The Instigator

The Instigator
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Studio album by Rhett Miller
Released	September 24, 2002
Genre	Pop rock, adult alternative
Length	40:47
Label	Elektra
Producer	Jon Brion
Rhett Miller chronology
Mythologies (1989)Mythologies1989 The Instigator (2002) The Believer (2006)The Believer2006

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The Instigator is the second studio album by American country/rock band performer, Rhett Miller, lead singer of the Old 97's. Miller's first album came more than a decade earlier. Miller is joined by idol Robyn Hitchcock on "Point Shirley".

Track listing

All songs written by Rhett Miller.

1. "Our Love"
2. "This Is What I Do"
3. "Come Around"
4. "Things That Disappear"
5. "World Inside The World"
6. "Point Shirley"
7. "Four-Eyed Girl"
8. "Hover"
9. "The El"
10. "Your Nervous Heart"
11. "I Want To Live"
12. "Terrible Vision"

Japan-only bonus tracks

13. "Erica the Beautiful"
14. "This Is What I Do (Too)"

Personnel

Primary Musicians

• Rhett Miller - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar on "Our Love", "The El"
• Jon Brion - backing vocals, electric guitar, bass, drums, piano, acoustic guitar, dobro on "Point Shirley", upright piano on "Four Eyed Girl", "Hover", B-3 organ on "Four Eyed Girl", vibraphone on "Hover", baritone guitar on "The El", "Your Nervous Heart", "talentmaker" on "World Inside the World"
• John Fresse - drums
• Lenny Castro - percussion

Additional Musicians

• Robyn Hitchcock - backing vocals, electric guitar on "Point Shirley"
• Jim Keltner - drums on "Point Shirley", "Terrible Vision", percussion on "Terrible Vision"
• David Garza - backing vocals, bass on "Four Eyed Girl", "distorto" guitar on "The El"
• John Doe - backing vocals on "The El"
• Dan McCaroll - drums on "The El"
• Chrissy Guerrero - backing vocals on "Terrible Vision"
• Karen Kilgarriff - backing vocals on "Terrible Vision"