Arrows and Anchors
Arrows and Anchors is the fourth and final studio album by the Texas progressive rock band Fair to Midland, released on July 11, 2011, by E1 Music in North America. In Europe, the record was released by Season of Mist the day before. The album was produced, recorded and mixed by Joe Barresi. The record peaked at No. 65 on the Billboard 200.
Release and promotion
On April 4, the band debuted the album's first single, "Musical Chairs", on the website ArtistDirect.com. It became available on iTunes on April 18. On May 19, the band released the track "Amarillo Sleeps on My Pillow" for free download on their website.Reception
The album debuted at no. 65 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 7,000 copies and marking the band's highest spot on the chart.Track list
The live versions of "Rikki Tikki Tavi" and "Uh-Oh" were also released as B-sides on the digital single "Amarillo Sleeps on My Pillow".No further tracks were recorded for the album, however several songs were considered for the album during pre-production:
- The titles "The Dead Sea", "Ember Rose" and "Babe Ruthe" can be seen written on the band's pre-production track list.
Personnel
Fair to Midland- Darroh Sudderth – vocals, banjo on "Amarillo Sleeps on My Pillow"
- Cliff Campbell – guitar
- Jon Dicken – bass guitar
- Matt Langley – keyboards, marxophone
- Brett Stowers – drums
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Isaac "Eye-Sack" Flores – artwork
- Sean Oakley – assistant engineer
- Jun Murakawa – assistant engineer
- Morgan Stratton – assistant engineer
- Joe Barresi – mixed, recorded, producer