Tremolo is the seventh studio album by Blue Rodeo.

On this album, the band attempted to maintain a more immediate vibe than on 1995's Nowhere to Here, which had been labelled as overly mannered by critics. To that end, songs were not brought to the whole band until the day of recording, so that the band's performance would retain a spontaneous flair.

Track listing

Personnel

Personnel taken from Tremolo liner notes.

Blue Rodeo

  • Jim Cuddy – vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano (track 1)
  • Kim Deschamps – pedal & lap steel, banjo, bottleneck guitar
  • Bazil Donovan – bass, upright bass, guitar (track 2)
  • James Gray – keyboards, guitar (tracks 1, 7)
  • Greg Keelor – vocals, guitar, drums (track 4)
  • Glenn Milchem – drums, percussion, guitar (tracks 4, 13, 14)

Additional musicians

  • Colin Cripps – guitar (tracks 1, 9)
  • John Whynot – backing vocals (tracks 1, 7, 12), guitar (tracks 5, 7), string arrangements & conducting (tracks 7, 9, 11, 12)
  • Adele Armin – violin (tracks 7, 9, 11, 12)
  • Artur Jansons – viola (tracks 7, 9, 11, 12)
  • Mi Hyon Kim – violin (tracks 7, 9, 11, 12)
  • Audrey King – cello (tracks 7, 9, 11, 12)
  • David McFadden – violin (tracks 7, 9, 11, 12)
  • Vera Tannowsky – violin (tracks 7, 9, 11, 12)
  • Kent Teeple – viola (tracks 7, 9, 11, 12)
  • Kirk Worthington – cello (tracks 7, 9, 11, 12)

Production

  • Blue Rodeo – production
  • John Whynot – production, engineering, mixing
  • Peter Wonsiak – mixing assistance
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Chart performance

{| class="wikitable"

! Chart (1997)

! Peak<br />position

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| Canadian RPM Country Albums

| align="center"| 1

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| Canadian RPM Top Albums

| align="center"| 8

|}

Certifications

References