Traffic and Weather
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Traffic and Weather is an album by Fountains of Wayne
. It was released on April 3, 2007. The album has been described as having "...more witty tales of confused young people caught between destinations".
The album reached #97 on the Billboard Album Charts. The song "I-95" was #54 on Rolling Stone
The song "Traffic & Weather" is featured on KYW-TV
/WPSG
in Philadelphia during its morning traffic and weather segments.
and Adam Schlesinger
.
" includes backing vocals from Smashing Pumpkins and Hole
bassist Melissa Auf der Maur
.
The track "Fire in the Canyon" contains backing vocals from the Candy Butchers' Mike Viola
.
Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha
adds guitar to "Seatbacks And Traytables."
Trumpeters Ronnie Buttacavoli and Scott Wendholt play on "Strapped For Cash." Buttacavoli also plays on "Yolanda Hayes."
The album was mixed by Michael Brauer
and John Holbrook
.
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne is an American power pop band that formed in New York City in 1996. The band consists of members Chris Collingwood, Adam Schlesinger, Jody Porter and Brian Young.-Early years:...
. It was released on April 3, 2007. The album has been described as having "...more witty tales of confused young people caught between destinations".
The album reached #97 on the Billboard Album Charts. The song "I-95" was #54 on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
The song "Traffic & Weather" is featured on KYW-TV
KYW-TV
KYW-TV, virtual channel 3, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. KYW-TV shares a studio facility with its sister station, CW flagship WPSG just north of Center City Philadelphia...
/WPSG
WPSG
WPSG, channel 57, is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. WPSG is owned by the CBS Corporation and is the east coast flagship station for the CW Television Network, which is owned jointly by CBS and Time Warner...
in Philadelphia during its morning traffic and weather segments.
Track listing
All songs written by Chris CollingwoodChris Collingwood
Chris Collingwood, born in 1967 in USA, is a singer, songwriter, and founding member of the power pop band Fountains of Wayne. Collingwood's major influences are The Beatles, The Zombies, The Hollies, Aztec Camera, Squeeze, and Blue Öyster Cult....
and Adam Schlesinger
Adam Schlesinger
Adam Schlesinger is an American songwriter, composer and record producer. He has been nominated for Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy , and Golden Globe Awards. He is also a winner of the ASCAP Pop Music Award....
.
- "Someone to LoveSomeone to Love (Fountains of Wayne song)"Someone to Love" is the first single from the album Traffic and Weather by Fountains of Wayne. It was released February 13, 2007.The music video for the single is directed by Adam Neustadter and stars comedian Demetri Martin and actress Faryl Millet in the respective song character roles of Seth...
" - "'92 Subaru"
- "Yolanda Hayes"
- "Traffic and Weather"
- "Fire in the Canyon"
- "This Better Be Good"
- "Revolving Dora"
- "Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim"
- "Strapped for Cash"
- "I-95"
- "Hotel Majestic"
- "Planet of Weed"
- "New Routine"
- "Seatbacks and Traytables"
- "Sense Into You" (Japan bonus track)
- "You Gotta Go" (Japan "Tour Edition" bonus track)
Personnel
- Chris CollingwoodChris CollingwoodChris Collingwood, born in 1967 in USA, is a singer, songwriter, and founding member of the power pop band Fountains of Wayne. Collingwood's major influences are The Beatles, The Zombies, The Hollies, Aztec Camera, Squeeze, and Blue Öyster Cult....
– lead vocals, rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together... - Adam SchlesingerAdam SchlesingerAdam Schlesinger is an American songwriter, composer and record producer. He has been nominated for Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy , and Golden Globe Awards. He is also a winner of the ASCAP Pop Music Award....
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, backing vocals - Jody PorterJody PorterJody Porter is an American musician. He is the guitarist of Grammy Award-nominated power pop band Fountains of Wayne. The band has released four major label albums, including Welcome Interstate Managers on Virgin Records in 2003, an RIAA-certified Gold LP. The album spawned the hugely popular U.S...
– lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, backing vocals - Brian Young – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Guests
The track "Someone to LoveSomeone to Love (Fountains of Wayne song)
"Someone to Love" is the first single from the album Traffic and Weather by Fountains of Wayne. It was released February 13, 2007.The music video for the single is directed by Adam Neustadter and stars comedian Demetri Martin and actress Faryl Millet in the respective song character roles of Seth...
" includes backing vocals from Smashing Pumpkins and Hole
Hole (band)
Hole is an American alternative rock band that originally formed in Los Angeles in 1989. The band is fronted by vocalist/songwriter and rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with former songwriter/lead guitarist Eric Erlandson...
bassist Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur is a Canadian rock musician from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her career has included 5 years as bassist with the band Hole and she later toured with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour. Her second solo album, Out of Our Minds, was released on March 30, 2010. She is also a...
.
The track "Fire in the Canyon" contains backing vocals from the Candy Butchers' Mike Viola
Mike Viola
Michael "Mike" Viola is an American singer-songwriter best known as singer, songwriter and "musical architect" of a team he called the "Candy Butchers", a pop-rock band from New York City that recorded three critically acclaimed albums for Sony. A native of Stoughton, Massachusetts, Mike began his...
.
Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha
James Iha
James Yoshinobu Iha b. March 26, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Japanese American rock musician. He is best known as having been a guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins and for his eclectic musical projects of recent years, most notably being a permanent...
adds guitar to "Seatbacks And Traytables."
Trumpeters Ronnie Buttacavoli and Scott Wendholt play on "Strapped For Cash." Buttacavoli also plays on "Yolanda Hayes."
The album was mixed by Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer is a New York-based mix engineer whose credits encompass a wide range of genres, and include The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Coldplay, John Mayer, Ash, My Morning Jacket, Ben Folds, Dream Theater, The New Radicals, Change, Fountains of Wayne, David Poe, Wilco, Alpha...
and John Holbrook
John Holbrook
John Edward Holbrook is a Church of England bishop. He is currently the Bishop of Brixworth in the Diocese of Peterborough. He was previously Rural Dean of Wimborne in the Diocese of Salisbury.-Education and ministry:...
.
General
- “I don’t think anybody is counting on us for another one [Stacy's Mom Standard Hit] of those. I hope not.”
- “As usual, there are a lot of songs about transportation and travel.”
- “Our goal is 12 units, then if we hit 13, it looks like a runaway success.”
- "(Billy CorganBilly CorganWilliam Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet best known as the frontman and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois in 1987, the band quickly gained steam with the...
) was busy putting that other Smashing Pumpkins reunion together while we were working on this Smashing Pumpkins reunion on our record."
Specific songs
- 'Someone to Love': "a little bit 'Eleanor RigbyEleanor Rigby"Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, simultaneously released on the 1966 album Revolver and on a 45 rpm single. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney...
'-esque, in that it's about these two lonely people living in New York. It has a disco-y beat, which is something we don't do a lot of. Melissa Auf der MaurMelissa Auf der MaurMelissa Auf der Maur is a Canadian rock musician from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her career has included 5 years as bassist with the band Hole and she later toured with The Smashing Pumpkins for their 2000 tour. Her second solo album, Out of Our Minds, was released on March 30, 2010. She is also a...
sings backing vocals, and that's the first female vocal we've had since Dominique Durand from IvyIvy (band)Ivy is a New York City band composed of a trio of musicians, Adam Schlesinger, Dominique Durand, and Andy Chase.-Lately and Realistic:...
on the first album." - '92 Subaru':"It kind of sounds like the Doobie Brothers or Little Feat or something."
- 'Yolanda Hayes': "about a woman who works at the DMVDepartment of Motor VehiclesIn the United States of America, a Department of Motor Vehicles is a state-level government agency that administers vehicle registration and driver licensing. Similar departments exist in Canada...
"
Production of the album
- "We had these grand ambitions to change our process, we went up to Woodstock and jammed, but in the end, only one thing from that session, 'Strapped for Cash,' turned into an actual song. For the rest of it, we went back to our usual method of writing on our own and bringing in a song to be arranged by everyone. Woodstock was good to get back together and loosen up, but I guess we're pretty set in our ways."