The King of In Between

The King of In Between is a solo album by Garland Jeffreys. It was released in 2011 by Big Lake Records and self-produced. Lou Reed provided backing vocals on one track on the album, "The Contortionist".

Critical reception
The King of In Between has a score of 79/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing
All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys
 * 1) "Coney Island Winter" - 3:50
 * 2) "I'm Alive" - 4:01
 * 3) "Streetwise" - 4:48
 * 4) "The Contortionist" - 3:53
 * 5) "All Around the World" - 4:38
 * 6) "'Til John Lee Hooker Calls Me" - 4:02
 * 7) "Love Is Not a Cliché" - 3:27
 * 8) "Rock and Roll Music" - 2:56
 * 9) "The Beautiful Truth" - 4:04
 * 10) "Roller Coast Town" - 3:06
 * 11) "In God's Waiting Room" - 3:59
 * 12) "Rock On" (unlisted bonus track) - 3:18

Personnel

 * Garland Jeffreys - vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 11, 12, 13)
 * Larry Campbell - electric guitar (tracks: 3, 4, 6); acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, violin, string arrangements (tracks: 12, 13); guitar solos (tracks: 4, 8); rhythm guitar (track: 9); revelator guitar (track: 11)
 * Duncan Sheik - acoustic and electric guitar, sonic orchestration (track: 2)
 * Duke Levine - electric guitar (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13); wah-wah electric guitar, special effects (track: 9)
 * Hugh McCracken (tracks: 2), Junior Marvin (tracks: 5, 10) - electric guitar
 * Mark Bosch - acoustic, electric and slide guitar (tracks: 2, 7); electric guitar, organ, piano (tracks: 1, 7)
 * Alan Freedman - acoustic guitar (track: 12); electric guitar (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 10)
 * Jeremy Chatzky (tracks: 5, 10), John Conte (tracks: 1, 7), Mike Merritt (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9,12,13), Pino Palladino (track: 2) - bass
 * Brian Mitchell - keyboards (tracks: 12, 13); Hammond organ (tracks: 3, 4, 9), piano (tracks: 4, 8)
 * George Kouao - keyboards (tracks: 5, 10)
 * Rich Pagano (tracks: 1, 7), Steve Goulding (tracks: 5, 10), Steve Jordan (tracks: 2 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13) - drums
 * Jerry Johnson - tenor saxophone (tracks: 5, 10)
 * Clark Gayton - trombone (tracks: 5, 10)
 * Savannah Jeffreys, Vaneese Thomas - additional vocals (track: 4)
 * Cindy Mizelle (tracks: 5, 13), Lou Reed (track: 4), Vaneese Thomas (track: 8) - backing vocals