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Feeling Strangely Fine

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Released
  
March 24, 1998

Length
  
50:31

Release date
  
24 March 1998

Label
  
MCA Records

Recorded
  
April–August 1997

Artist
  
Semisonic

Producer
  
Nick Launay

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Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)
  
All About Chemistry (2001)

Genres
  
Rock music, Alternative rock, Power pop, Post-grunge

Similar
  
Semisonic albums, Rock music albums

Semisonic feeling strangely fine 1998


Feeling Strangely Fine is the second studio album by American rock band Semisonic. It is the follow up to the band's debut album Great Divide recorded at Seedy Underbelly Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Contents

The band had over 60 new songs in mind as they went into the recording process and had three specific requirements when they decided they wanted to record a new album. First, they didn't want to record any demotapes beyond simple guitar and vocal basement sketches, meaning the album versions would be the first band recordings of the songs. Second, they wanted no deadline for the finished masters. Third, the trio wanted to create tracks for the album in various hi- and lo-tech settings around Minneapolis, and use their computers to meld the different sounds together. Nick Launay was brought in to produce the album and the band recorded twenty songs over the course of four months. They pared those down to sixteen, mixed them, and used the best twelve for the finished record.

Semisonic closing time


Track listing

All tracks written by Dan Wilson unless otherwise noted.

Personnel

Semisonic
  • John Munson – bass guitar (all tracks), background vocals (all tracks except 11), lead vocals (track 11), additional guitar (track 2), all guitars (track 11), wah wah guitar (track 12), trembly guitar (track 4), stereo Moog (track 8), Moog (tracks 5,7), slide guitar solo (track 6), drive-by Moog bass (track 10), piano (track 1), earthquake loops (track 10), volcano loops (track 10)
  • Jacob Slichter – drums (all tracks), background vocals (all tracks), conducting (tracks 1,5,6,12), piano (tracks 8,9,11), string arrangement (tracks 1,5,12), Rhodes piano (track 3), Wurlitzer piano (tracks 2), mellotron (track 11), stereo Moog (track 8), earthquake loops (track 10), volcano loops (track 10), flute arrangement (track 5)
  • Dan Wilson – lead vocals (all tracks except 11), background vocals (track 11), guitar (all tracks except 11), piano (tracks 3,4,7), string arrangement (tracks 5,6), Rhodes piano (track 5), synth whistle (track 4), drum loops (track 6), flute arrangement (track 5)
    • Additional personnel
  • Bruce Allard – strings (tracks 1,5,6,12)
  • Mary Bahr – strings (tracks 1,5,6,12)
  • Carolyn Boulay – strings (tracks 1,5,6,12)
  • Troy Gardner – strings (tracks 1,5,6,12)
  • Josh Koestenbaum – strings (tracks 1,5,6,12)
  • Matt Wilson – lead guitar (track 4)

    • Songs

    1Closing Time4:34
    2Singing in My Sleep4:31
    3Made to Last5:02

    References

    Feeling Strangely Fine Wikipedia
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