Copyright © 2012 – Reid Genauer and The Assembly of Dust
Recollection
Released 2007
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Assembly of Dust created an album of easy-flowing pop-soul with Recollection. The overall blueprint – Reid Genauer's Lowell George-styled vocals, smooth backing harmonies by his band mates, and mellow funk arrangements reminiscent of Little Feat – is firmly in place on the opening cut, “Grand Design.” Genauer is joined by keyboardist Nate Wilson, lead guitarist Adam Terrell, bassist John Leccese, and drummer Andrew Herrick on ten original songs...The harmony on songs like "Whistle Clock" is outstanding, and the guitar/keyboard mix adds a bright edge. Assembly of Dust also know how to mix upbeat songs like “Samuel Aging” with slower, ballad-paced material like “40 Reasons,” giving Recollection a nice ebb and flow...The band members and producer Josh Pryor have kept the overall production simple, allowing each instrument to stand out clear and clean in the mix.
- Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. (All Music Guide)
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01. Grand Design 03:55
Wilson
I saw beauty above the clouds I was hiding behind the station • People lined up on every block came to witness the coronation • In the hush of the night there was light from above and a loud commotion • Saw the queen as she passed and I fell to one knee in a show of devotion • Does anybody know if there ever was a grand design to get what you're after? The little that you show is only some of what's below but please let the fool be seen again • Again and again • Counfounded woman, won't you come to your senses • Cut the wires that bind my hands can't you see the war has ended • Over time I resigned and my thoughts grew as black as a crow at midnight • My head shook from the wine that I took and I staggered into the moonlight • Watched the queen from afar as she gazed through the stars and I swore she beckoned • Kissed the earth where I fell with my lips I could tell it was the wrong direction • Anyone could see that the road in front of me was blind and would lead to disaster • The turning of the wheel carried us away from here, let the April rain return • Again and again • Counfounded woman, won't you come to your senses • Cut the wires that bind my hands can't you see the war has ended • Counfounded woman, won't you come to your senses • Cut the wires that bind my hands can't you see the war has ended • Can't you see the war has ended
02. Telling Sue 04:22
I saw beauty above the clouds I was hiding behind the station • People lined up on every block came to witness the coronation • In the hush of the night there was light from above and a loud commotion • Saw the queen as she passed and I fell to one knee in a show of devotion • Does anybody know if there ever was a grand design to get what you're after? The little that you show is only some of what's below but please let the fool be seen again • Again and again • Counfounded woman, won't you come to your senses • Cut the wires that bind my hands can't you see the war has ended • Over time I resigned and my thoughts grew as black as a crow at midnight • My head shook from the wine that I took and I staggered into the moonlight • Watched the queen from afar as she gazed through the stars and I swore she beckoned • Kissed the earth where I fell with my lips I could tell it was the wrong direction • Anyone could see that the road in front of me was blind and would lead to disaster • The turning of the wheel carried us away from here, let the April rain return • Again and again • Counfounded woman, won't you come to your senses • Cut the wires that bind my hands can't you see the war has ended • Counfounded woman, won't you come to your senses • Cut the wires that bind my hands can't you see the war has ended • Can't you see the war has ended
Genauer / Wilson
Well I was workin' real hard in the gravel yard when I came across a silver coin • You know it wasm't that much but I tried my luck because I had enough of being employed • Yes I had enough of being employed • Mama mama don't worry long for me • I'm a man and I must find my way • Mama mama can't you tell Sue for me • If I stay here I'd die in a working man's grave • Well I was dead flat broke and that wasn't no joke, I was swimming in a pile of debt • Well I have to admit that when I up and quit, I pulled an iron shackle from my neck • An iron shackle from my neck • Mama mama don't worry long for me • I'm a man and I must find my way • Mama mama can't you tell Sue for me • If I stay here I'd die in a working man's grave • Well it's been some years and I've grown a beard, and I've taken to the life I lead • When I think of the past the thinkin' doesn't last, I got everything I ever need • I got everything I ever need • When I turned to leave I heard the pit boss scream, "Son you know you'll never return" Well I didn't say a word I just flipped him the bird, and that's the last of me that he heard • The son of a bitch should have learned • Mama mama don't worry long for me • I'm a man and I must find my way • Mama mama can't you tell Sue for me • If I stay here I'd die in a working man's grave • In a working man's grave
03. Zero to the Skin 04:28
