Life Before Insanity

Studio album by Gov't Mule

Released

February 15, 2000

Recorded

Muscle Shoals Studios, Sheffield, AL and Water Music, Hoboken, NJ

Genre

Southern rock, hard rock, blues rock

Length

73:50

Gov't Mule chronology

Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends
(1999)

Life Before Insanity
(2000)

The Deep End, Volume 1
(2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Life Before Insanity is the third studio album by Gov't Mule. The album was released on February 15, 2000, by Capricorn Records. The album was produced and recorded by Michael Barbiero. It is the last album recorded with founding member Allen Woody, who died shortly after its release.

Track listing

All songs by Warren Haynes unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wandering Child" (Haynes, Matt Abts)	6:05
2.	"Life Before Insanity" (Haynes, Danny Louis)	6:12
3.	"Bad Little Doggie" (Haynes, Abts, Allen Woody)	3:48
4.	"Lay Your Burden Down" (Haynes, Michael Barbiero)	5:27
5.	"Fallen Down"	6:58
6.	"World Gone Wild"	6:17
7.	"Tastes Like Wine"	6:57
8.	"I Think You Know What I Mean"	4:55
9.	"Far Away"	5:54
10.	"No Need to Suffer"	8:20
11.	"In My Life"	12:48

Personnel

Warren Haynes – guitar, slide guitar, vocals
Allen Woody – bass, mandolin on "Life Before Insanity", electric upright bass on "Tastes Like Wine", rhythm guitar on "I Think You Know What I Mean", fretless bass on "Far Away", dulcitar on "In My Life"
Matt Abts – drums, djembe, ashika on "In My Life"

Additional personnel

Michael Barbiero – glockenspiel on "Far Away"
Hook Herrera – harmonica on "Bad Little Doggie" and "I Think You Know What I Mean"
Ben Harper – vocals and lap steel on "Lay Your Burden Down"
Johnny Neel – organ, Wurlitzer piano and background vocals

Production

Michael Barbiero – producer, engineer, mixing
Ray Martin – mixing, additional engineering
Warren Haynes – mixing
Brodie Hutcheson – mixing, additional engineering
Dan Jurow – additional engineering
Greg Calbi – mastering
Mark Pagliaro- guitar,bass,mandolin,amp,tech

References

↑ Smith, Michael B. (2011). "Life Before Insanity - Gov't Mule | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 August 2011.

External links

Life Before Insanity (CD liner). Gov't Mule. Atlanta, GA: Capricorn. 2000. 314 546 489-2.

Gov't Mule

Warren Haynes Matt Abts Danny Louis Jorgen Carlsson Allen Woody Andy Hess

Studio Albums	Gov't Mule Dose Life Before Insanity The Deep End, Volume 1 The Deep End, Volume 2 Déjà Voodoo Mo' Voodoo High & Mighty Mighty High By a Thread Shout!

Live Albums	Live from Roseland Ballroom Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends The Deepest End, Live in Concert Holy Haunted House Mulennium

Notable Songs	"Soulshine"

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Warren Haynes

Studio Albums

Warren Haynes	Tales of Ordinary Madness Man in Motion Ashes & Dust

Allman Brothers Band	Seven Turns Shades of Two Worlds Where It All Begins Hittin' the Note

Gov't Mule	Gov't Mule Dose Life Before Insanity The Deep End, Volume 1 The Deep End, Volume 2 Deja Voodoo Mo' Voodoo High & Mighty Mighty High By a Thread

Phil Lesh and Friends	There and Back Again

Live Albums

Warren Haynes	The Lone EP Live at Bonnaroo

Allman Brothers Band	An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: First Set An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: 2nd Set One Way Out

Gov't Mule	Live from Roseland Ballroom Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends The Deepest End, Live in Concert Holy Haunted House Mulennium

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Notable Songs

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