for In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Geffen wrote: "[On Avery Island] offers a glimpse of a pivotal songwriter in transition, moving from making shoddy cassettes for his friends to making art rock that spoke to untold thousands of lonely teens listening to pilfered mp3s late into the night." Track listing All tracks are written by Jeff Mangum, except where noted. Horn arrangements composed by Robert Schneider. Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of On Avery Island. Jeff Mangum – guitar, drums, vocals, bells, xylophone, air organ, keyboards, tapes, cover design Robert Schneider – air organs, home organs, fuzz bass, xylophone, horn arrangements Lisa Janssen – fuzz bass on tracks 2 and 8, cover design Rick Benjamin – trombone on tracks 1, 7, 8 Track 12 features Marisa Bissinger, Hilarie Sidney, Zachary DeMichele, Dane Terry, Lisa Janssen, Aaron Reedy, and Jeff Mangum performing various Indonesian instruments. See also Avery Island (Louisiana) Footnotes References 1996 debut albums Fire Records (UK) albums Merge Records albums Neutral Milk Hotel albums