Smitten is a 1998 album by Buffalo Tom

Buffalo Tom

Buffalo Tom is an alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1986. Its principal members are guitarist Bill Janovitz, bassist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis. The band's name is derived from the band Buffalo Springfield and the first name of the drummer.-Career:Dinosaur Jr...

. It was their only album for Polydor Records

Polydor Records

Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...

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Singer/guitarist Bill Janovitz said that, as the band members looked over demos in preparation for the album, they noticed that keyboards were taking a larger role in their songs than before. http://www.auralgasms.com/browse.aspx?Redirect=frameArtistBio.aspx?BandID=buffalo

Early in the process of putting the album together, the band spent time working with guitarist/keyboardist Tom Gorman, most well known as a member of Belly

Belly (band)

Belly was an alternative rock band formed in 1991 by former Throwing Muses members Tanya Donelly and Fred Abong. The band was based in Boston, Massachusetts, though all of the original members grew up in Newport, Rhode Island. The band consisted of Donelly on lead vocals and guitar, Abong on bass,...

. Gorman pointed out that the band would probably be better served by a traditional keyboardist. Gorman was replaced by Phil Aiken after Janovitz spied his classified ad in a local weekly. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/buffalotom/articles/story/5925165/once_smitten_not_shy

The album was produced by David Bianco, who was sought out by the band after being impressed by his work with Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub are an alternative rock band from Bellshill, Scotland. The band is composed of Norman Blake , Raymond McGinley , Gerard Love and Francis MacDonald , with songwriting duties shared equally among Blake, McGinley and Love...

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Track listing

1. "Rachael" - 3:00
2. "Postcard" - 5:02
3. "Knot in It" - 5:23
4. "The Bible" - 4:31
5. "Scottish Windows" - 4:19
6. "White Paint Morning" - 3:17
7. "Wiser" - 4:54
8. "See to Me" - 2:57
9. "Register Side" - 4:16
10. "Do You In" - 4:45
11. "Under Milk Wood" - 3:50
12. "Walking Wounded" - 3:49

All songs by Buffalo Tom.

Personnel

• Bill Janovitz
  Bill Janovitz
  Bill Janovitz is best known as the singer and guitarist of the alternative rock band Buffalo Tom.-History:After enrolling at the University of Massachusetts, Janovitz formed Buffalo Tom with fellow students Chris Colbourn and Tom Maginnis. A friendship with J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr...
  
   - vocals, guitar
• Chris Colbourn - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Tom Maginnis - drums