Lunapark was the debut album by New York rock band Luna

Luna (band)

Luna was a dream pop/indie pop band formed in 1991 by Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500, with Stanley Demeski and Justin Harwood...

. As the first musical outing of Dean Wareham

Dean Wareham

Dean Wareham is an American musician, who formed the band Galaxie 500 in 1987. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Wareham moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, before settling in New York City in 1977. Wareham attended high school at Dalton School in New York, and then attended Harvard...

 since the disbanding of Galaxie 500

Galaxie 500

Galaxie 500 was an American alternative rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums.-History:Guitarist Dean Wareham, drummer Damon Krukowski and bassist Naomi Yang had met at the Dalton School in New York City in 1981, but began playing together during their time...

, Lunapark set forth the new musical directions of Wareham and embraced a musical sound that would continue to evolve throughout Luna's tenure. Originally recorded as a three-piece, Luna

Luna (band)

Luna was a dream pop/indie pop band formed in 1991 by Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500, with Stanley Demeski and Justin Harwood...

 did not add guitarist Sean Eden to the lineup until 1993's Slide

Slide (EP)

Slide is an EP by the band Luna.Released shortly after Lunapark, Slide follows in familiar footsteps of its predecessor. Consisting of two album tracks from the debut and an original track , the rest of this EP is peppered with cover songs and introduces Sean Eden on two of the six tracks...

EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

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Track listing

All songs written by Dean Wareham

1. "Slide" – 4:19
2. "Anesthesia" – 3:40
3. "Slash Your Tires" – 4:46
4. "Crazy People" – 3:35
5. "Time" – 2:04
6. "Smile" – 3:05
7. "I Can't Wait" – 2:42
8. "Hey Sister" – 3:41
9. "I Want Everything" – 4:25
10. "Time to Quit" – 3:04
11. "Goodbye" – 2:25
12. "We're Both Confused" – 3:54

Personnel

• Dean Wareham
  Dean Wareham
  Dean Wareham is an American musician, who formed the band Galaxie 500 in 1987. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Wareham moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, before settling in New York City in 1977. Wareham attended high school at Dalton School in New York, and then attended Harvard...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Justin Harwood
  Justin Harwood
  Justin Harwood is a New Zealand-born bass guitarist, notable for his work with several indie rock bands of the 1980s and 1990s, The Chills, Luna, and Tuatara...
  
   – Bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , Backing Vocals
• Stanley Demeski – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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Guests

• Grasshopper – Electric Guitar on Slide, Hey Sister, and I Want Everything
• Mark Kramer
  Mark Kramer
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   – Piano
  Piano
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   on I Want Everything, Hammond Organ
  Hammond organ
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   on We're Both Confused
• David Kleiler – Electric Guitar on Time to Quit
• Sara T. Walker – Backing Vocals on Smile
• Fred Maher
  Fred Maher
  Fred Maher is an American drummer, programmer and record producer.He was a member of Massacre , Material, Scritti Politti, Lou Reed, and is best known as the producer of I'm Talking's album Bear Witness , Lou Reed's album New York , Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend , and Information Society's self...
  
   – Acoustic Guitar on We're Both Confused

Production

• Fred Maher
  Fred Maher
  Fred Maher is an American drummer, programmer and record producer.He was a member of Massacre , Material, Scritti Politti, Lou Reed, and is best known as the producer of I'm Talking's album Bear Witness , Lou Reed's album New York , Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend , and Information Society's self...
  
  – Producer
• Lloyd Puckitt – Engineer
• Susanne Dyer – Assistant Engineer