Cherry Tree (EP)

Cherry Tree is an EP by the American indie rock band the National, released in July 2004. It was reissued on June 28, 2011, by Brassland Records, the same label on which it was initially published.^[1]

Cherry Tree
EP by The National
Released	July 20, 2004
Recorded	Gretchen's Kitchen; Tarquin Studios
Genre	Indie rock
Length	28:26
Language	English
Label	Brassland
Producer	Peter Katis Nick Lloyd Padma Newsome The National
The National chronology
Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (2003) Cherry Tree (2004) Alligator (2005)

Songs

"Murder Me Rachael" is a live version taken from a Black Sessions recording, while "Reasonable Man (I Don't Mind)" is a song featuring Padma Newsome. In addition to the CD, Cherry Tree was initially released on limited-edition red-colored 10" vinyl by Shake It!, a record shop in the band's hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio.^{[citation needed]} It has since had numerous repressings by Brassland Records.^{[citation needed]}

An alternative version of the song "About Today" was featured in the 2011 movie Warrior, directed by Gavin O'Connor, and played in the 2013 film The East and the television show The Path.

The title song, "Cherry Tree", was featured in the credits of the documentary If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front.

The song "All the Wine" was included on The National's follow-up album, Alligator.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Robert Christgau	[2]
Spin	(favorable)[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wasp Nest"		3:22
2.	"All the Wine"		3:20
3.	"All Dolled-Up in Straps"		4:11
4.	"Cherry Tree"		4:27
5.	"About Today"		4:11
6.	"Murder Me Rachael" (Live)		3:37
7.	"A Reasonable Man (I Don't Mind)"	Padma Newsome	5:22

All tracks are written by The National, except where noted.

Personnel

• Recorded by Peter Katis at Tarquin Studios, Nick Lloyd at Gretchen's Kitchen, Padma Newsome in Australia, and The National in Brooklyn.
• Mixed by Nick Lloyd at Gretchen's Kitchen.
• "Murder Me Rachael" is an extract from Black Session #200, broadcast by France Inter, Paris, on November 17, 2003, Studio 105.
• "Murder Me Rachael" sound engineered by George Sautour
• Photography by Pope Rathman
• Design by Distant Station Ltd.

Additional musicians

• Padma Newsome – viola, violin, vocals (on tracks 3 and 7), guitar (on track 7)
• Nate Martinez – electric guitars (on track 1)
• Nick Lloyd – piano and organ

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Cherry Tree

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[4]	30