Melodrama is the first studio album by Joel Kroeker

Joel Kroeker

Joel Kroeker is Winnipeg-born, Vancouver-based Canadian singer/songwriter of Mennonite heritage. He is signed to the True North Records music label....

 and the second of his albums after his 1999 independent release CD Naive Bohemian

Naive Bohemian

Naive Bohemian is the first album of Joel Kroeker released independently in 1999 on a CD.-Track listing:# Dreams # Angry Young Ballerina# New Order# Inner Child# Village# Low-Fi Archive #1 # Freak Bus# Bully...

. The album was released in 2004 on True North Records

True North Records

True North Records is a Canadian independent record label. It was founded in Mississauga, Ontario in 1969 by Bernie Finkelstein. On December 17, 2007, True North was acquired by an investment group led by Linus Entertainment...

 and was produced by Danny Greenspoon

Danny Greenspoon

Danny Greenspoon is a music producer, music engineer, guitar player and film composer mainly in the Canadian music industry. Greenspoon is also the President of "The Audio Truck Inc.", a mobile recording studio recording materials for television, radio, and record...

. It was registered at the "Canterbury Sound" in Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, in Canada

Canada

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Track listing

1. Endings 3:43
2. The Wind 3:43
3. Goodbye Jane 3:18
4. Soft 4:16
5. Paradise 3:25
6. Song For A Person On A Bridge 4:38
7. The Smallest Room 3:52
8. Your Painted Face 3:02
9. Simple 4:48
10. Naked Beauty 3:11
11. With Me 3:20
12. Blue Moon Lounge 3:48

Personnel

• Joel Kroeker (vocals)
• Kevin Breit (guitar)
• Gary Breit (keyboards)
• Gary Craig (drums)
• George Koller (bass guitar)
• Kathryn Rose (background vocals)
• Suzie Vinnick (background vocals).

Former Guess Who

The Guess Who

The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...

 and Bachman–Turner Overdrive guitarist Randy Bachman

Randy Bachman

Randolph Charles "Randy" Bachman, OC, OM is a Canadian musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s–70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive...

played on the track "With Me".