Happiness (Lisa Germano album)
album by Lisa Germano
Happiness is the second album by Lisa Germano. Released by Capitol Records in 1993, it was re-released by 4AD Records the following year. A music video was produced for the single "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses."
Track listing
All tracks written by Lisa Germano, except 5 written by Germano/Joyce, and 10 written by Lee Hazlewood.
The title of track 2 was changed to "The Dresses Song" on all subsequent re-releases of this album, while 10 and 11 have been omitted completely. Track 11 was made available on Germano's self-released compilation, Rare, Unusual or Just Bad Songs (2002), but track 10 remains unreleased elsewhere.
"Around the World"
"You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses"
"Happiness"
"Bad Attitude"
"Sycophant"
"Miamo-Tutti"
"Energy"
"Cowboy"
"Puppet"
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
"Breathe Acrost Texas"
"Everyone's Victim"
"The Darkest Night of All"
Personnel
Kenny Aronoff – drums (tracks 7, 9)
Malcolm Burn – guitar (3, 7, 10), keyboards (4, 5, 9), bass guitar (10)
Bill Dillon – guitar (1, 3, 4, 9), bass guitar (12)
Daryl Johnson – bass guitar (1, 3, 4), djembe (1), drums (12)
Ronald Jones – drums (1, 3, 4, 12)
Jay Joyce – guitar (2, 9, 12), keyboards (1), bass guitar (3, 5)
John Keane – pedal steel (8), guitar (9)
Giles Reaves – drums (2)
Toby Myers – bass guitar (7, 9)
Produced by Malcolm Burn.
Recorded at Kingsway Studio in New Orleans; additional recording done at Champagne Studio in Nashville, September Studio in Indianapolis, and Germano's home.
Engineered by Malcolm Burn, Mark Howard, Wayne Lorenz, John Keane, and Trina Shoemaker. Additional engineering by Giles Reaves, Mike Griffith, Paul Mahern, and Mark Hood.
Mixed by Malcolm Burn and Wayne Lorenz at Kingsway, except 7 mixed by Paul Mahern at Pinebrook Studio in Alexandria, IN.
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in New York City.
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