Fabled City CD

MUSIC

FOLK

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Fabled City, The ~ Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

2. Whatever It Takes ~ Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

3. King of Hell, The ~ Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

4. Night Falls ~ Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

5. Lights Are On In Spidertown, The ~ Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

6. Midnight In the City of Destruction ~ Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

7. Saint Isabelle ~ Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

8. Lazarus On Down - (featuring Serj Tankian) ~ Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

9. Gone Like Rain ~ Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

10. Iron Wheel, The ~ Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

11. Rise To Power ~ Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Recording information: Bud's Garage, Atlanta, GA.
	Photographer: Sean Ricigliano.
	Guitar virtuoso Tom Morello made his reputation in high-volume bands like incendiary rap-rockers Rage Against the Machine and stadium-filling supergroup Audioslave, but his ongoing Nightwatchman project works on a much smaller scale. In place of Rage's weeping politics, the subject matter on THE FABLED CITY deals with everyday struggles and the politics of putting one foot in front of the other. The music fits the tales, as Morello largely eschews the sci-fi electric guitar heroics he's known for, and instead pours his inventive technique into stark, mostly acoustic folk compositions. That's not to say Morello doesn't find room for different sounds and textures; "Whatever It Takes" buzzes with fuzzy funk and small breaks of rapidly strummed, high-pitched guitars, and "Facing Mount Kenya" incorporates subtle African influences.
Producer: Brendan O'Brien
Engineer: Nick DiDia
Musical Guests
	Serj Tankian
	Shooter Jennings

Compilation Appearances

	25Th Anniv Rock Roll Hall Of Fame C
	25Th Anniv Rock Roll Hall Of Fame C
	Give The Drummer Some(Explicit Version)
	Note Of Hope:celebration Of Woody Gut
	Chimes Of Freedom:songs Of Bob Dylan
	Family Man
	Battleship (Ost)
	Occupy This Album
	Wrote A Song For Everyone
	More Perfect Union
	Authentic
	Woody Guthrie At 100 Live At The Kenn
	Evil Empire Of Everything

Associated Artists and Works

Tankian, Serj

Technical Info

	Release Date : 01/17/2011
	Original Release Date : 2008
	Catalog ID : NW6211
	Label : New West (Record Label)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00607396621125

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.80)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "Morello augments his acoustic guitar with stirring arrangements on piano, mandolin, cello and drums....With a solid band behind him, he seems much more confident in his new role as a modern protest troubadour."

Entertainment Weekly (p.77)
- "[The] guitarist's remarkable transformation from purveyor of weapons-grade funk-metal riffs into introspective protest folkie yields even more impressive fruit on his second solo effort." -- Grade: A-

Alternative Press (p.153)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "Morello has made a conscious effort to plug in this time around, and the title track and 'Whatever It Takes' benefits as a result."

Kerrang (Magazine)
(p.52)
- "There's a Nick Cave-esque darkness that colours songs like 'The Lights Are On In Spidertown' or 'Night Falls'..."