Mic City Sons
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Mic City Sons is the third and final album by Heatmiser
, released in 1996 on Caroline Records. Pitchfork.com ranked the album at #48 on their "Top Albums of the 90s" list (1999). http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=0&msgid=861611
This was the band's first recording for a major label; however, when individuals at Virgin Records
learned the band might be on the verge of breaking up, the album was subsequently licensed for release through the smaller sister independent music
label Caroline Records (also an EMI
subsidiary) and their independent distributor of the same name.
The title of the album is taken from a line in the ninth track, "Pop in G".
Note: The commercially-released album does not have individual songwriting credits, only noting "All songs written by Neil Gust or Elliott Smith." Advanced promotional copies of the CD included notes designating individual tracks written by either Gust or Smith, as noted above. Smith's official site notes that the promotional copies incorrectly attributed "Pop in G" to Smith when it was written by Gust.http://www.sweetadeline.net/heat5.html
Heatmiser
The Music of Heatmiser is a six-song demo cassette, recorded on April 29 and 30, 1992, at Sound Impressions in Milwaukie, Oregon. It was made available only at shows or by mail order....
, released in 1996 on Caroline Records. Pitchfork.com ranked the album at #48 on their "Top Albums of the 90s" list (1999). http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=0&msgid=861611
This was the band's first recording for a major label; however, when individuals at Virgin Records
Virgin Records
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learned the band might be on the verge of breaking up, the album was subsequently licensed for release through the smaller sister independent music
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
label Caroline Records (also an EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
subsidiary) and their independent distributor of the same name.
The title of the album is taken from a line in the ninth track, "Pop in G".
Track listing
- "Get Lucky" (Elliott SmithElliott SmithSteven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity...
) - "Plainclothes Man" (Smith)
- "Low-Flying Jets" (Neil GustNeil GustNeil Jacob Gust is an American musician. He is best known for co-founding Heatmiser with Elliott Smith in 1992.-Music career:Gust and Smith first met in 1987 while the pair were attending Hampshire College, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Gust wrote songs for as well as played guitar and sang in the band...
) - "Rest My Head Against The Wall" (Gust)
- "The Fix Is In" (Smith)
- "Eagle Eye" (Gust)
- "Cruel Reminder" (Gust)
- "You Gotta Move" (Smith)
- "Pop in G" (Gust)
- "Blue Highway" (Gust)
- "See You Later" (Smith)
- "Half Right" (hidden track) (Smith)
Note: The commercially-released album does not have individual songwriting credits, only noting "All songs written by Neil Gust or Elliott Smith." Advanced promotional copies of the CD included notes designating individual tracks written by either Gust or Smith, as noted above. Smith's official site notes that the promotional copies incorrectly attributed "Pop in G" to Smith when it was written by Gust.http://www.sweetadeline.net/heat5.html
Credits
- Produced and recorded by Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf and Heatmiser, except "Rest My Head Against the Wall," mixed by Tony Lash.
- Songs published by Mirabunda Music (BMI).
- Personnel: Sam Coomes, Neil Gust, Tony Lash and Elliott Smith.
- Additional vocals on "Get Lucky" by Aaron Day.
- Backing vocals on "Cruel Reminder" by Sean Croghan.
- Mastered by Steve Marcussen at Precision Mastering.
- Packaging by Neil Gust.
- Inner photos by Neil Gust, Tony Lash and Storm Tharp.
- Solo versions of "See You Later" and "Half Right" were released on Smith's posthumous album New MoonNew Moon (Elliott Smith album)New Moon is a 2-CD/2-LP posthumous compilation album by Elliott Smith, released on May 8, 2007 by Kill Rock Stars.It contains 24 previously unreleased songs recorded between 1994 and 1997, when Smith recorded his albums Elliott Smith and Either/Or, both also released by Kill Rock Stars. It peaked...
.
External links
- Heatmiser full concert audio recording and video clip of "Dead Air" from November 21, 1992