Smartie Mine

Smartie Mine
Studio album by Dan Bern
Released	March 9, 1999
Genre	Folk rock
Length	136:43
Label	Chartmaker
Producer	Dan Bern, Wil Masisak
Dan Bern chronology
Fifty Eggs (1998) Smartie Mine (1999) New American Language (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Indianapolis Star	[2]
The Montreal Gazette	[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Smartie Mine (1999) is Iowa native singer/songwriter Dan Bern's follow-up to Fifty Eggs.

Track listing

Unless otherwise noted, all tracks by Dan Bern

1. "Smartie Mine" – 4:20
2. "One Thing Real" – 5:41
3. "Tiger Woods" – 3:07
4. "Chelsea Hotel" – 4:54
5. "City of Models" – 3:19
6. "Krautmeyer" – 3:55
7. "Crosses" – 5:18
8. "Colors" – 3:25
9. "Airplane Blues" (Sleepy John Estes, Lightnin' Hopkins) – 8:39
10. "Freight Train Blues" (McDowell) – 4:52
11. "Talkin' Woody, Bob, Bruce & Dan Blues" – 5:09
12. "Ballerina" – 6:40
13. "Simple" – 8:52
14. "Beautiful Trees" – 2:41
15. "Joe Van Gogh" – 4:15
16. "Little Russian Girl" – 3:39
17. "Gamblin' With My Love" (Pete Rose) – 5:36
18. "Murderer" – 4:51
19. "Alia" – 3:50
20. "Two-Month Affair" – 3:26
21. "Baby Love" (Wainwright) – 4:40
22. "Sculpter" – 4:56
23. "Dark Chocolate" – 3:42
24. "Decadent Town" – 4:28
25. "Hooker" – 7:32
26. "Cocaine Blues/Blue Jay Way" (Davis, George Harrison) – 6:29
27. "True Revolutionaries" – 8:27

Personnel

• Dan Bern – Organ, Guitar, Harmonica, Cello, Vocals, Art Direction, Illustrations, Paintings
• Jarrod Kaplan – Drums, Djembe
• Tige DeCoster – Bass, Fretless Bass
• Wil Masisak – Keyboards, Vocals, Found Objects
• Martha Wainwright – Vocals (Lead Vocal on "Baby Love")
• Eben Grace – Electric Guitar (track 16) & Lap Steel (track 13)

References

1. Hartenbach, Brett. "Dan Bern - Smartie Mine". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
2. Allan, Marc D. (1998-12-20). "Record Picks". The Indianapolis Star.
3. Lamey, Mary (2000-11-09). "Forever light and fluffy: Spice Girls' new R&B-flavoured CD is a slick but shallow hit-maker". The Montreal Gazette.
4. Berger, Arion. "Dan Bern: Smartie Mine". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2002-11-02. Retrieved 2018-12-31.