Well I was workin' real hard in the gravel yard when I came across a silver coin • You know it wasm't that much but I tried my luck because I had enough of being employed • Yes I had enough of being employed • Mama mama don't worry long for me • I'm a man and I must find my way • Mama mama can't you tell Sue for me • If I stay here I'd die in a working man's grave • Well I was dead flat broke and that wasn't no joke, I was swimming in a pile of debt • Well I have to admit that when I up and quit, I pulled an iron shackle from my neck • An iron shackle from my neck • Mama mama don't worry long for me • I'm a man and I must find my way • Mama mama can't you tell Sue for me • If I stay here I'd die in a working man's grave • Well it's been some years and I've grown a beard, and I've taken to the life I lead • When I think of the past the thinkin' doesn't last, I got everything I ever need • I got everything I ever need • When I turned to leave I heard the pit boss scream, "Son you know you'll never return" Well I didn't say a word I just flipped him the bird, and that's the last of me that he heard • The son of a bitch should have learned • Mama mama don't worry long for me • I'm a man and I must find my way • Mama mama can't you tell Sue for me • If I stay here I'd die in a working man's grave • In a working man's grave
Genauer
The piano played a melody that haunted her for days • Love made love for a heart that's aching • He could soothe a world that moved in the most peculiar ways • The sultry lines of an ageless waking • When you're tilting on your axis and the room has come unglued • Let the music carry you, you're standin' in your skin • And the night flowers ford when you're mingling with your muse • Zero to the skin • And so it often happens with the captain of your gaze, guilty for your heart • When he speaks the music a piece of you is saved, and a piece of you departs • When you're tilting on your axis and the room has come unglued • Let the music carry you, you're standin' in your skin • And the night flowers ford when you're mingling with your muse • Zero to the skin • She led him to an open room, and gave him bread, and told him she would be back soon • Then she shed her skin, and a history begins • In searching for the absence of the things that made her ache, one thing stood to rise • It started with a tremor then her bones began to shake, and every muscle cried • When you're tilting on your axis and the room has come unglued • Let the music carry you, you're standin' in your skin • And the night flowers ford when you're mingling with your muse • Zero to the skin
04. Whistle Clock 06:29
The piano played a melody that haunted her for days • Love made love for a heart that's aching • He could soothe a world that moved in the most peculiar ways • The sultry lines of an ageless waking • When you're tilting on your axis and the room has come unglued • Let the music carry you, you're standin' in your skin • And the night flowers ford when you're mingling with your muse • Zero to the skin • And so it often happens with the captain of your gaze, guilty for your heart • When he speaks the music a piece of you is saved, and a piece of you departs • When you're tilting on your axis and the room has come unglued • Let the music carry you, you're standin' in your skin • And the night flowers ford when you're mingling with your muse • Zero to the skin • She led him to an open room, and gave him bread, and told him she would be back soon • Then she shed her skin, and a history begins • In searching for the absence of the things that made her ache, one thing stood to rise • It started with a tremor then her bones began to shake, and every muscle cried • When you're tilting on your axis and the room has come unglued • Let the music carry you, you're standin' in your skin • And the night flowers ford when you're mingling with your muse • Zero to the skin
Genauer / Wilson
You may serve them roses • You may serve them delight • When the working day closes, I sing you sweetly goodnight • Laughing bright-eyed in the grass, I smelled your scent as your body passed • Dreading Monday at Sunday noon, you'll be returning here none too soon • The touch of a supple woman • The love of a dog • Soaking in simple pleasures • Like a crack in the fog • I saw pressure come pouring out • I cut you open and let it out • Then comes the piston stroke again, compressing muscle like oxygen • The purr of a perfect lover • The curve of a song • Soaking in simple pleasures • Like a crack in the fog • You may serve them roses • You may serve them delight • When the working day closes, I sing you sweetly goodnight • You duck your head when the Banshee screams, pray for days shorter than they seem • Then comes the whistle clock again, you wanna leave but your legs can't bend • The touch of a supple woman • The love of a dog • Soaking in simple pleasures • Like a crack in the fog • You may serve them roses • You may serve them delight • When the working day closes, I sing you sweetly goodnight • Alright, alright • Still serving roses • Serving roses and red
05. Samuel Aging 04:37
