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''We the Common'' is an album by alternative folk band Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. It was released on February 5, 2013 on the Ribbon Music label.〔Barosse, Emilia (2013) "(Thao Nguyen doesn’t care about the critics and made a video to prove it )", A.V. Club, January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2014〕 Produced by John Congleton, the album features a guest appearances from Joanna Newsom on "Kindness Be Conceived", Newsom having met singer Thao Nguyen at a songwriters' retreat at Hedgenrook.〔〔Pan, Arnold (2013) "(First Person, Singular and Plural: Thao Nguyen's Collective Consciousness )", PopMatters, March 31, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2014〕〔〔Taylor, John (2013) "(The Fruit of Thao Nguyen's Labors )", ''Interview''. Retrieved January 4, 2014〕 ==Background and recording== After the 2009 album ''Know Better Learn Faster'', Thao Nguyen took a break from touring and recording, and volunteered with local outreach projects in her new home of San Francisco.〔〔 One of these was the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, and during prison visits she met several women who were serving long sentences. One of these was Valerie Bolden, who was the inspiration for the album's title track.〔 Nguyen considers this outreach work as a major influence on her music and stated that it had "emotionally shaped" much of ''We the Common''.〔 Nguyen stated of the album: "My intention from the beginning was to make an album full of songs that better captured the energy and hope and optimism of the collective and of one person in particular—myself—who wanted to be a part of that collective, and one who wanted to be more present in her own life and the lives of those she loved."〔 To publicize the album, a series of short films were released, directed by Nguyen and Lauren Tabak.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「We the Common」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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