Anatomy

Anatomy is an album by Stan Ridgway. It was released in October 1999 through New West Records. The disc is a multimedia CD that includes three songs, "Camouflage," "I Wanna Be A Boss," and "The Roadblock," in the now-defunct Liquid Audio format, which were recorded live at the Strand in Los Angeles on November 2, 1991. Critical reception The Hartford Courant wrote that the album "seems like a collection of creepy musical stories and eerie instrumentals ... there are often revelations buried under [Ridgway's] haunting musical stories that surface with a jolt days after the disc is done playing." The Sun Sentinel called Anatomy one of 1999's best albums, writing that Ridgway "tours the invisible world of loners and losers for this twilight sermon on the decline of, well, everything." MTV wrote that Ridgway's "moody pieces ... continue to reflect his beginnings as a movie score composer." The New Yorker called the album "a delightfully dark and moody disk." Track listing All tracks composed by Stan Ridgway except "Sixteen Tons" by Merle Travis. Credits Stan Ridgway: guitar, producer, keyboards, harmonica, vocals Ivan Knight: drums, percussion David Sutton: bass guitar Baboo God: Engineer Chris Strouth: executive producer Rick King: guitar Adrid Frid: harp, dulcimer Pietra Wexstun: keyboards, vocals Mastered by Doug Schwartz Bart Funsten: Studio assistance Recorded by Larry Grennan Jeff Stooger: Recorder, flute Tommy Arizona: steel guitar Jerome Bangote: trumpet, flugelhorn