In a Coma

Details

The album is often titled In a Coma: 1995-2005, and notably lacks either "best of" or "greatest hits" in the official title. It was released on September 20, 2005. However, even before its release, the album reached #1 on Amazon.ca via pre-orders, and 200 signed copies sold out from Matthew Good's official site in under four hours.

The album is available in two forms: the regular version and the deluxe. The regular only includes disc one, the deluxe features two audio discs and one DVD. The first disc contains nearly all of the singles released by the Matthew Good Band and Matt solo, lacking only Good's most recent singles ("Near Fantastica", "It's Been a While Since I Was Your Man", "In Love with a Bad Idea") and the singles from the album The Audio of Being ("Carmelina", "Anti-Pop"). The first disc also contains two new songs ("Oh Be Joyful", "Big City Life"), as well as a b-side ("Pony Boy") recorded during the sessions for The Audio of Being.

For the second disc, Good entered the studio solo with an acoustic guitar and recorded new versions of several songs from his extensive catalog. For added effect, Good miked the street outside the studio as he performed, adding an ambiance to the session that Good particularly enjoyed. Given the scarcity of the two MGB EPs Lo-Fi B-Sides and Loser Anthems, Good decided to add the two discs to the latter half of the second disc as a nod to fans.

The DVD in the deluxe package includes every promotional video filmed during Good's career, solo and with the Matthew Good Band. As a bonus, Good recorded a commentary track with Bill Morrison, who directed the majority of the videos. The DVD also includes an animated video for "While We Were Hunting Rabbits", which was created by students at Sheridan College. After Good realized that his favourite songs had not been included in the package, a section featuring those songs accompanied by a slideshow of images similar to the cover artwork was added to the disc.

"Oh Be Joyful", the first single from In a Coma, was released on July 25, 2005. The song's release was accompanied by a video that many fans found confusing, as it contained little more than a burning fireplace. Matthew Good was quick to defend his video on his blog, saying that it was "one of the greatest temporary musical screen savers of all time" and that it was only intended to appear on his site, not to play on Much Music.

Regular release

1. "Oh Be Joyful" – 3:52 (previously unreleased)
2. "Big City Life" – 4:15 (previously unreleased)
3. "Alert Status Red" – 4:19 (from White Light Rock & Roll Review)
4. "Weapon" – 6:06 (from Avalanche)
5. "In a World Called Catastrophe" – 5:59 (from Avalanche)
6. "Hello Time Bomb" – 3:56 (from Beautiful Midnight)
7. "Load Me Up" – 3:42 (from Beautiful Midnight)
8. "Strange Days" – 4:24 (from Beautiful Midnight)
9. "The Future Is X-Rated" – 3:46 (from Beautiful Midnight)
10. "Everything Is Automatic" – 4:18 (from Underdogs)
11. "Rico" – 3:27 (from Underdogs)
12. "Apparitions" – 5:14 (from Underdogs)
13. "Indestructible" – 3:26 (from Underdogs)
14. "Symbolistic White Walls" – 4:30 (from Last of the Ghetto Astronauts)
15. "Haven't Slept In Years (Alternate)" – 3:35 (from Raygun)
16. "Alabama Motel Room" – 3:20 (from Last of the Ghetto Astronauts)
17. "Pony Boy" – 4:03 (previously unreleased)
18. "All Together" - 4:37 (previously unreleased) iTunes Pre-Order Track / ca.7digital.com exclusive

Deluxe Edition

Part One: Rooms (acoustic reworkings)

1. "Truffle Pigs" – 4:04
2. "Tripoli" – 4:51
3. "Generation X-Wing" – 3:55
4. "Apparitions" – 4:05
5. "North American for Life" – 3:13
6. "Advertising on Police Cars" – 4:08
7. "Hello Time Bomb" – 4:10
8. "Strange Days" – 4:55
9. "Prime Time Deliverance" – 4:22

Part Two: Loser Anthems

10. "Flashdance II" – 4:44
11. "The Man from Harold Wood" – 2:18
12. "My Life as a Circus Clown" – 2:46
13. "Intermezzo: M. Good v. M. Trolley" – 0:35
14. "Flight Recorder from Viking 7" – 5:34
15. "Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance" – 3:53
16. "The Fine Art of Falling Apart" – 3:39

Part Three: Lo-Fi B-Sides

17. "Born to Kill" – 5:14
18. "Enjoy the Silence" – 3:11
19. "Fated" – 3:31

Bonus DVD

Part One: Music Videos

1. Alabama Motel Room
2. Symbolistic White Walls
3. Everything Is Automatic
4. Indestructible
5. Apparitions
6. Rico
7. Hello Time Bomb
8. Load Me Up
9. Strange Days
10. The Future Is X-Rated
11. Carmelina
12. Anti-Pop
13. Weapon
14. In a World Called Catastrophe
15. Alert Status Red
16. It's Been a While Since I Was Your Man
17. While We Were Hunting Rabbits (new video)

Part Two: The Making of "Rooms"

1. The Making of "Rooms" Feature

Part Three: Matthew's picks with special slide show

1. Avalanche
2. A Long Way Down
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Blue Skies Over Bad Lands
5. House of Smoke and Mirrors

Part Four: Discography

Personnel

Matthew Good Band performs from Last of the Ghetto Astronauts to Loser Anthems. Others are performed by Matthew Good.

