Moonalice (album)
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Moonalice is the first studio album by Moonalice
, released on April 14, 2009. Four tracks were released on the band's web-site in 2007, with a fifth track being posted later. The album contains the following: a standard music CD; and an optimized audio DVD with the music in high resolution stereo 24/96 WAV
, 256 KPS MP3
, 256 KPS AAC
, and lossless FLAC
formats, as well as two music videos for songs not among the album's audio tracks, "Whiter Shade of Pale" and "Tell Me It's OK". It was released on the "A Minor Label" label. The album was produced using XOΔE (CODE), a high fidelity audio standard and optimization system created by producer Burnett. All the main band members are credited with providing bass guitar
, and management, booking, legal, art/design, and photography personnel all have "(and Bass)" attached to their credits, part of an in-joke
related to the band's fictitious origin story.
.
Moonalice
Moonalice is the band that formed from previous members of the Flying Other Brothers. The band has been touring since May, 2007, and has come to the attention of music critics. The band is made up of five musicians, and led by businessman Roger McNamee. Their eponymous debut album recorded and...
, released on April 14, 2009. Four tracks were released on the band's web-site in 2007, with a fifth track being posted later. The album contains the following: a standard music CD; and an optimized audio DVD with the music in high resolution stereo 24/96 WAV
WAV
Waveform Audio File Format , is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs...
, 256 KPS MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
, 256 KPS AAC
Advanced Audio Coding
Advanced Audio Coding is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates....
, and lossless FLAC
FLAC
FLAC is a codec which allows digital audio to be losslessly compressed such that file size is reduced without any information being lost...
formats, as well as two music videos for songs not among the album's audio tracks, "Whiter Shade of Pale" and "Tell Me It's OK". It was released on the "A Minor Label" label. The album was produced using XOΔE (CODE), a high fidelity audio standard and optimization system created by producer Burnett. All the main band members are credited with providing bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, and management, booking, legal, art/design, and photography personnel all have "(and Bass)" attached to their credits, part of an in-joke
In-joke
An in-joke, also known as an inside joke or in joke, is a joke whose humour is clear only to people who are in a particular social group, occupation, or other community of common understanding...
related to the band's fictitious origin story.
Music Videos
A music video was produced for the track "Listen to Those Eyes" produced by Jay BlakesbergJay Blakesberg
Jay Blakesberg is a San Francisco-based photographer & filmmaker.-Biography:His suburban youth was spent mostly in Clark, NJ, where he first discovered a passion for taking pictures...
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Track listing
Studio tracks from official page- "Bleeding of Love"
- "Unspoken Words"
- "I'm Glad You Think So" (R. McNamee)
- "Blink of an Eye" (Ann McNamee, Roger McNameeRoger McNameeRoger McNamee is a founding partner of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners. Prior to co-founding the firm McNamee co-founded private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and headed the T...
) - "Eileen Aroon"
- "Kick It Open" (Pete SearsPete SearsPeter 'Pete' Sears is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than four decades he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock of the 1960s, folk, country music, arena rock in the 1970s, and blues...
, Jeannette Sears) - "Listen to Those Eyes" (A. McNamee)
- "I Ain't Ever Satisfied" (Steve EarleSteve EarleStephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....
) - "Dance Inside the Lightning"
- "Dusty Streets of Cairo"
- "This Changes Everything"
Moonalice
- G. E. SmithG. E. SmithGeorge Edward "G. E." Smith is an American guitarist. He was the lead guitarist in the band Hall & Oates and the musical director of Saturday Night Live. Smith was lead guitarist of Bob Dylan's touring band from June 7, 1988 to October 19, 1990...
– bass, guitars, vocals - Barry SlessBarry SlessBarry Sless is an American musician from Baltimore, Maryland. He is skilled at both traditional six-string guitar and the pedal steel guitar.-Performances with:*David Nelson Band*Phil and Friends*Moonalice*Kingfish*Great American Taxi*Rowan Brothers...
– bass, guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals - Pete SearsPete SearsPeter 'Pete' Sears is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than four decades he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock of the 1960s, folk, country music, arena rock in the 1970s, and blues...
– bass, keyboards, accordion, vocals - Ann McNamee – bass, percussion, vocals
- Roger McNameeRoger McNameeRoger McNamee is a founding partner of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners. Prior to co-founding the firm McNamee co-founded private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and headed the T...
– bass, guitar, vocals - James Sanchez – bass, drums
- Jack CasadyJack CasadyJack Casady , is an American musician considered one of the foremost bass guitarists of the rock music era and best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane. First playing as a lead guitarist with the Washington D.C...
– bass
Guest artists
- Jay Bellerose—drums, percussion
- T Bone Burnett—guiters
- Dave WayDave WayDave Way is a successful mixer, producer and audio engineer, based in Los Angeles, California. He has worked with Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Macy Gray, Ringo Starr, Shakira, Savage Garden, Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, Babyface, TLC, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, Ziggy Marley,...
-- bass - Roger Love -- background vocals
- Stacy ParrishStacy ParrishStacy Parrish , and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is an American songwriter, musician, engineer, and record producer.-Biography:...
-- background vocals - Children's chorus on "This Changes Everything" -- Simone Burnett, Madison Love, Riley Way