You may serve them roses • You may serve them delight • When the working day closes, I sing you sweetly goodnight • Laughing bright-eyed in the grass, I smelled your scent as your body passed • Dreading Monday at Sunday noon, you'll be returning here none too soon • The touch of a supple woman • The love of a dog • Soaking in simple pleasures • Like a crack in the fog • I saw pressure come pouring out • I cut you open and let it out • Then comes the piston stroke again, compressing muscle like oxygen • The purr of a perfect lover • The curve of a song • Soaking in simple pleasures • Like a crack in the fog • You may serve them roses • You may serve them delight • When the working day closes, I sing you sweetly goodnight • You duck your head when the Banshee screams, pray for days shorter than they seem • Then comes the whistle clock again, you wanna leave but your legs can't bend • The touch of a supple woman • The love of a dog • Soaking in simple pleasures • Like a crack in the fog • You may serve them roses • You may serve them delight • When the working day closes, I sing you sweetly goodnight • Alright, alright • Still serving roses • Serving roses and red
Genauer
Samuel Aging Spalding lived in Spokane, right around the corner from the church • Just above his temples he was balding • Hear him pray, hear him pray • You bestow your blessing on the heads of the living • His words were like a soft bell • Listen to the dead voice and the silence that is ringing • Like an echo in a dying well • Well he dipped his pen in ink and stayed up writing • Half that night and the following day • Breathing smoke and doing coke and fighting to stay awake • To stay awake • If a thousand chandeliers have been there shining • In the country of a cold sleep • He might've been steered to a faith that was blinding • Instead of stumbling in his own defeat • Samuel • I think you said too much • Samuel • There's always something there behind you • Samuel • Your sentence dead five times before it hit the ground, and it hit the ground and it sounds like • Well he raked his eyes and read what he had laid down • His tongue was dry, his eyes were moist and red • Exhausted from the work he went and laid down, and the writing read and the writing read • Run, walk, or stagger to your old life's hanging • It doesn't matter if it feels right • Funnel yourself through to the world you're planning • Riding on your insight • Spells and curses, bells and churches • Peeling bells the silence swells • Spells and curses, bells and churches • Peeling bells the silence swells • Well well well
06. 40 Reasons 04:57
Samuel Aging Spalding lived in Spokane, right around the corner from the church • Just above his temples he was balding • Hear him pray, hear him pray • You bestow your blessing on the heads of the living • His words were like a soft bell • Listen to the dead voice and the silence that is ringing • Like an echo in a dying well • Well he dipped his pen in ink and stayed up writing • Half that night and the following day • Breathing smoke and doing coke and fighting to stay awake • To stay awake • If a thousand chandeliers have been there shining • In the country of a cold sleep • He might've been steered to a faith that was blinding • Instead of stumbling in his own defeat • Samuel • I think you said too much • Samuel • There's always something there behind you • Samuel • Your sentence dead five times before it hit the ground, and it hit the ground and it sounds like • Well he raked his eyes and read what he had laid down • His tongue was dry, his eyes were moist and red • Exhausted from the work he went and laid down, and the writing read and the writing read • Run, walk, or stagger to your old life's hanging • It doesn't matter if it feels right • Funnel yourself through to the world you're planning • Riding on your insight • Spells and curses, bells and churches • Peeling bells the silence swells • Spells and curses, bells and churches • Peeling bells the silence swells • Well well well
Genauer
40 reasons why I often wonder • 'Bout a girl who lead me on through the thunder and the rain • Why don't you ever hold me? I don't believe you told me • 40 reasons why I am singing • My head is turning and my heart is stinging and you have got me on a string • That kind of love can be a lonely thing • Growing old gives people the blues, but growing older always gets you confused • Why don't you ever hold me? I don't believe you told me • I've been working and I sit for a while • My mind wanders to your distant smile • And I bend down to tie my shoe • Lord knows right then that I am thinking of you • And I am listening to my favorite band and I am wishing I was holding your hand • Why don't you ever hold me? I don't believe you told me • 40 reasons why I am singing • My head is turning and my heart is stinging and you, only you • I keep hopin' that one day you'll see • And you'll go looking for a man like me 'cause I am like a song without notes • Without you, without you • I am like a little boy without hope • Without you, without you • I am like the moon without the sun • Dark and lonely 'cause you're the only one • Hear what I say • I'm dark and lonely, I'm dark and grey • I'm dark and lonely in and of the day • Hear what I say • I'm dark and lonely without you
07. Bootlegger's Advice 04:40
