Length 42:11 Release date 5 September 2000 Label maximum10 | Artist Self Producer Matt Mahaffey | |
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Released September 5, 2000
April 25, 2001 (Japan) Recorded Bennet House, Franklin, TN and Matt's Old House, Murfreesboro, TN Gizmodgery
(2000) Self Goes Shopping
(2000) Genres Rock music, Alternative rock, Indie pop, Twee pop Similar Self albums, Rock music albums | ||
Gizmodgery is the fifth album by alternative pop/rock band Self, released in 2000 by Spongebath Records. The LP, with the exception of "9 Lives," was recorded entirely with children's toy instruments.
Contents
The album contains a cover of the Doobie Brothers' hit song "What a Fool Believes" and is also notable for being released in the short-lived HDCD format. The track "Trunk Fulla Amps" appears twice on the album, the second version with the expletives removed. The song references and parodies a variety of rock artists, including Freddie Mercury/Queen, ELO, Glenn Danzig/Danzig, and Lenny Kravitz. Japanese import version of the album contains the bonus track "Resurrect", and alternate artwork.
Two songs from Breakfast with Girls ("Suzy Q Sailaway" and "Uno Song") had originally both been recorded for inclusion on Gizmodgery but both songs were added to Breakfast at the insistence of DreamWorks Records. (Both songs obviously and sonically stand in stark contrast to the rest of Mahaffey's tones on Breakfast with Girls.)
Track listing
All tracks written by Self.
Personnel
Songs
1I Am a Little Explosion3:35
25 Alive3:09
3Chameleon2:53