Behind the Trap Door is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by T-Bone Burnett

T-Bone Burnett

Joseph Henry Burnett , widely known as T-Bone Burnett, is an American musician, songwriter, and soundtrack and record producer.He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band on the Rolling Thunder Revue...

, released in 1984.

Behind the Trap Door features collaborations with Bono

Bono

Paul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...

, Bob Neuwirth

Bob Neuwirth

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, and Richard Thompson. In the liner notes, Burnett states: "I was just starting to come out of a dark personal time, and was working these things out of my system. My original title was Beneath The Trap Door. That's how it felt."

Although the EP is out of print, all the songs were reissued on CD by Rhino Handmade

Rhino Entertainment

Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes...

 on March 27, 2007. The double CD also includes the Trap Door

Trap Door (EP)

Trap Door is an EP by T-Bone Burnett, released in 1982. It was his first release on the Warner Bros. label after leaving Takoma Records.Although the EP is out of print, all the songs were reissued on CD by Rhino Handmade on March 27, 2007...

EP and Proof Through the Night

Proof Through the Night

Proof Through the Night is a 1983 album by T-Bone Burnett. Proof Through the Night was not available on CD for many years, though some tracks appeared on the 20/20 career compilation in May 2006. Rhino Handmade issued a CD version of the album on March 27, 2007, which also includes the Trap Door...

. The double CD was issued in a numbered limited edition of 5,000. A cover of the Hank Williams (as Luke the Drifter) song "Be Careful of Stones That You Throw," recorded during an early session for the album, is also included on the CD.

Track listing

1. "Strange Combination" (Burnett) – 3:51
2. "Amnesia and Jealousy (Oh! Lana)" (Burnett, Larry Poons
   Larry Poons
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   ) – 4:51
3. "Having a Wonderful Time Wish You Were Her" (Burnett, Bono
   Bono
   Paul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...
   
   ) – 4:02
4. "The Law of Average" (Burnett, Fleming, Mankiewicz) – 2:32
5. "My Life and the Women Who Lived It (No. 1)" (Burnett, Lebensohn, Bob Neuwirth
   Bob Neuwirth
   Bob Neuwirth is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and visual artist. A mainstay of the early 1960s Cambridge, Massachusetts, folk scene, he subsequently became a friend and associate of Bob Dylan alongside whom he appears in D.A...
   
   ) – 5:19
6. "Welcome Home, Mr. Lewis" (Burnett, Richard Thompson) – 3:34

Personnel

• T-Bone Burnett – vocals, guitar
• David Kemper
  David Kemper
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   – drums
• David Mansfield
  David Mansfield
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   – guitar
• David Miner
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   – bass
• Alex Acuña
  Alex Acuña
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   – percussion
• Steve Berlin
  Steve Berlin
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   –
• Billy Swan
  Billy Swan
  Billy Lance Swan is an American songwriter and singer, best known for his 1974 single, "I Can Help".-Life:Swan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. As a child, he learned drums, piano and guitar, and began writing songs...
  
  – vocals