Willis (album)
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Willis is the third album
by the ska
/soul
band The Pietasters
. It was released in 1997 (see 1997 in music
) This album was released during the mid- to late-1990s ska explosion, and reached 44 on the Heatseekers chart, a record for the Pietasters.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by the ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
/soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
band The Pietasters
The Pietasters
The Pietasters are a seven-piece ska/soul band hailing from Washington, D.C., with additional members from Maryland and Virginia.- History :In 1990, a group of friends were attending college at Virginia Tech in the mountains of Virginia...
. It was released in 1997 (see 1997 in music
1997 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...
) This album was released during the mid- to late-1990s ska explosion, and reached 44 on the Heatseekers chart, a record for the Pietasters.
Track listing
- "Crazy Monkey Woman" (Eckhardt/Goodin/Jackson) – 2:38
- "Out All Night" (Eckhardt/Gurewitz/Linares) – 3:16
- "Ocean" (Eckhardt/Goodin/Jackson) – 3:38
- "Fat Sack" (Eckhardt/Goodin/Jackson) – 2:40
- "Stone Feeling" (Eckhardt/Linares) – 4:06
- "Higher" (Eckhardt/Goodin/Jackson) – 4:45
- "Time Won't Let Me" (Tom King/Chet Kelly) – 3:06
- "Without You" (The Pietasters) – 3:23
- "Crime" (Eckhardt) – 5:02
- "Quicksand" (H. Lewis/K. Lewis) – 2:46
- "Bitter" (Eckhardt/Goodin/Jackson) – 3:53
- "New Breed" (Jimmy Easter) – 2:59
- "Moment" (Eckhardt/Goodin/Jackson) – 3:45
Personnel
- Stephen Jackson - vocals
- Tom Goodin - guitar
- Todd Eckhardt - bass guitar
- Rob Steward - drums
- Alan Makranczy - saxophone, backing vocals
- Jeremy Roberts - trombone, backing vocals
- Toby Hansen - trumpet
- DJ Selah - additional vocals on track 4
- Caroline Boutwell - farfisa
- Dave Pinkert - Hammond, B-3, Wurlitzer electric piano
- Andy Kaulkin - piano
- Carlos Linares - additional trumpet on track 7, creative consultant
- Brett GurewitzBrett GurewitzBrett W. Gurewitz , nicknamed Mr. Brett, is the guitarist and a songwriter of Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records and sister-labels ANTI-, Burning Heart Records, Fat Possum Records, and Hellcat Records...
- producer, engineer - Don Cameron - assistant producer
- Paul Dugre - assistant producer
- Joe Breuer - assistant producer
- Paul Naguua - assistant producer
- Maurice Iragorri - assistant producer
- Milton Chan - assistant producer