Busy Being Born
# Busy Being Born

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |

Busy Being Born is an album by Gary Lucas, released in 1998 through Tzadik Records. It is an album of children's songs.

## Production

"Fleischerei" is a tribute to the soundtracks to Max Fleischer cartoons.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Gary Lucas, except where noted.

## Personnel

### Musicians

* Greg Cohen – bass guitar
* Jonathan Kane – drums
* Gary Lucas – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, production

### Production and additional personnel

* Larry Fine – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay"
* André Grossmann – photography
* Kenny Hurwitz – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay"
* Tim Kalliches – engineering
* Misako Kano – piano on "Abie the Fishman"
* Ikue Mori – design
* Sascha von Oertzen – engineering
* Kazunori Sugiyama – production
* Irene Trudel – engineering
* Allan Tucker – mastering
* John Zorn – saxophone on "Adon Olom" and "Sandman"
