Americana (Starflyer 59 album)
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Americana is the third full-length album
by Starflyer 59
. It was the last of the band's three consecutive albums featuring monochromatic covers. Unlike their first two albums, this album was given a title, rather than fans attaching a title based on the color of the cover.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Starflyer 59
Starflyer 59
Starflyer 59 is an alternative rock band from Riverside, California that was founded in 1993 by Jason Martin, brother of Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric. While Jason Martin has written nearly all of Starflyer 59's songs, the band has included a number of different musicians over the years, including...
. It was the last of the band's three consecutive albums featuring monochromatic covers. Unlike their first two albums, this album was given a title, rather than fans attaching a title based on the color of the cover.
Track listing
(all songs written by Jason Martin)- "The Voyager" – 4:38
- "The Hearttaker" – 4:06
- "Harmony" – 4:22
- "All You Want Are the Things I Need" – 4:00
- "You Think You're Radical" – 4:08
- "The Translator" – 2:56
- "You Don't Miss Me" – 4:45
- "The Boulevard" – 2:29
- "Help Me When You're Gone" – 5:04
- "Everyone but Me" – 4:46
Personnel
- Jason Martin - Vocals, guitar, moogMoog synthesizerMoog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
- Eric Campuzano - Bass guitar
- Wayne Everett - Drums, tambourine, background vocals
- Gene Eugene - Producer, vibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
, organ - Brandon EbelBrandon EbelBrandon Ebel is the founder, President & CEO of Tooth & Nail Records. He founded the label in 1993 in California, USA. The label has since grown to include sub-labels BEC Recordings, Solid State Records and Uprok Records...
- Executive producer - Jason 71 - Art direction, photography