Fair Ain't Fair

Fair Ain't Fair is Tim Fite's second studio album released on ANTI- Records. As with Gone Ain't Gone, Fite created this album with a mixture of real instrumentation and sampling, resulting in a sound composed of rock, folk and hip hop elements.

Fair Ain't Fair
Studio album by Tim Fite
Released	May 6, 2008
Genre	Rock, folk, hip hop
Length	46:43
Label	ANTI-
Tim Fite chronology
It's Only Ketchup (2007) Fair Ain't Fair (2008) Change of Heart (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Paste	(favorable)[2]
PopMatters	[3]
Punknews.org	[4]
Spin	[5]

Franz Nicolay, of The Hold Steady, listed the album among his favourite albums of 2008.[6]

Track listing

All songs written by T. Sullivan, except "Harriet Tubman" (T. Sullivan/C. Lind)

1. "Roots of a Tree" (1:54)
2. "Trouble" (3:26)
3. "The Barber" (3:25)
4. "Big Mistake" (3:28)
5. "Inside Man" (2:02)
6. "Rats and Rags" (3:25)
7. "Yesterday's Garden" (3:14)
8. "Thought I Was a Gun" (2:03)
9. "The Names of All the Animals" (4:24)
10. "Motorcade" (1:37)
11. "More Clothes" (3:28)
12. "Harriet Tubman" (1:36)
13. "My Hands" (4:00)
14. "Heaven Is War" (1:46)
15. "Sing Along" (3:29)
16. "Line by Line" (3:26)

Samples

• "Roots of a Tree" samples the song "Kettle" by Frances
• "Trouble" samples the song "When We Were Wolves" by My Latest Novel
• "The Barber" samples the song "Spin Me Around" by Kip Boardman
• "Big Mistake" samples the song "Kitty and Her Beautiful Lady" by Remate
• "Motorcade" samples the song "Black Holes" by Needle
• "Yesterday's Garden" samples the song "Whistle and Water" by East Ghost West Ghost
• "More Clothes" samples the song "Bubbles" by Trunk Federation
• "My Hands" samples the song "I Can't Fall Asleep" by Picastro
• "Sing Along" samples the song "Poison" by Constantines

Major contributors

• Dr. Leisure – Tape sounds, singing, live show
• Rob Bedenoch – Engineering, audio tweaking
• Justin Riddle – Drums, percussion
• Shawna Enyart – Elephants
• Chris Lind – Slack key guitar
• Andy, Matt, and Anti – Business
• Jacob Harris – Management
• Dan Kinsley – Guitar, piano, mandolin
• Ryan Foregger – Video specialization
• Adam Gustavson – Guitar, banjo, pedal steel, bass
• Dan Saks – Guitar
• Merle Hansen – Viola
• Pepi Ginsberg – singing
• Shars Worden – singing, ghosting
• The Bloody Nose Boys – singing
• Danielle Stech Homsy – singing
• Dave Kutch – Mastering
• Tim Fite – Everything else and nothing else

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Paste review
3. PopMatters review
4. Punknews.org review
5. Spin review
6. Lindsay, Andrew. "Interview: Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady)". stereokill.net. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-15.

External links

• Fair Ain't Fair on ANTI- Records' website