Three Easy Pieces
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Three Easy Pieces is a 2007 album by 90's alternative rock stalwarts Buffalo Tom
. The album - nine years removed from their last LP Smitten
- took over two years of off and on recording sessions to complete. It's their seventh studio album
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All songs 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...
. The album - nine years removed from their last LP Smitten
Smitten (Buffalo Tom album)
Smitten is a 1998 album by Buffalo Tom. It was their only album for Polydor Records.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...
- took over two years of off and on recording sessions to complete. It's their seventh studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
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Track listing
- "Bad Phone Call"
- "Three Easy Pieces"
- "You'll Never Catch Him"
- "Bottom of the Rain"
- "Lost Downtown"
- "Renovating"
- "Good Girl"
- "Pendleton"
- "Gravity"
- "Hearts of Palm"
- "September Shirt"
- "CC and Callas"
- "Thrown"
All songs by Buffalo Tom.
Personnel
- Bill JanovitzBill JanovitzBill 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, piano, organ, percussion, trumpet - Chris Colbourn - vocals, bass, guitar
- Tom Maginnis - drums, percussion
Guest Performers
- Chris Toppin - backing vocals
- Hilken Mancini - backing vocals
- Clint ConleyClint ConleyClinton J. Conley is an American rock and roll musician from Boston, Massachusetts.He is probably best known as a co-founder of Mission of Burma. He played bass guitar, occasional guitar, and wrote and sang some of the group's best-known songs, such as "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" and...
- backing vocals - Tim Obetz - pedal steel guitar
Recording Details
- Recorded at Q Division Studios
- Engineered by Matt BeaudoinMatt BeaudoinMathieu Beaudoin is a Canadian professional ice hockey right wing for the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League ....
& Matt Tahaney - Mixed by Tom Polce
- Mastered by Andy VanDette