Matthew Good Band

Matthew Good - vocals, guitar, cover concept (Underdogs), piano, percussion, additional producer, strings, writing & arrangement, art director, producer

Ian Browne - drums

Geoff Lloyd - Bass Guitar (Last of the Ghetto Astronauts, Raygun, Underdogs)

Rich Priske - Bass Guitar

Dave Genn - Guitar, Keyboards

Last of the Ghetto Astronauts

Dave Genn - Organ, Rhodes (not part of MGB at this time)

John Shepp - Producer, mixer

Terry Brown - Mixer ("Alabama Motel Room", "Symbolistic White Walls")

George Leger - Mastering

Recorded at Utopia Parkway Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Manufacturer: Darktown Records

Distributor: A&M Records, a division of PolyGram Inc.

Words and music by Matthew Good

Except "Alabama Motel Room", music by Good/Lloyd/Browne

Raygun

Dale Penner - Producer, engineer

Clif Norrell - Mixer

Stephen Marcussen - Mastering

Recorded at Greenhouse Studios, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Words and music by Matthew Good

Underdogs

Todd Kerns performs backing vocals on "Everything Is Automatic" and "Rico" (not part of MGB)

Warne Livesey - Producer, engineer, mixer

Dean Maher - Assistant

Zach Blackstone - Engineer

Stephen Marcussen - Mastering

Recorded at Greenhouse Studios, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Words by Matthew Good

Music by Matthew Good/Dave Genn

Except "Rico", music by Good/Browne/Lloyd/Genn

Lo-Fi B-Sides (Disc Two, Part Three)

Warne Livesey - Producer, engineer, mixer

Beautiful Midnight

Todd Kerns (not part of MGB) performs backing vocals on "Hello Time Bomb"

Natasha Duprey - Phone Sex on "The Future is X-Rated"

Warne Livesey - Producer, Engineer, mixer

Zach Blackstone - Engineer

Steve Kaplan (BJG Studios, London) - Mixer

Tim Young - Mastering

Recorded at House of Brucifer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Words by Matthew Good

Music by Matthew Good/Dave Genn

Except "Load Me Up", music by Good/Genn/Browne/Priske

Loser Anthems (Disc Two, Part Two)

Holly McNarland performs backing vocals on "Flight Recorder from Viking 7" (not part of MGB)

Avalanche

Pat Steward - Drums, Percussion

Richard Priske - Bass Guitar, Additional Keyboards, Additional producer

Christian Thor Valdson - Electric Guitar

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra - Strings

Musica Intima - Choral Performances

Warne Livesey - Producer, engineer, mixer, strings Writing & Arrangement

Zach Blackstone - Engineer

Adam Ayan (Gateway Mastering) - Mastering

Recorded at Mushroom Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

All songs by Matthew Good

White Light Rock & Roll Review

Pat Steward - Drums

Rich Priske - Bass Guitar

Christian Thor Valdson - Electric Guitar

Warne Livesey - Producer, engineer, mixer

Scott Ternan - Assistant engineer

Joel Livesey - Assistant engineer

Zach Blackstone - Assistant engineer

Kirk McNally - Assistant engineer

Mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis, London, UK

Tim Young (Metropolis, London, England) - Mastering

Recorded at Mushroom Studios and Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

All songs by Matthew Good

New Songs ("Oh Be Joyful", "Big City Life")

Ryan Dahle - Lead guitar, engineer

Pat Steward - Drums

Megan Bradfield - Bass Guitar

Zach Blackstone - Engineer

Randy Staub - Mixer

George Marino - Mastering

Recorded at Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

All songs by Matthew Good

B-Sides ("Pony Boy") (unreleased from "The Audio of Being" sessions)

Matthew Good - Electric Guitar, vocals

Dave Genn - Electric Guitar, Keyboards

Rich Priske - Bass Guitar

Ian Browne - Drums

Holly McNarland - Backing vocals

Warne Livesey - Producer, engineer, mixer

Recorded at Armoury Studios and Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Words & Music by Matthew Good

Rooms

Recorded at Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

All songs by Matthew Good

Music videos

Videos features music, words, and band members from the album they were released on, information on those can be found on each album's page.

All videos directed by Bill Morrison

Except "Strange Days" (Morrison/Good), "Anti-Pop" (Chris Nelson), "Weapon" (officially Ante Kovac/Good, but Good fired Kovac halfway through the video), "In a World Called Catastrophe" (Kyle Davison), and "While We Were Hunting Rabbits (animation students of Sheridan College)

Note: Because most of this album is a compilation, the personnel varies from song to song, which is why the albums were listed during Disc One. The information here will be condensed, full information can be retrieved on the album's original page.