Smothered and Covered

Smothered and Covered
Smothered and Covered
Compilation album by the Handsome Family
Released	2003
Length	48:55
Label	Handsome Family Music
The Handsome Family chronology

Smothered and Covered is a collection of outtakes, demos and rarities by the Handsome Family. It was released in 2003 by Handsome Family Music.

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Source	Rating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[1]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ()^[2]

Track listing

"There's A City" - 3:12
- outtake from In the Air
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" - 4:48
- Kris Kristofferson cover
"Prepared Piano #1" - 1:29
- acoustic piece played by Brett Sparks on a modified piano
"I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling" - 3:44
- Bill Monroe cover
"Down In The Ground" - 2:30
- 4-track demo of the song released on Through the Trees
"Cello #1" - 1:00
- acoustic piece played by Brett Sparks on cello
"Trail Of Time" - 3:12
- Alton Delmore cover
"Far Away Eyes" - 4:26
- Rolling Stones cover
"Knoxville Girl" - 4:03
- version of a traditional
"Prepared Piano #2" - 1:04
- acoustic piece played by Brett Sparks on a modified piano
"The Last" - 2:45
- 4-track demo of the song released on Odessa
"Banks Of The Ohio" - 3:26
- version of a traditional
"Cello #2" - 1:15
- acoustic piece played by Brett Sparks on cello
"Natalie Wood" - 3:43
- outtake from Twilight
"#1 Country Song" - 3:35
- demo of the song released on Milk and Scissors
"Prepared Piano #3" - 0:45
- acoustic piece played by Brett Sparks on a modified piano
"Stupid Bells" - 2:59
- 4-track song recorded in 1993 on cassette
"The Weinermobile" - 0:59
- song by Brett Sparks

^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1637. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ Hull, Tom (May 10, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved May 13, 2021.