Mission Bell (Amos Lee album)

Mission Bell
Studio album by Amos Lee
Released	January 25, 2011
Genre	Folk, neo soul
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Joey Burns
Amos Lee chronology
Last Days at the Lodge (2008) Mission Bell (2011) Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song (2013)

Mission Bell is the fourth studio album by American musician Amos Lee, released on January 25, 2011. The album features Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Sam Beam, Priscilla Ahn, Pieta Brown, James Gadson, and Calexico as guests on the album.^[1] Joey Burns, of Calexico produced the album. Mission Bell debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 40,000 copies in its first week, which is the lowest ever total for a #1 album in the Soundscan era.^[2] The following week it dropped from #1 to #26, the third longest drop from #1 on the Billboard 200 as of December 2016. This followed another large drop from #1 and the lowest-selling debut to top the list, when the previous week Cake's Showroom of Compassion fell to #25 and sold 44,000.

Track listing

All songs written by Amos Lee.

1. El Camino - 4:02
2. Windows Are Rolled Down - 3:57
3. Violin (featuring Sam Beam) - 5:18
4. Flower - 3:41
5. Stay With Me (featuring Priscilla Ahn) - 3:13
6. Out Of The Cold (featuring Pieta Brown) - 3:03
7. Jesus (featuring James Gadson) - 3:21
8. Hello Again - 4:09
9. Learned A Lot - 4:30
10. Cup Of Sorrow - 3:51
11. Clear Blue Eyes (featuring Lucinda Williams) - 3:02
12. Behind Me Now / El Camino Reprise (featuring Willie Nelson) - 9:10

Personnel

• Amos Lee - vocal, guitar, fuzz guitar, vibraphone
• Joey Burns - bass, guitar, backing vocal, keyboards, vibraphone
• Jaron Olevsky - keyboards, percussion, backing vocal, bass, guitar, banjo
• Greg Leisz - steel guitar, guitar, mandolin, dobro
• John Convertino - drums, thunder drum
• James Gadson - drums, tambourine, backing vocal
• Jacob Valenzuela - trumpets
• Craig Schumacher - synth bass, harmonica
• Johnny O'Halloran - bowed saw
• Brian Lopez - backing vocal
• Sam Beam - backing vocal
• Priscilla Ahn - backing vocal
• Pieta Brown - backing vocal
• Zach Djanikian - backing vocal
• Mutlu Onaral - backing vocal
• Lucinda Williams - vocal
• Willie Nelson - vocal, nylon string guitar

Silver Thread Trio:

• Gabrielle Pietrangelo - backing vocal
• Laura Kepner-Adney - backing vocal
• Caroline Isaacs - backing vocal

Chart performance

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[3]	39
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4]	98
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5]	61
US Billboard 200[6]	1
US Billboard Top Rock Albums[7]	1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[8]	6

References

1. "Amos Lee gets cozy with indie rockers, folk heros, and country legends". The Key. 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
2. Keith Caulfield, "Amos Lee Nets No. 1 on Billboard 200 in Another Dreary Sales Week". Billboard, 2011-02-02 (retrieved 2016-12-02).
3. "Dutchcharts.nl – Amos Lee – Mission Bell" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
4. "Officialcharts.de – Amos Lee – Mission Bell". GfK Entertainment Charts.
5. "Swisscharts.com – Amos Lee – Mission Bell". Hung Medien.
6. Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts | Billboard.com
7. Billboard.com
8. "Amos Lee – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Amos Lee.