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Happy Town (album)

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Released
  
March 18, 1997

Happy Town (1997)
  
Pink Pearl (2000)

Release date
  
18 March 1997

Label
  
Lava Records

Length
  
46:23

Artist
  
Jill Sobule

Genre
  
Rock

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Producer
  
Robin Eaton, Mark Goldenberg, Brad Jones

Similar
  
Things Here Are Different, Pink Pearl, I Never Learned to Swim: Jill, California Years, The Folk Years 2003–2003

Happy Town is the third album by the American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, released in 1997. (see 1997 in music). The album contains the singles "Bitter" and "When My Ship Comes In" as well as the fan favorite "Half a Heart" and the satirical social commentary "Soldiers of Christ" where Sobule sings from the point of view of a Christian Conservative to illustrate the existence of homophobia in religion. "Love Is Never Equal" appeared in the 2005 Jenny McCarthy film, Dirty Love.

Contents

"Bitter" peaked at #74 on the Australian ARIA singles chart in June 1997. The album peaked at #83 on the Australian ARIA albums chart during the same month.

The album cover illustration, which initially featured a Prozac pill, was changed to show a pair of test tubes when Wal-Mart refused to carry the album in its stores. The company asserted that the original image promoted drug abuse The album's lead single, "Bitter", peaked at #74 on Australia's ARIA Top 100 Singles chart on its release.

Track listing

  1. "Bitter" (Barone, Sobule) – 3:30
  2. "Happy Town" (Goldenberg, Sobule) – 3:46
  3. "Barren Egg" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:37
  4. "Half a Heart" (DeMain, Sobule) – 3:47
  5. "When My Ship Comes In" (Eaton, Gaye, Hunter, Sobule, Stevenson) – 3:50
  6. "Clever" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:18
  7. "I'm So Happy" (Eaton, Sobule) – 2:43
  8. "Little Guy" (Sobule) – 3:24
  9. "Underachiever" (Sobule) – 3:42
  10. "Love Is Never Equal" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:15
  11. "Soldiers of Christ" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:20
  12. "Attic" (Sobule) – 2:10
  13. "Sold My Soul" (Eaton, Sobule) – 3:35
  14. "Super 8" (Galdston, Sobule) – 2:26

Personnel

  • Jill Sobule – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, guitar, percussion, drums, keyboards, ebo, vibraphone
  • Sam Bacco – percussion
  • George Bradfute – electric guitar
  • Louis Brown – tuba, cornet
  • Chris Carmichael – strings
  • Steve Earle – electric guitar, vocals
  • Robin Eaton – guitar
  • Phil Galdston – keyboards
  • Mark Goldenberg – guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Mickey Grimm – percussion, drums
  • Jim Hoke – clarinet, flute, harmonica, autoharp, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
  • Byron House – upright bass
  • Brad Jones – organ, bass, piano, harmonium, keyboards, Moog synthesizer, vibraphone
  • Viktor Krauss – upright bass
  • Roger Moutenot – Moog synthesizer
  • Al Perkins – pedal steel
  • Ross Rice – bass, piano, drums, harmonium, Wurlitzer

    • Production

  • Producers: Robin Eaton, Mark Goldenberg, Brad Jones
  • Engineers: Brad Jones, Dominick Maita, Elijah Shaw
  • Mixing: Roger Moutenot
  • Mixing assistants: Rich Cohan, Sandy Jenkins, Chris Stone
  • Programming: Mark Goldenberg
  • Photography: Annette Aurell
  • Arranger: Phil Galdston
  • Production Coordination: Barbara Moutenot
  • Cover design: Brad Talbott
  • Illustrations: Brad Talbott
  • Background vocals: Bob, Jim, Mary Ellen and Matthew Sobule

    • Songs

    1Bitter3:22
    2Happy Town3:47
    3Barren Egg3:24

    References

    Happy Town (album) Wikipedia
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