Help Wanted (Eric Avery album)


Help Wanted is the debut solo album release from former Jane's Addiction bassist, Eric Avery, released on April 8, 2008.
A number of notable guest musicians perform on the record, including Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins, Garbage's Shirley Manson, and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and trumpeter Flea and trumpeter Willie Waldman. Harold Barefoot Sanders III, who collaborated with Eric in his band Polar Bear, also contributes on a few tracks. Lastly, Chris Chaney, current bassist of Jane's Addiction, plays on a song along with his bandmate of The Coattail Riders.
A music video was created for the song "All Remote And No Control" which can be viewed at IGN.
Fishpork ranked it #5 of the year for 2008.

Track list

  1. "Belly of an Insect" – 4:24
  2. "Beside the Fire" – 3:32
  3. "All Remote and No Control" – 4:03
  4. "Revolution" – 4:22
  5. "Maybe" – 4:26
  6. "Unexploded" – 3:55
  7. "Walk through Walls " – 4:37
  8. "Philo Beddoe" – 4:09
  9. "Chicken Bone " – 3:40
  10. "Porchlight" – 3:48
  11. "Song in the Silence " – 4:35
  12. "Sun’s Gone" – 4:28

    Personnel