The Men Album

The Men Album is the sixth solo studio album by Jarboe, released on October 17, 2005, by Atavistic Records.

ReleasedOctober 17, 2005

Length100:02

ProducerNic Le Ban, Chad Blinman, Iva Davies, William Faith, Kris Force, Chris Griffin, James Izzo, David J, Jarboe, Edward Ka-Spel, Robert Kaechele, Diana Obscura, Lary Seven, David Torn

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The Men Album

Studio album by

Jarboe

Released

October 17, 2005

Length

100:02

Label

Atavistic

Producer

Nic Le Ban, Chad Blinman, Iva Davies, William Faith, Kris Force, Chris Griffin, James Izzo, David J, Jarboe, Edward Ka-Spel, Robert Kaechele, Diana Obscura, Lary Seven, David Torn

Jarboe chronology

A Mystery of Faith
(2005)

The Men Album
(2005)

The Conduit
(2005)

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	(unrated)^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(4.8/10)^[2]

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Track listing

All tracks are written by Jarboe.

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Disc one – *Guitars*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Is Life"	6:01
2.	"Found"	3:21
3.	"To Forget"	4:17
4.	"Reason to Live"	5:09
5.	"Redeemer (Lion)"	1:33
6.	"A Woman's Dreams"	7:42
7.	"Into Feral"	1:54
8.	"Feral Blixa"	2:07
9.	"Feral"	8:37
10.	"Your Virgin Martyr"	7:16

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Disc two – *Rhythms*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Is Life, Meridiem"	5:54
2.	"Angel David" (Rilke mix)	4:04
3.	"Dark Strong Sauce"	0:44
4.	"Bass Force / Angel Jim" (Low Rider mix)	8:36
5.	"Torn Kiss"	2:17
6.	"Penance"	8:41
7.	"Subtraction"	4:53
8.	"Jarboe Feral (Durga)"	1:08
9.	"When the Sun Rises"	2:56
10.	"Edward Life"	12:52

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Personnel

Adapted from The Men Album liner notes.^[3]

Jarboe – lead vocals, keyboards (2.6), production (1.7)

Musicians

Nic Le Ban – guitar (1.7, 1.10), vocals (1.10), production (1.10), mixing (1.10)
Blixa Bargeld – vocals (1.7, 1.8, 1.9)
Blind Michael Bradley – vocals (2.9)
Joseph Budenholzer – guitar (1.4, 1.9), engineering (2.8)
Chris Connelly – vocals (2.7)
Iva Davies – vocals (1.3), guitar (1.3), programming (1.3), production (1.3), mixing (1.3)
William Faith – guitar (1.1, 1.9, 2.4), bass guitar (1.1, 1.9), programming (1.1), percussion (1.6), production (1.1, 1.6, 1.9, 2.4), engineering (1.1, 1.6, 1.9, 2.4), mixing (1.1, 1.6, 2.4, 2.6), editing (1.9)
Kris Force – bass guitar (2.4), production (2.4), engineering (2.4)
Percy Howard – vocals (2.1)
David J – vocals (2.2), production (2.2), engineering (2.2)
Paz Lenchantin – vocals (1.6, 2.4), violin (1.6), bass guitar (1.9)
Diana Obscura – vocals (2.9), cello (2.9)
Monica Richards – vocals (1.6)
Michael Rollings – drums (1.9)

Additional musicians (cont.)

Alan Sparhawk – vocals (1.2)
Steve Von Till – guitar (1.9)
J.G. Thirlwell – vocals (2.4)
David Torn – guitar (2.5), production (2.5), engineering (2.5)
Mika Vainio – vocals (2.3)

Production and additional personnel

Chad Blinman – production (1.2, 2.7), engineering (1.2, 2.7), mixing (1.2, 2.7), programming (1.2)
Joe Cassidy – engineering (2.7)
Chris Griffin – production (1.9, 1.10), engineering (1.9, 1.10), mixing (1.10), editing (1.9, 1.10)
James Izzo – engineering (2.6, 2.7, 2.10), production (2.6), keyboards (2.6)
Edward Ka-Spel – production (2.10), engineering (2.10), mixing (2.10)
Robert Kaechele – production (2.2), engineering (2.2), programming (2.2)
Haroun Serang – engineering (1.8)
Lary Seven – production (2.3), engineering (2.3)

Release history

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Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2005	Atavistic	CD	ALP167

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Release history

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