Released March 21, 2006
All songs written by Ben Harper except : "Black Rain"
(Ben Harper / Jason Yates), "Waiting For You"
(Ben Harper / Michael Ward), "Picture In a Frame"
(Ben Harper / Michael Ward / Juan Nelson / Jason Yates /
Oiver Charles / Leon Mobley), "More Than Sorry"
(Ben Harper / Danny Kalb).
Both Sides of the Gun is a eighteen-track collection,
divided into nine songs per disc (a disc of funk and a disc
of ballads). Among the tracks on
Both Sides' harder-edged
half is the title track, which melds funk with a Seventies
soul vibe, and the blues and funk-driven
Black Rain,
a song in response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
In contrast,
Both Sides' second half features the
power ballad
Picture in a Frame, and the romantic
closer
Happily Ever After in Your Eyes, a track
Harper hopes will become "the ultimate wedding song."
While the California singer-songwriter turned to his usual
backing band (Juan Nelson, Leon Mobley, Oliver Charles,
Jason Yates, Michael Ward) and a number of L.A. "jazz-heads"
for recording, he self-produced the album and, on several
tracks, played all the instruments. —
source
: Steve Baltin / www.rollingstone.com 
