Dignity and Shame

Dignity and Shame is the fourth album recorded by the indie rock band Crooked Fingers. This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. It has been billed as a concept album based on the lives of bullfighter Manolete and Spanish actress Lupe Sino. Lara Meyerratken is featured on lead vocals on four songs.

Dignity and Shame
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2005 (2005-02-22)[1]
GenreIndie rock
Length50:02
LabelMerge
Producer
Crooked Fingers chronology
Red Devil Dawn
(2003)
Dignity and Shame
(2005)
Forfeit/Fortune
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
No Ripcord9/10[3]
PopMatters8/10[1]
Stylus MagazineB[4]

American indie-rock band, The National covered "Sleep All Summer" with St. Vincent for the album SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records. Singer Eric Bachmann collaborated with singer/songwriter Neko Case on a cover of "Sleep All Summer" for her album Hell-On.

Track listing

  1. "Islero" - 3:29
  2. "Weary Arms" - 2:29
  3. "Call to Love" - 3:25
  4. "Twilight Creeps" - 5:41
  5. "Destroyer" - 5:18
  6. "You Must Build a Fire" - 5:38
  7. "Valerie" - 3:18
  8. "Andalucia" - 2:51
  9. "Sleep All Summer" - 4:42
  10. "Coldways" - 3:39
  11. "Wrecking Ball" - 4:20
  12. "Dignity and Shame" - 5:12

The vinyl version of the album includes two bonus tracks:

  1. "The Ballad of El Cuchillo"
  2. "New Drink for the Old Drunk"

References

  1. Lundy, Zeth (24 February 2005). "Crooked Fingers: Dignity and Shame < PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  2. Monger, James Christopher. Dignity and Shame at AllMusic
  3. Conti, Chris (10 April 2005). "No Ripcord Album Review - Crooked Fingers - 'Dignity and Shame'". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 18 April 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  4. Cober-Lake, Justin (14 February 2005). "Crooked Fingers - Dignity and Shame - Review - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2012.



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