Furnace Room Lullaby is an alternative country

Alternative country

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 album by Neko Case and Her Boyfriends

Neko Case

Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers....

, released in February 2000, on Mint

Mint Records

Mint Records is a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based independent record label founded in January 1991, by friends and campus radio enthusiasts Randy Iwata and Bill Baker....

/Bloodshot Records

Bloodshot Records

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. It was Case's second solo album.

Said Case of the title track at a performance at Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits

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 in 2003, "I wanted to write a murder ballad, simply because I was such a huge fan of the Louvin Brothers

Louvin Brothers

The Louvin Brothers were an American country music duo composed of brothers Ira Lonnie Loudermilk and Charlie Elzer Loudermilk , better known as Ira and Charlie Louvin. They helped popularize close harmony, a genre of country music.-History:The brothers adopted the name Louvin Brothers in the...

. Not that this song is anywhere as good as a Louvin Brothers song, but I tried."

Guest musicians on the album include Scott Betts, Brian Connelly

Brian Connelly

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, Bob Egan, Dallas Good and Travis Good

The Sadies

The Sadies are a Canadian indie rock and alternative country band from Toronto, Ontario.-Background:The band consists of Dallas Good , Travis Good, Sean Dean and Mike Belitsky...

, Kelly Hogan

Kelly Hogan

Kelly Hogan is an American singer-songwriter born in Atlanta, Georgia.In the 1990s, Hogan sang with The Jody Grind , singing on their full-lengths One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure and Lefty's Deceiver . The group disbanded after two of its members were killed in a car crash...

, Evan Johns, Kevin Kane

Kevin Kane

Not to be confused with the drummer for the band Bad City.Kevin Kane is a Canadian songwriter, musician, and record producer.He was a founding member of The Grapes of Wrath in 1983, but was ejected from that band in 1992...

, Don Kerr

Don Kerr

Don Kerr is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and record producer.He was a member of Rheostatics from 1995 to May 2001. He plays in Ron Sexsmith's band, and sometimes with The Kelele Brothers. He and Sexsmith released an album together, Destination Unknown, in 2005...

, Linda McRae

Linda McRae

Linda McRae is a Canadian rock and alternative country musician.-Career:McRae was a member of platinum folk rock band Spirit of the West from 1988 to 1996. A multi-instrumentalist playing accordion, guitar, bass, and banjo she also appeared as a guest musician on The Wonder Stuff's album Never...

, Darryl Neudorf

Darryl Neudorf

Darryl Neudorf is a Canadian musician, record producer and audio engineer.He was the drummer for 54-40 from 1982–1986. He is best known during this time for co-writing the hit song "I Go Blind", a Canadian hit which was later covered by U.S...

, Carl Newman

Carl Newman

Allan Carl Newman is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He was a member of the indie rock bands Superconductor and Zumpano in the 1990s. Following the breakup of those bands, he reemerged as the leader of The New Pornographers in 2000....

, Ford Pier

Ford Pier

,Ford Pier is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He resides in Vancouver. In addition to his solo albums, he has been a member of Jr...

, John Ramberg, Henri Sangalang

The Flashing Lights

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, Ron Sexsmith

Ron Sexsmith

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 and Joel Trueblood.

The title track was included on the soundtrack to Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi

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's film The Gift.

Track listing

Chart performance

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Albums	27