Tracklist

1	Sour Shores
2	Black Buttons
3	I'm In Love (With Arthur Dove)
4	Sweetness And Light
5	Getting Saved
6	You Blanks
7	Like A Pearl
8	Cheers And Applause
9	Song For A Clock

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Merge Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mac McCaughan
• Copyright (c) – Merge Records
• Copyright (c) – Mac McCaughan
• Recorded At – Pox Studios
• Recorded At – Room 8
• Mixed At – Overdub Lane
• Mastered At – Peerless Mastering

Credits

• Acoustic Bass – Matt Brandau (tracks: 9)
• Design – Mac*, Maggie Fost
• Drums – Lee Waters (tracks: 1, 9), Matthew McCaughan* (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8)
• Mastered By – Jeff Lipton
• Mixed By – John Plymale
• Oboe – Carrie Shull (tracks: 2, 6)
• Percussion – Matthew McCaughan* (tracks: 4)
• Photography By – Phil Morrison
• Piano – Peter Holsapple (tracks: 5, 8)
• Recorded By [Recorded With] – Zeno Gill
• Violin – Laura Thomas (tracks: 4, 7), Margaret White (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 9)
• Vocals – Annie Hayden (tracks: 4, 6), Laura Cantrell (tracks: 2)
• Vocals, Performer [Except Where Otherwise Noted] – Mac McCaughan
• Written-By – Mac McCaughan

Notes

© and ℗ 2006 Mac McCaughan (BMI) and Merge Records

Recorded at Pox Studios. Additional recording at Room 8 in Carrboro. Mixed at Overdub Lane. Mastered at Peerless Mastering.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MRG283	Portastatic	Be Still Please ‎(CD, Album)	Merge Records	MRG283	US	2006
nois1067	Portastatic	Be Still Please ‎(CD, Album)	Acuarela Discos	nois1067	Spain	2007
PCD-23825	Portastatic	Be Still Please ‎(CD, Album)	P-Vine Records	PCD-23825	Japan	2006