the instigator
- Release Date: September 24, 2004
- Label: Elektra
- Producer: Jon Brion
- Recorded at: NRG Studios, Los Angeles, California
- Musicians
- Rhett Miller: Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars
- Additional Musicians
- Jon Brion (Background Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Dobro, Piano, Hammond B-3 Organ, Vibraphone, Bass, Drums), Robyn Hitchcock (Background Vocals, Electric Guitar), David Garza (Background Vocals, Guitar, Bass), Jim Keltner (Drums, Percussion), Dan MacCarroll (Drums), Lenny Castro (Percussion), Chrissy Guerro (Background Vocals)
| Track Listing |
| 1. Our Love |
| 2. This is What I Do |
| 3. Come Around |
| 4. Things That Disappear |
| 5. World Inside the World |
| 6. Point Shirley |
| 7. Four-Eyed Girl |
| 8. Hover |
| 9. The El |
| 10. Your Nervous Heart |
| 11. I Want to Live |
| 12. Terrible Vision |
| 13. Erica the Beautiful (Japan-only bonus track) |
| 14. This is What I Do (too) (Japan-only bonus track) |
| 15. Doreen |