The Instigator is the second studio album

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 by American

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 country

Country music

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/rock

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 band

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 performer, Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Stewart Ransom Miller II , better-known as Rhett Miller is the lead singer of the alternative country band Old 97's and a successful solo musician. He graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas, a private boys' school in Dallas in 1989 and briefly attended Sarah Lawrence College on a creative...

, lead singer of the Old 97's

Old 97's

The Old 97's are an alternative country band from Dallas, Texas. Formed in 1993, they have since released nine studio albums, two full extended plays, shared split duty on another, and have one live album. Their most recent release is The Grand Theatre, Volume Two...

. Miller's first album came more than a decade before, languishing in folk obscurity, but The Instigator received airplay and as much commercial success as any Old 97's effort.

The album is more personal than recent Old 97's efforts, though the cleaned-up pop sound might distress some fans. Miller is joined by idol Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....

on "Point Shirley".

Track listing

1. "Our Love"
2. "This Is What I Do"
3. "Come Around"
4. "Things That Disappear"
5. "World Inside The World"
6. "Point Shirley"
7. "Four-Eyed Girl"
8. "Hover"
9. "The El"
10. "Your Nervous Heart"
11. "I Want To Live"
12. "Terrible Vision"
13. "Erica the Beautiful" (Japan-only bonus track)
14. "This Is What I Do (Too)" (Japan-only bonus track)