Karen L. Thorson – producer
- Louis Tineo – producer
- Jamal Roberts - producer
- Juan Donovan - producer
- Doreen Vail – arranger, producer
References
edit- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Jurek, Thom. And All the Pieces Matter at AllMusic