40 reasons why I often wonder • 'Bout a girl who lead me on through the thunder and the rain • Why don't you ever hold me? I don't believe you told me • 40 reasons why I am singing • My head is turning and my heart is stinging and you have got me on a string • That kind of love can be a lonely thing • Growing old gives people the blues, but growing older always gets you confused • Why don't you ever hold me? I don't believe you told me • I've been working and I sit for a while • My mind wanders to your distant smile • And I bend down to tie my shoe • Lord knows right then that I am thinking of you • And I am listening to my favorite band and I am wishing I was holding your hand • Why don't you ever hold me? I don't believe you told me • 40 reasons why I am singing • My head is turning and my heart is stinging and you, only you • I keep hopin' that one day you'll see • And you'll go looking for a man like me 'cause I am like a song without notes • Without you, without you • I am like a little boy without hope • Without you, without you • I am like the moon without the sun • Dark and lonely 'cause you're the only one • Hear what I say • I'm dark and lonely, I'm dark and grey • I'm dark and lonely in and of the day • Hear what I say • I'm dark and lonely without you
Genauer
I make my money selling speakeasy gin, defying logic and law • Every time the blind pig comes to take his cut, he wears a sickly look on his jaw • I know I've got a tarnished reputation, but man I sure can think on my toes • I know it's not the finest station in life, but sometimes that's how it goes • I am a man of low consequence, I rarely recognize my fill • But when I do I go to Ponchetrain, spend a little time with my still • I know I've got a tarnished reputation, but man I sure can think on my toes • I know it's not the finest station in life, but sometimes that's how it goes • That's how it goes, everybody tells me so • That's how it goes, you know that everybody tells me so • I am not qualified to evangelize, or to straighten crooked dice • But take it from your uncle call it bootlegger's advice, vices are the spices of my life • That's right • I know I've got a tarnished reputation, but man I sure can think on my toes • I know it's not the finest station in life, but sometimes that's how it goes • I know it's not the finest station in life, but sometimes that's how it goes • Yeah, that's how it goes • Well, and the speakeasy rose, yeah • That's how it goes
08. The Honest Hour 04:16
I make my money selling speakeasy gin, defying logic and law • Every time the blind pig comes to take his cut, he wears a sickly look on his jaw • I know I've got a tarnished reputation, but man I sure can think on my toes • I know it's not the finest station in life, but sometimes that's how it goes • I am a man of low consequence, I rarely recognize my fill • But when I do I go to Ponchetrain, spend a little time with my still • I know I've got a tarnished reputation, but man I sure can think on my toes • I know it's not the finest station in life, but sometimes that's how it goes • That's how it goes, everybody tells me so • That's how it goes, you know that everybody tells me so • I am not qualified to evangelize, or to straighten crooked dice • But take it from your uncle call it bootlegger's advice, vices are the spices of my life • That's right • I know I've got a tarnished reputation, but man I sure can think on my toes • I know it's not the finest station in life, but sometimes that's how it goes • I know it's not the finest station in life, but sometimes that's how it goes • Yeah, that's how it goes • Well, and the speakeasy rose, yeah • That's how it goes
Genauer / Wilson
In the hour before the devil finds I've died, I'll move slow as my ending descends from the pines • Because I couldn't stop for death • She kindly stopped me and she stole my breath (Emily Dickinson) • If I'm bound or gagged, if I'm lost or losin', I might want to leave from here • Until then I'll still be cruisin' high above the atmosphere • Well I walked through that hour in a drawn out sleepless bliss • Blinking possibilities shuttered and ceased to exist • Like a prisoner of my personality • My time had come and my body was set free • If I'm bound or gagged, if I'm lost or losin', I might want to leave from here • Until then I'll still be cruisin' high above the atmosphere • High above the atmosphere • I went easy from my body but harder from my ways • Well I lived tall in this life but I was naked at the end of my born days • As desperation rang long through me • Horses whispered in the distance and my body was set free • If I'm bound or gagged, if I'm lost or losin', I might want to leave from here • Until then I'll still be cruisin' high above the atmosphere • Until then I'll still be cruisin' high above the atmosphere • High above the atmosphere
09. Truck Farm 04:52
In the hour before the devil finds I've died, I'll move slow as my ending descends from the pines • Because I couldn't stop for death • She kindly stopped me and she stole my breath (Emily Dickinson) • If I'm bound or gagged, if I'm lost or losin', I might want to leave from here • Until then I'll still be cruisin' high above the atmosphere • Well I walked through that hour in a drawn out sleepless bliss • Blinking possibilities shuttered and ceased to exist • Like a prisoner of my personality • My time had come and my body was set free • If I'm bound or gagged, if I'm lost or losin', I might want to leave from here • Until then I'll still be cruisin' high above the atmosphere • High above the atmosphere • I went easy from my body but harder from my ways • Well I lived tall in this life but I was naked at the end of my born days • As desperation rang long through me • Horses whispered in the distance and my body was set free • If I'm bound or gagged, if I'm lost or losin', I might want to leave from here • Until then I'll still be cruisin' high above the atmosphere • Until then I'll still be cruisin' high above the atmosphere • High above the atmosphere
