Personnel: Jarboe (vocals, keyboards); Jarboe; Nic LeBan (vocals, guitar); Michael Bradley, Alan Sparhawk (vocals); William Faith (guitar, percussion, programming); James Izzo (keyboards); Michael Rollins (drums); Robert Kaechele, Chad Blinman (programming); Iva Davies (vocals, guitar, programming); Paz Lenchantin (vocals, violin); Diana Obscura (vocals, cello); Chris Connelly, David J, Mika Vainio, Percy Howard, Monica Richards, Blixa Bargeld (vocals); David Torn , Steve Von Till, Joseph Budenholzer (guitar); Edward Ka-Spel, J.G. Thirlwell, James Izzo.
Audio Mixers: Jarboe; William Faith; Iva Davies; Edward Ka-Spel; Robert Kaechele; Chris Griffin ; Nic LeBan; Chad Blinman.
Editors: William Faith; Chris Griffin .
Photographer: Jillean Williams.
Unknown Contributor Role: David J.
Arranger: Chad Blinman.
Epic both in length and in its recording, Jarboe's six-year-in-the-making THE MEN ALBUM project features contributions from many of the Swans vocalist's co-conspirators over the past two decades. Legendary Pink Dots' Edward Ka-Spel, Einsturzende Neubaten and Bad Seeds member Blixa Bargeld, Jim Thirlwell, and Ministry's Chris Connelly are among the extensive and stylistically varied roster of underground legends on offer here. Each brings his unique sonic vision to Jarboe's probing, passionate voyage through the feminine psyche as seen through male eyes.
