Goodbye Blue Monday is the third album from Canadian singer-songwriter Jeremy Fisher

Jeremy Fisher

Jeremy Fisher is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Fisher is based in Montreal, Quebec and was previously based on Vancouver Island, B.C. and in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A....

. It was released March 11, 2007 on Aquarius Records in Canada and was released on August 28, 2007 in the United States.

The album title is the alternate name for Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle , Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.-Early...

's novel Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye Blue Monday is a 1973 novel by the American author Kurt Vonnegut. Set in the fictional town of Midland City, it is the story of "two lonesome, skinny, fairly old white men on a planet which was dying fast." One of these men, Dwayne Hoover, is a normal-looking but...

. It is also a performance venue for experimental pop artists in Bushwick, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

, and a coffeehouse in Northfield, Minnesota

Northfield, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,147 people, 4,909 households, and 3,210 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,452.2 people per square mile . There were 5,119 housing units at an average density of 732.1 per square mile...

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Track listing

All songs were written by Jeremy Fisher, except where noted.

1. "Scar that Never Heals" – 3:38
2. "Jolene" – 3:08
3. "Cigarette" (Fisher, Jay Joyce) – 3:04
4. "American Girls" – 3:38
5. "Goodbye Blue Monday" – 4:37
6. "Lay Down (Ballad of Rigoberto Alpizar
   Rigoberto Alpizar
   Rigoberto Alpizar was a Costa Rican-born United States citizen who was fatally shot at Miami International Airport by two United States federal air marshals....
   
   )" – 4:05
7. "High School" – 3:48 / "Remind Me" on Canadian version — 3:33
8. "Sula" – 4:05
9. "16MM Dream" – 4:17
10. "Left Behind" – 3:26
11. "Fall for Anything" – 5:54

Personnel

• Jeremy Fisher – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  , harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  , bass
  Bass guitar
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  , wurlitzer
  Wurlitzer
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  , B3
  Hammond organ
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , accordion
  Accordion
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  , synths
  Synthesizer
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• Hawksley Workman
  Hawksley Workman
  Ryan Corrigan , better known by the stage name Hawksley Workman, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his blend of cabaret pop and glam rock. Workman has released eleven full length albums throughout his career...
  
   – drum
  Drum
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  s, percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , xylophone
  Xylophone
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  , backing vocals, bass, guitar, synths
• Jim Bryson
  Jim Bryson
  Jim Bryson is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Briefly a founding member of the band Punchbuggy, he moved to a musical life under his own name with the release of his debut album, The Occasionals, in 2000....
  
  – gang vocals, piano
• Kelly Prescott – vocals
• Kaylen Prescott – gang vocals
• Tracey Prescott – gang vocals
• Ken Friesen - Engineer