Genauer
With bated breath and open arms, I passed the gates of an old junkyard • It was a truck farm with crops of trucks • I laid down cash and I picked one up • Laid down cash and I tried my luck • This ain't no joke, the motor runs but the gears are broke • This ain't no lie, the wheels won't turn, damn thing won't drive • This ain't no good at all • So I kicked the tires and I popped the hood • The truth poured out like I thought it would • I had been swindled but the deal was made • Never see the bread I paid • Won't never see the bread I paid • This ain't no joke, the motor runs but the gears are broke • This ain't no lie, the wheels won't turn, damn thing won't drive • This ain't no good at all • The seller was a cheater and this overheating beater doesn't work • I really want to leave here but this overheating beater doesn't work • I found some gas out in the back, poured it free and I struck a match • The flames were raging, as I turned around • The more I looked the less I found • Looks like this farm's got barren ground • This ain't no joke, the motor runs but the gears are broke • This ain't no lie, the wheels won't turn, damn thing won't drive • This ain't no good at all • Well well, it ain't no good
10. Walking on Water 04:49
With bated breath and open arms, I passed the gates of an old junkyard • It was a truck farm with crops of trucks • I laid down cash and I picked one up • Laid down cash and I tried my luck • This ain't no joke, the motor runs but the gears are broke • This ain't no lie, the wheels won't turn, damn thing won't drive • This ain't no good at all • So I kicked the tires and I popped the hood • The truth poured out like I thought it would • I had been swindled but the deal was made • Never see the bread I paid • Won't never see the bread I paid • This ain't no joke, the motor runs but the gears are broke • This ain't no lie, the wheels won't turn, damn thing won't drive • This ain't no good at all • The seller was a cheater and this overheating beater doesn't work • I really want to leave here but this overheating beater doesn't work • I found some gas out in the back, poured it free and I struck a match • The flames were raging, as I turned around • The more I looked the less I found • Looks like this farm's got barren ground • This ain't no joke, the motor runs but the gears are broke • This ain't no lie, the wheels won't turn, damn thing won't drive • This ain't no good at all • Well well, it ain't no good
Wilson
Under the burned out skies of dark December • Lonely visions passed me by • It was a voice I heard that whispered softly and carried me away to a place of fires and fallen angels • And in my final hour all was golden • Burned the buildings to the frozen ground • All that I saw was changed at once before me • And high above the fields I was filled with glorious delusions • Found today burning in the rafters as the walls began to fall • Hauled away a wall of angry faces 'round the instrument of gods • If I see Saint Lucilia walking on the water • I'll turn and walk away • And it's a fine line between the work of devils and of angels • And in the end it's all the same • After the flames died down I remember • Alone imprisoned by the force of hands • I waited 'til silence came to lay my head down • And in my darkest dreams I caught sight of the threads of my unmaking • Found today burning in the rafters as the walls began to fall • Hauled away a wall of angry faces 'round the instrument of gods • If I see Saint Lucilia walking on the water • I'll turn and walk away • And it's a fine line between the work of devils and of angels • And in the end it's all the same • You know it's all the same
Under the burned out skies of dark December • Lonely visions passed me by • It was a voice I heard that whispered softly and carried me away to a place of fires and fallen angels • And in my final hour all was golden • Burned the buildings to the frozen ground • All that I saw was changed at once before me • And high above the fields I was filled with glorious delusions • Found today burning in the rafters as the walls began to fall • Hauled away a wall of angry faces 'round the instrument of gods • If I see Saint Lucilia walking on the water • I'll turn and walk away • And it's a fine line between the work of devils and of angels • And in the end it's all the same • After the flames died down I remember • Alone imprisoned by the force of hands • I waited 'til silence came to lay my head down • And in my darkest dreams I caught sight of the threads of my unmaking • Found today burning in the rafters as the walls began to fall • Hauled away a wall of angry faces 'round the instrument of gods • If I see Saint Lucilia walking on the water • I'll turn and walk away • And it's a fine line between the work of devils and of angels • And in the end it's all the same • You know it's all the same