Yesterday's News
"Yesterday's News" is a song by alternative country band Whiskeytown, co-written by Ryan Adams and Phil Wandscher. It first appeared on Whiskeytown's Strangers Almanac album, and was released in 1998 as a CD single.[1]
| "Yesterday's News" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Whiskeytown | ||||
| from the album Strangers Almanac | ||||
| A-side | "Yesterday's News" (Radio Version) | |||
| B-side | "Yesterday's News" (LP Version) | |||
| Released | February 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Alternative country | |||
| Label | Outpost Recordings | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ryan Adams/Phil Wandscher | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Scott | |||
| Whiskeytown singles chronology | ||||
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An earlier version of the song - recorded during the band's "Baseball Park" sessions - was released on the 1998 reissue of the band's first album Faithless Street.[2] Ryan Adams calls this "the definitive version. It sounds younger and freer than the one on Strangers Almanac, a little bit faster and louder. That was our Big Star phase. I played through a Vox amp at [producer] Chris Stamey’s request. Phil put a space-echo on the solo, and he talks underneath me in the choruses. The singing is better on the original... I had just written the song when we recorded it with Chris [Stamey] for the Baseball Park Sessions. The person it was about was still fresh in my mind."[3]
The lyrics of the song mention "The Comet", i.e., The Comet Lounge, a favorite Raleigh, NC, hangout for the band. The bar has since closed.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Yesterday's News (Radio Version)" | Adams/Wandscher | 3:05 |
| 2. | "Yesterday's News (LP Version)" | Adams/Wandscher | 2:49 |
Personnel & Production Credits
- Ryan Adams — acoustic & electric guitars, singing, banjo, piano, percussion
- Phil Wandscher — electric guitar, singing, organ, percussion
- Caitlin Cary — violin, singing
- Steven Terry — drums, singing, percussion
- Jeff Rice — bass guitar
- Produced, engineered, and mixed by Jim Scott
References
- "Yesterday's News (Single)". AnsweringBell.com. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- Faithless Street (Media notes). Whiskeytown. Los Angeles, CA: Outpost Recordings. 1998. OPRD-30002.CS1 maint: others (link)
- "Yesterday's News". AnsweringBell.com. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- Cornell, Rick (2008-03-12). "Burned-out Comet: Music Feature: Independent Weekly". Independent Weekly. Retrieved 2011-01-09.