Happy Songs for Happy People
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| Studio album by Mogwai | |||||
| Released | 17 June 2003 | ||||
| Recorded | Cava Studios, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||
| Genre | Post-rock | ||||
| Length | 41:50 | ||||
| Label | Play It Again Sam, Matador | ||||
| Producer | Tony Doogan | ||||
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Happy Songs for Happy People is the fourth full-length studio album by Mogwai. It represents a further evolution of Mogwai's toned down, more electronic sound. The songs on the album are subdued, with the only exception being the cacophonous closer, "Stop Coming to My House". Synthesizers often take the main stage on this album, with strings and piano also making the occasional appearance.
Mogwai's usual vocalist Stuart Braithwaite does not sing on this album at all; however, Barry Burns ("Hunted by a Freak", "Killing All the Flies") and John Cummings ("Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep") do.
The CD also contains a demo version of Cubase and the individual tracks for each instrument in "Hunted by a Freak" allowing remixing and reconstructing of the song.
The pre-release MP3s of this album circulating on the net had a sample of "Happy Tree Friends" cartoon main theme mixed in at the end of the last track. Some of the fans were frustrated buying the released CD afterwards and not finding the sample there.
The Japanese release of the album contains the bonus track "Sad DC."
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[edit] Track listing
- "Hunted by a Freak" – 4:18
- "Moses? I Amn't" – 2:59
- "Kids Will Be Skeletons" – 5:29
- "Killing All the Flies" – 4:35
- "Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep" – 3:05
- "Ratts of the Capital" – 8:27
- "Golden Porsche" – 2:49
- "I Know You Are But What Am I?" – 5:17
- "Stop Coming to My House" – 4:53
- "Sad DC" - 4:34 (Japanese Bonus Track)
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[edit] Additional musicians
- Luke Sutherland - violin on "Killing All The Flies" and "Stop Coming To My House", guitar on "Ratts Of The Capital"
- Caroline Barber - cello on "Hunted By A Freak", "Moses? I Amn't" and "Golden Porsche"
- Donald Gillian - cello on "Killing All The Flies"
- Scott Dickinson - viola on "Killing All The Flies"
- Greg Lawson - violin on "Killing All The Flies"
[edit] Credits
- Written by Mogwai
- Published by Chrysalis Music
- Produced by Mogwai and Tony Doogan
- Recorded and mixed by Tony Doogan at Cava Studios, Glasgow
- Assistant engineering by Michael "Frango" Bannister and Gavin Lawrie
- Mastered by Adam Nunn at Abbey Road
- Cover by Uncontrollable Urge
- Design by Divine Inc
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