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| At 89 | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30) | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 48:28 | |||
| Label | Appleseed | |||
| Pete Seeger chronology | ||||
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At 89 is a studio album byPete Seeger, released on September 30, 2008, viaAppleseed Records.[1] In 2008, the album earned Seeger theGrammy Award forBest Traditional Folk Album.[2]
The album features a blend of instrumental and vocal songs, interspersed with spoken word segments. Several tracks were recorded at theHowland Center inBeacon, NY with a large group of people working in community.[citation needed]
"Song of the World's Last Whale" is ananti-whaling song composed by Seeger in 1970 after he listened to the "whale song" discovered byRoger Payne.[3] He gave its rights to the Whale Fund, an auxiliary of theNew York Zoological Society which is concerned withwhale conservation.[4] Despite playing the song live, he did not record it officially untilAt 89.[3][5]
All tracks are written by Pete Seeger except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nameless Banjo Riff" | 0:39 | |
| 2. | "False from True" | 2:49 | |
| 3. | "Now We Sit Us Down" | 1:16 | |
| 4. | "Pete's Greeting" (Spoken) | 0:32 | |
| 5. | "Visions of Children" | 2:12 | |
| 6. | "Wonderful Friends" | Pete Seeger, Lorre Wyatt | 3:20 |
| 7. | "The Water Is Wide" | Traditional | 2:32 |
| 8. | "Pete Talks About Clearwater" (Spoken) | 0:30 | |
| 9. | "It's a Long Haul" | Travis Jeffrey, Seeger | 1:12 |
| 10. | "Throw Away That Shad Net (How Are We Gonna Save Tomorrow?)" | 4:47 | |
| 11. | "Song of the World's Last Whale" | 2:39 | |
| 12. | "The First Settlers" | David Bernz, Seeger | 5:01 |
| 13. | "The D Minor Flourish/Cindy" | Traditional | 0:44 |
| 14. | "Pete's Intro to If It Can't Be Reduced" (Spoken) | 0:47 | |
| 15. | "If It Can't Be Reduced" | 2:13 | |
| 16. | "Spring Fever" | 0:52 | |
| 17. | "Pete Speaks About World War II" (Spoken) | 0:31 | |
| 18. | "When I Was Most Beautiful" | 2:54 | |
| 19. | "Bach at Treblinka" | 1:18 | |
| 20. | "We Will Love or We Will Perish" | Johann Sebastian Bach, Seeger | 1:32 |
| 21. | "The Story of Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" (Spoken) | 1:02 | |
| 22. | "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" | Gordon Jenkins, Seeger | 2:23 |
| 23. | "One Percent Phosphorous Banjo Riff" | 1:35 | |
| 24. | "Pete Speaks About Involvement" (Spoken) | 0:13 | |
| 25. | "Or Else! (One-a These Days)" | Bernz, Seeger | 3:22 |
| 26. | "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" | 3:36 | |
| 27. | "Little Fat Baby" | Bernz, Seeger | 4:48 |
| 28. | "Arrange and Re-Arrange" | 3:18 | |
| 29. | "Alleluya" | Traditional | 2:00 |
| 30. | "Pete's Extroduction" (Spoken) | 1:14 | |
| 31. | "If This World Survives" | Malvina Reynolds, Seeger | 1:39 |
| 32. | "How Soon?" | 1:08 |
