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Through the Trees is the third full-length album released by The Handsome Family.[4] It was released 1998 by Carrot Top Records (North America) / Loose Music (Europe).

Through The Trees
Studio album by The Handsome Family
Released	1998
Genre	Country[1]
Length	44:25
Label	Carrot Top, Loose Music
Producer	Dave Trumfio, Brett Sparks
The Handsome Family chronology
Invisible Hands (1997) Through The Trees (1998) Down in the Valley (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[2]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ()[3]

Through the Trees was nominated by Mojo readers as one of the most important Americana CDs of the 1990s.[5]

Track listing

All music by Brett Sparks; all lyrics by Rennie Sparks, except as noted.

Personnel[6]

• Brett & Rennie Sparks - voice, guitar, banjo, bass, dobro, melodica, autoharp, drum machine, piano, etc. except as follows
• Jeff Tweedy - backing vocals, tracks 3, 4, 5, 7; guitar, end of track 4; rhythm guitar, track 5
• Dave Trumfio - additional percussion; bass on "Stalled"
• Jessica Billey - violin on "Down In The Ground"
• Dave Smith and Dave Winer of The Baltimores - horns on "My Ghost"
• Brad Miller - band photo

References

External links

• The Handsome Family official website

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