title: Winter Child
text: # Winter Child
  
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  Winter Child is the first studio album of American singer-songwriter Matt Duke. It was released by the student-run record label Mad Dragon in the US on September 12, 2006, and distributed by Ryko Distribution.
  
  ## History
  
  After the production of Mad Dragon's first compilation album, XYX, which featured Duke, Mad Dragon asked Duke sign a deal to produce a full-length album. Production for the album began thereafter and continued for the next year and a half. The original producer of the album was Jim Klein, a professor and director of the Mad Dragon program, but disagreements during production lead Duke to switch production to Stewart Lerman and Steuart Smith at the Shinebox Studio in New York. A student-produced music video was made for the song "Oysters" and the audio CD was released as an enhanced CD that featured an electronic press kit.
  
  ## Theme and lyrical content
  
  Winter Child uses literary inspirations as a basis for some songs. The title track is a reference to the Ernest Hemingway short story Hills Like White Elephants and the song "Listen To Your Window" takes inspiration from John Banville.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs written by Matt Duke.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Musicians
  
  * Matt Duke – Vocal, acoustics, electrics, keyboards, percussion, piano
  * Steuart Smith – Acoustics, electrics, keyboards, harmonica, percussion, bass, vocals
  * Stewart Lerman – Percussion, acoustics
  * Steve Holley – Drums, percussion
  * Rob Morsberger – String arrangements, keyboards, accordion
  * David Mansfield – Violin, viola
  * Debbie Assael – Cello
  * Andrew Keenan – Pedal steel
  * Jim Klein – Piano on "Nausea," producer on "When the Bough Breaks"
  * Gretchen Witt – Vocals on "Ballroom Dancing"
  
  ### Production
  
  * Stewart Lerman – Production (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), mixer
  * Steuart Smith – Production (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
  * Jim Klein – Production (Tracks 2, 5, 10, 12)
  * Greg Calbi – Mastering
  * Michael Pierce – Artwork concept and design
  * Matt Duke – Illustrations
  * Stephanie Pistel – Photography
  