Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Natalie Merchant - Motherland
"This House Is on Fire" – 4:42
"Motherland" – 4:44
"Saint Judas" – 5:44
"Put the Law on You" – 5:01
"Build a Levee" – 4:46
"Golden Boy" – 4:10
"Henry Darger" – 4:24
"The Worst Thing" – 5:46
"Tell Yourself" – 5:14
"Just Can't Last" – 4:31
"Not in This Life" – 5:22
"I'm Not Gonna Beg" – 3:40
Natalie Merchant Band Members / Musicians
Natalie Merchant – vocal, piano, Rhodes piano
Carla Azar – drums (live)
Stephen Barber;– arranger and conductor
Daniel de la Calle – Spanish lyrics for "The Worst Thing"
Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
Sandra Church – alto flute
Nick Cords – viola
Kate Daley – Vivian girl's voice in "Henry Darger"
Kelly Daley – Vivian girl's voice in "Henry Darger"
Erik Della Penna – electric guitar, classical guitar, acoustic guitar, oud, banjo, lap steel guitar, bazouki
Karen Dreyfus – viola
Elizabeth Dyson – cello
Bruno Eicher – violin
Mike Elizondo – acoustic bass
Mitchell Estrin – bass clarinet
Bob Glaub – bass guitar
Gabriel Gordon – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocal
Katie Goldberg – vocal
Soo Hyun Kwon – violin
Tony Kadleck – trumpet
Vivek Kamath – viola
Ann S. Kim – violin
Lisa E. Kim – violin
Keefus Ciancia – piano, Hammond organ, keyboard
Guy Klucevsek – accordion
David Krakauer – clarinet
Krystof Kuznik – violin
Greg Leisz – acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, electric guitar, 12 string guitar
Graham Maby – bass guitar
Karen Marx – violin
Jeremy McCoy – bass guitar
Philip Myers – French horn
Sandra Park – violin, string contractor
Van Dyke Parks – accordion
David Ralicke – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, trombone
Laura Seaton – violin
Sarah Seiver – cello
Robert T. Shaw – violin
Fiona Simon – violin
Mavis Staples – vocals
Elizabeth Steen – Hammond organ, mellotron, Wurlitzer piano, piano
Alan Stepansky – cello
Jung Sun Yoo – violin
Chris Tedesco – trumpet
Patrick Warren – Chamberlin, pump organ
Sharon Yamada – violin
Motherland is the 3rd solo album by Natalie Merchant, released in 2001. It was her last studio album released on Elektra Records.
The album is musically eclectic, varying from Middle Eastern violin–reggae beat fusion "This House Is on Fire" to 10,000 Maniacs-sounding "Tell Yourself". Folky "Motherland" precedes stylistically Merchant's next album, The House Carpenter's Daughter.
