Sing is the second official studio album released by recording artist Jim Bianco

Jim Bianco

Jim Bianco is a critically acclaimed independent musician, singer, songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, California.-Early life:...

 and the first album to be released on the Hotel Cafe Records label. Bianco has said that most of the songs on this album were composed on the piano at the Hotel Cafe

Hotel Café

The Hotel Café is a live music venue located off an alley on the Cahuenga Boulevard strip in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that has become known for helping to establish the careers of new singer-songwriters in the 2000s...

 after regular club hours.
In 2008, "I Got A Thing For You (Remix)" was featured in the national television ad campaign for "Chickdowntown.com" and "To Hell With the Devil" was featured during an episode of "Moonlight

Moonlight (TV series)

Moonlight was an American paranormal romance television drama created by Ron Koslow and Trevor Munson, who was also executive producer for all episodes with Joel Silver, Gerard Bocaccio, Gabrielle Stanton and Harry Werksman. The series follows private investigator Mick St...

" on CBS. Also in 2008, Bianco performed "I Got A Thing For You" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

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, which aired in October. In 2010, four songs from this album were featured in the film Ca$h

Cash (2010 film)

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Track listing

All songs were written by Jim Bianco.

1. “I Got A Thing For You”–3:32
2. “Sing”–3:36
3. “Somebody’s Gonna Get Hurt”–3:41
4. “Painkiller”–3:16
5. “Never Again”–2:40
6. “If Your Mama Knew”–3:38
7. “Wrecking Ball”–3:02
8. “Belong”–3:11
9. “Get On”–3:45
10. “To Hell With The Devil”–2:34
11. “I Got A Thing For You”(Remix)–3:39

Personnel

• Jim Bianco
  Jim Bianco
  Jim Bianco is a critically acclaimed independent musician, singer, songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, California.-Early life:...
  
  –vocals, guitar, piano on 2, 3, 4, 8, electric piano on 9 and 11
• Brad Gordon–guitar, piano, electric piano, clarinet, accordion, percussion, background vocals, organ
• Josef Zimmerman–contrabass
• Kenny Lyon–electric guitar on 1, 3, 5, and 7
• Matt DeMerritt–saxophone, electric pianco on 7
• Jason Pipkin–percussion
• Gary Jules
  Gary Jules
  Gary Jules is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his cover of Tears for Fears' third single "Mad World", which he recorded together with friend Michael Andrews for the film Donnie Darko. It became the UK Christmas Number One single of 2003...
  
  –guest background vocals on 2 and 6
• Cary Brothers
  Cary Brothers
  Cary Brothers is an American indie rock singer-songwriter originally from Nashville, Tennessee. After moving to Los Angeles and becoming a regular performer at the influential Hotel Cafe venue, Brothers first gained national attention with his song "Blue Eyes" on the Platinum-selling,...
  
  –guest background vocals on 2 and 6
• David Ralicke– trombone, background vocals

Additional Production Information

• Produced by Brad Gordon and Jim Bianco
• Mixed by Brad Gordon
• Engineered by Brad Gordon and Sheldon Gomberg
• Mastered by Evren Goknar at Capitol Mastering
• All photography shot by Bethany Dwyer at Fonogenic Studios
• Art direction by Jim Bianco
• Art production by Tammy Bumann

Studio Information

This record was recorded at Magic Carpet Studios and The Carriage House.

Basic tracks to “Get On” recorded at The Schtude with Will Golden.

Liner Notes

Liner notes written by Jim Bianco.

“I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the following people, places and things: the heart of the underdog, the heartbroken, the heartbreakers, the troublemakers, my extraordinary band, my mama and papa, dana b, MW, brad gordon, jordan burger, sir gary jules, max and marko at the hotel cafe, cary brothers, generous bartenders, julkes!, three's company, duck and nate, tim jones, sheldon gomberg, thumb wrestling as a means of flirtation, clepanto, laura crosta, kia kamran, jim infantino, the texas highway patrol, tom mcrae, steve reynolds, the entire country of japan, sarah simon, ryan hewitt, lenny and sabrina, Emergen-C, john wells, twix, will golden, lessoff, flying J, marnie, greg parkin, the pink brothers, fonogenic studios, the '86 mets, keiji matsumoto, yufu, kei and moto, anya marina, KCRW, amber T, butch walker, spare bedrooms, jon uren, the spirit of the hotel café, inside jokes, the idea of california, the altruism of CDBABY, sizable bathtubs, ye ol' supporters and fans, and to the life of a musician-where there's not much of a future, but a hell of a past…”

Videos

Bianco produced and released three videos in association with songs on this album.

I Got a Thing For You

Painkiller: Live from my kitchen

Sing: A Virtual Tour Through the Album