Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets

Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets
Studio album by Gary Jules
Released	November 15, 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Folk, blues, alternative rock
Length	47:56
Label	Sanctuary
Producer	Michael Andrews Gary Jules
Gary Jules chronology
Greetings from the Side (1998) Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets (2001) Gary Jules (2006)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Mojo	3.4/5
Uncut

Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets is the second studio album by Gary Jules on the Sanctuary Records label. Despite the year of release, it took three years to chart in both the UK and US, eventually reaching the UK Top 40 and Billboard 200 in 2004. The popular Tears for Fears cover "Mad World", which was featured on the Donnie Darko soundtrack and in the Gears of War trailer, is on the album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gary Jules except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Broke Window"		2:38
2.	"No Poetry"		3:58
3.	"DTLA"		3:33
4.	"Lucky"		1:55
5.	"Something Else"		4:23
6.	"Pills"		2:20
7.	"Boat Song"		4:06
8.	"Umbilical Town"		3:55
9.	"The Princess of Hollywood Way"		3:54
10.	"Patchwork G"		3:26
11.	"Barstool"		5:02
12.	"Mad World"	Roland Orzabal	3:03
13.	"Untitled" (hidden track)		5:24
Total length:			47:56

Personnel

• Gary Jules – vocals, guitars, mandolin, harmonica
• Michael Andrews – guitars, bass, vocals, piano, keyboards, melodica, drums, percussion
• Sarah Brysk – vocals
• Robert Walter – piano
• Al Sgro – vocals
• George Sluppick – drums (tracks 2 and 9)
• Matt Lynott – drums (tracks 1 and 11)

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
2004	UK	12
2004	Billboard 200	144
2004	Top Heatseekers	5

External links

• Lyrics for Gary Jules Songs (Songmeanings.net)