Volume 8: Can You See Under My Thumb? There You Are.

Volume 8: Can You See Under My Thumb?...There You Are.
Studio album by The Desert Sessions
Released October 16, 2001
Recorded at Rancho de la Luna, Joshua Tree, CA
Genre Desert rock
Label Southern Lord/Rekords Rekords
The Desert Sessions chronology
Volume 7: Gypsy Marches
(2001)
Volume 8: Can You See Under My Thumb? There You Are.
(2001)
Volume 9: I See You Hearin' Me
(2003)

The eighth The Desert Sessions LP, titled Volume 8: Can You See Under My Thumb? There You Are., was released in 2001, packaged along with Volume 7: Gypsy Marches in a gatefold 10" album format. The name comes from a line in the song "Hangin' Tree" from the previous volume. The riff of "Cold Sore Superstars" was later used on the Queens of the Stone Age song No One Knows.

This is the first release on Josh Homme's record label, Rekords Rekords.

Track listing

1. "The Idiot's Guide" – 3:04
Al - Clavinet, Backups

Goss - Bass

Brendon - Electric Acoustic Nylon, Tomboura

Joshua - Vocals n Drums


2. "Interpretive Reading" – 1:36
Vienna Girls Boy Choir

Cole Johntrane - Sax

Nigel Thistlewaityourturner III - Narrrarratorr

Fransesco Sordini - Piano, Contaaito


3. "Covousier" – 1:50
Fred Drake - Everything

4. "Cold Sore Superstars" – 3:24
Nick "Meth McMaster" ElDorado - Vocals, Tension

Samantha "Darling" - Piano, Drums De La Jazz

Fred "Dollar Drink Night" Drake - Drums De La Ringo

Brendon "Mandolin Too Long" McNasty - Indian Waterfall Chopstick Tweeker type Guitar

Josh "Yeah? What?" Homme - Piano, Bass, Chorus Vox

Alain "Niala Sennahoj" Johannes - Sacks-a-phone

5. "Making a Cross" – 5:31
Alain - Vocal, Guitars, udu, Harmonium, cig fiddle

Josh - Drums, Hi-Harmonies

Sam - Bass, Slide Bass

Fred - Harmonies

Brendypants - Balalika


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