ARTIST: Ben Harper
TITLE: Both Sides Of The Gun
LABEL: Virgin
GENRE: Pop
BITRATE: 192kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 03min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-03-21
RIP DATE: 2006-03-13

Track List: CD #1/2

01. Morning Yearning                4:08
02. Waiting For You                 3:34
03. Picture In A Frame              4:36
04. Never Leave Lonely Alone        2:52
05. Sweet Nothing Serenade          2:45
06. Reason To Mourn                 4:26
07. More Than Sorry                 3:24
08. Cryin' Won't Help You Now       2:35
09. Happy Everafter In Your Eyes    2:31

Track List: CD #2/2

01. Better Way                      3:58
02. Both Sides Of The Gun           2:44
03. Engraved Invitation             2:55
04. Black Rain                      2:57
05. Gather 'round The Stone         3:05
06. Please Don't Talk About Murder  2:34
While I'm Eating
07. Get It Like You Like It         3:28
08. The Way You Found Me            2:53
09. Serve Your Soul                 8:21

Release Notes:

Ben Harper will release a two-CD set, Both Sides of the Gun, on March 21st. While
Harper released a collaboration with the Blind Boys of Alabama in 2004, this
eighteen-track collection, divided into nine songs per disc, is the follow-up to
his last solo effort, 2003's world music-inspired Diamonds on the Inside.

At an hour long, the new material would easily fit on one CD. But Harper wanted
to give each disc a distinct sound, one harder and one softer, as he just "wasn't
able to find that magic balance."

Among the tracks on Both Sides' harder-edged half is the title track, which melds
funk with a Seventies soul vibe, and the blues and funk-driven "Black Rain," a
song in response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. In contrast, Both
Sides' second half features the power ballad "Picture in a Frame," and the
romantic closer "Happily Ever After in Your Eyes," a track Harper hopes will
become "the ultimate wedding song." (Harper and longtime girlfriend actress Laura
Dern actually chose holiday tracks for their recent wedding ceremony this
December 23rd in Los Angeles.)

While the California singer-songwriter turned to his usual backing band and a
number of L.A. "jazz-heads" for recording, he self-produced the album and, on
several tracks, played all the instruments. Harper says of his very hands-on
effort, "I feel confident there's not an ounce of filler."

With tour plans in support of Both Sides in the works for either February or
March -- and a co-headlining slot for the Langerado Music Festival in Sunrise,
Florida, on March 11th -- Harper finds himself itching to get out on the road.
"I'm jumping out of my skin. I can hardly sit still. I just can't wait to get it
out and play it."