Happiness (Lisa Germano album)
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Happiness | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July 27, 1993 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, dream pop, folk rock | |||
Length | 49:26 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Malcolm Burn | |||
Lisa Germano chronology | ||||
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Happiness is the second album by Lisa Germano.[1] Released by Capitol Records in 1993, it was re-released by 4AD Records the following year. A music video was produced for the single "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses."
Track listing
[edit]All tracks written by Lisa Germano, except 5 written by Germano/Joyce, and 10 written by Lee Hazlewood. The title of track 2 was changed to "The Dresses Song" on all subsequent re-releases of this album, while 10 and 11 have been omitted completely. Track 11 was made available on Germano's self-released compilation, Rare, Unusual or Just Bad Songs (2002), but track 10 remains unreleased elsewhere.
- "Around the World"
- "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses"
- "Happiness"
- "Bad Attitude"
- "Sycophant"
- "Miamo-Tutti"
- "Energy"
- "Cowboy"
- "Puppet"
- "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
- "Breathe Acrost Texas"
- "Everyone's Victim"
- "The Darkest Night of All"
Personnel
[edit]- Kenny Aronoff – drums (tracks 7, 9)
- Malcolm Burn – guitar (3, 7, 10), keyboards (4, 5, 9), bass guitar (10)
- Bill Dillon – guitar (1, 3, 4, 9), bass guitar (12)
- Daryl Johnson – bass guitar (1, 3, 4), djembe (1), drums (12)
- Ronald Jones – drums (1, 3, 4, 12)
- Jay Joyce – guitar (2, 9, 12), keyboards (1), bass guitar (3, 5)
- John Keane – pedal steel (8), guitar (9)
- Giles Reaves – drums (2)
- Toby Myers – bass guitar (7, 9)
- Produced by Malcolm Burn.
- Recorded at Kingsway Studio in New Orleans; additional recording done at Champagne Studio in Nashville, September Studio in Indianapolis, and Germano's home.
- Engineered by Malcolm Burn, Mark Howard, Wayne Lorenz, John Keane, and Trina Shoemaker. Additional engineering by Giles Reaves, Mike Griffith, Paul Mahern, and Mark Hood.
- Mixed by Malcolm Burn and Wayne Lorenz at Kingsway, except 7 mixed by Paul Mahern at Pinebrook Studio in Alexandria, IN.
- Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in New York City.
- Cover photograph by Bob Lanois, coloring by Jim Merrill.
- Rear cover drawing by Haley Goethals.
- Design by Jeff Fey.
Inconsiderate Bitch
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EP by Lisa Germano | |
Released | January 17, 1994 |
Recorded | 1993 |
Genre | Alternative rock, dream pop, folk rock |
Length | 25:56 |
Label | 4AD |
Producer | Malcolm Burn |
The Inconsiderate Bitch EP is the third solo release by Lisa Germano, and her first for the 4AD label. It was one of a series of limited-edition "temporary releases" by 4AD, meant to supplement concurrent releases by the same act; in this case, Inconsiderate Bitch acted as a "teaser" for the label's re-release of Happiness, while also serving as an introduction of Germano to her new label's audience. While preparing and resequencing the album for its re-release, 4AD founder and then-president Ivo Watts-Russell and engineer John Fryer (who had worked on Watts-Russell's This Mortal Coil project) also created this suite of alternate remixes, with the exception of "(Late Night) Dresses", a version of "You Make Me Wanto Wear Dresses" (later retitled "The Dresses Song") remixed by the original producer, Malcolm Burn.
Track listing
[edit]- "Happiness"
- "Energy"
- "Puppet"
- "Sycophant"
- (Late Night) Dresses
All songs were written by Lisa Germano, except track 4 written by Germano/Joyce. Tracks 2-5 were later added to an edition of Happiness re-released by 4AD in 1999, but have since been removed for subsequent editions. Track 1 remains available only on this CD; with a running time of 8:17, it is considerably extended compared to the two album versions.
Personnel
[edit]Same as above, except:
- Mixed and compiled by Ivo Watts-Russell and John Fryer, except track 5 mixed by Malcolm Burn.
- Mixed at Blackwing Studios in London.
- Cover image by Cathy Fenwick.
- Photography by Andrew Catlin.
- Design by Vaughan Oliver and Chris Bigg at v23.
Happiness | |
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Studio album by Lisa Germano | |
Released | April 26, 1994 |
Genre | Alternative rock, dream pop, folk rock |
Length | 53:44 |
Label | 4AD |
Producer | Malcolm Burn |
Review scores | |
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Entertainment Weekly | B[5] |
Three months after releasing the Inconsiderate Bitch EP, Germano's new label, 4AD, reissued her second album, Happiness, with a resequenced track listing, two new songs replacing two from the original, and radically different artwork.
Track listing
[edit]1994 4AD reissue
[edit]- "Bad Attitude"
- "Destroy the Flower"
- "Puppet"
- "Everyone's Victim"
- "Energy"
- "Cowboy"
- "Happiness"
- "The Earth"
- "Around the World"
- "Sycophant"
- "Miamo-Tutti"
- "The Dresses Song"
- "The Darkest Night of All"
All songs were written by Lisa Germano, except track 10 written by Germano/Joyce. Tracks 2 and 8 did not appear on the original Capitol version of the album; track 12 was previously titled "You Make Me Wanto Wear Dresses". A later edition of Happiness, re-released by 4AD in 1999, contained tracks 2-5 from the Inconsiderate Bitch EP added to the end as bonus tracks, but have since been removed for subsequent editions.
A music video for the song "Puppet" was produced and can be viewed on the MUZU TV website.
Personnel
[edit]Same as above, except:
- Jay Joyce – bass (2)
- Michael Radovsky – drums (2)
- Track 2 was produced by Jay Joyce.
- Track 10 was produced by Malcolm Burn and Jay Joyce.
- Track 2 was engineered by Mike Griffith at Champagne Studios in Nashville, and mixed by Jay Joyce and Mike Griffith.
- Track 8 was engineered by Giles Reaves at Bloodsucker Studios.
- Track 3 was remixed by Malcolm Burn and Trina Shoemaker.
- Design by Vaughan Oliver and Adrian Philpott; images by John Weber.
References
[edit]- ^ "Germano Stays in the Game by Playing It Her Own Way". Los Angeles Times. June 3, 1993.
- ^ "Happiness - Lisa Germano | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Lisa Germano". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 726.
- ^ "Happiness". EW.com.