From A Basement On The Hill - Track Information

Track Information

• "Coast to Coast" features poetry by Nelson Gary. Smith told Under the Radar in 2003, "I asked this friend of mine to make up something he could say as fast as he could in fifteen minutes about people healing themselves or being unable to heal themselves. While he's saying this thing there is a main vocal that goes over that."
• "Pretty (Ugly Before)" previously appeared on a 2003 single on Suicide Squeeze Records, along with a different version of "A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free". According to McConnell, Smith did not intend to have "Pretty (Ugly Before)" on the album. It reflects the phrase being shouted at shows in which Smith performed the song.
• "Twilight" was originally entitled "Somebody's Baby".
• If the song "Little One" is played backwards, one can hear some acoustic guitar lines as they were originally recorded, unreversed.
• The composition of the track "Ostriches & Chirping" has been disputed. According to David McConnell, who worked with Smith in some of the earlier stages of the album, this track was created by McConnell himself. A reel containing the track was found by Smith's family, assumed to be a Smith composition, and was placed on the album.
• During the recording period for the album, Smith had recorded with Steven Drozd and Russell Simins, drummers for the Flaming Lips and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, respectively.