Ships (album)
Encyclopedia
Ships is the seventh full length album by New Jersey
indie rock
band Danielson. The album was a massive collaboration
among Daniel Smith and various other musicians.
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Danielson. The album was a massive collaboration
Collaboration
Collaboration is working together to achieve a goal. It is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize shared goals, — for example, an intriguing endeavor that is creative in nature—by sharing...
among Daniel Smith and various other musicians.
Track listing
- "Ship the Majestic Suffix" – 2:54
- "Cast It at the Setting Sail" – 3:30
- "Bloodbook on the Halfshell" – 4:50
- "Did I Step on Your Trumpet" – 3:06
- "When It Comes to You I'm Lazy" – 3:53
- "Two Sitting Ducks" – 5:04
- "My Lion Sleeps Tonight" – 3:03
- "Kids Pushing Kids" – 6:17
- "Time That Bald Sexton" – 3:56
- "He Who Flattened Your Flame Is Gettin' Torched" – 2:51
- "Five Stars and Two Thumbs Up" – 2:46
Personnel
- Steve Poponi, Dave Downham – recording (Gradwell)
- Chris Cohen – electric guitar, vocals
- Ben Swanson – recording, graphics
- Luke Mosling – "ships" suffix contest winner (1172)
- Lenny Smith – vocals, claps
- Rachel Galloway – flute, vocals
- Tom Eaton – trumpet
- Jedidiah Slaboda – vocals, claps
- Judy Miller – publicity (Motormouth)
- Christiaan Palladino – keys, vocals, mixing assistance, recording
- Satomi Matsuzaki – bass guitar
- Megan Slaboda – glock, marimba, vocal
- Brian McTear – mixing engineer (Miner Street)
- Alan Douches – mastering (West Westside)
- David Smith – drum kit
- Lilly Smith – vocals, claps
- Ted Velykis – orchestration, mixing assistant, bass guitar, bass clarinet
- Josiah Wolf – drum kit
- Ida Smith – vocals, claps
- Andrew Smith – drums, percussion
- Melissa Palladino – violin, vocal
- Elin Smith – vocal, support
- Chris Swanson – project manager
- Erik Carter – live performance arrangements (Kork Agency)
- Aaron Deveries – ships contest judge
- Marian Smith – support
- Amy Morrissey – mixing assistant (Miner Street)
- Nicole Roeder – graphics
- Emil NikolaisenEmil NikolaisenEmil Nikolaisen is a musician and producer from Norway. He is frontman, bandleader, songwriter, guitarist & singer of the well-known Norwegian alternative rock band Serena-Maneesh....
– mixing assistant - Paul Gold – lacquers (Brooklyn Phono)
- Yoni Wolf – recording
- Ken Fabianovicz – helper
- Jon Galloway – recording
- Sufjan StevensSufjan StevensSufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came...
– oboe, flutes, whistles, glock - John Ringhofer – trombone, vocal, recording
- Greg Saunier – drum kit, vocal, recorder
- John Dieterich – electric guitar, vocals
- Daniel Smith – songs, vocal, acoustic guitar, production, artwork