Powder Burns


Powder Burns is the fourth album by Greg Dulli's The Twilight Singers. It was released on May 15, 2006, via One Little Indian Records on CD and double 12" vinyl. Powder Burns was partly recorded with extra power generators in a deserted New Orleans studio just after the floods caused by Hurricane Katrina. The album was also recorded in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Milan, and Catania.
During the album recording in 2005, Greg Dulli was aided by Manuel Agnelli, of the Italian rock band Afterhours, who co-wrote "My Time " and "The Conversation", the lyrics for which were inspired by the 1974 Francis Ford Coppola film of the same name. "My Time " was first released in 2005 as "White Widow" on Afterhours' Ballads for Little Hyenas, which in turn was co-produced by Dulli. Other collaborators on this album are Joseph Arthur, Jeff Klein and Ani DiFranco. The same recording sessions yielded the follow-up EP A Stitch in Time, released in December 2006.
It was released to extremely positive reviews, and actor/comedian Denis Leary called it "one of the best rock albums I've heard in 10 years," also putting the song "Bonnie Brae" in Rescue Me, his Emmy nominated TV series. Additionally, the song "There's Been an Accident" featured in the 2008 film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel, Choke.
The Twilight Singers made their live television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on January 3, 2007, performing and, both featuring guest guitarist/vocalist Joseph Arthur.

Track listing

All songs by Dulli except where noted.

CD

  1. "Toward the Waves" – 0:49
  2. "I'm Ready" – 3:04
  3. "There's Been an Accident" – 5:17
  4. "Bonnie Brae" – 4:46
  5. "Forty Dollars" – 3:51
  6. "Candy Cane Crawl" – 4:27
  7. "Underneath the Waves" – 4:28
  8. "My Time " – 4:23
  9. "Dead to Rights" – 4:25
  10. "The Conversation" – 3:04
  11. "Powder Burns" – 5:52
  12. "I Wish I Was" – 4:20

Double 12" vinyl

Side 1 :
  1. "Toward the Waves" – 0:49
  2. "I'm Ready" – 3:04
  3. "There's Been an Accident" – 5:17
  4. "Bonnie Brae" – 4:46
Side 2 :
  1. "Forty Dollars" – 3:51
  2. "Candy Cane Crawl" – 4:27
  3. "Underneath the Waves" – 4:28
Side 3 :
  1. "My Time " – 4:23
  2. "Dead to Rights" – 4:25
  3. "The Conversation" – 3:04
Side 4 :
  1. "Powder Burns" – 5:52
  2. "I Wish I Was" – 4:20

Personnel

Singles

  • "There's Been an Accident"
  • "I'm Ready"
  • * "I'm Ready" b/w: "I'm Ready"