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Length
  
42:23

Release date
  
23 March 1999

Genres
  
Power pop, Rock music

Artist
  
Owsley

Label
  
Giant Records

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Released
  
March 23, 1999 (1999-03-23)

Recorded
  
October 1995–December 1998 The Outhouse (Nashville, TN)

Producers
  
Owsley, Millard Powers, Jeff Balding, Chris McHugh (executive)

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Owsley is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Owsley, released on Giant Records in 1999. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album.

Contents

Critics have noted musical influences from 1970s pop rock, including The Beatles, Todd Rundgren, and The Cars.

Owsley recorded the album in his own home studio, funded largely by his work as guitarist in Amy Grant's touring band.

Owsley live at vintage vinyl 04 03 2004


Personnel

  • Will Owsley – vocals (on all tracks except the instrumental out of track 5), guitars (on all tracks), bass (on tracks 2, 3, 5, 9–11), producer (on all tracks), engineer (on tracks 4, 8), assistant mixer (on track 9)
    Additional instruments: Echoplex (on track 2), Mellotron (on tracks 3, 11), Wurlitzer piano (on track 3), Hammond B-3 (on track 3), Chamberlin (on track 3), piano (on tracks 8, 10)
  • Millard Powers – bass (on tracks 1, 3, 5-instrumental-out, 6), Minimoog (on track 7), backing vocals (on track 3), producer (on tracks 1, 3, 6), engineer (on track 1, 3, 6, 7), mixer (on track 9)
  • Chris McHugh – drums (on all tracks), percussion (on tracks 4, 5, 7, 9), executive producer
  • Jonathan Hamby – Hammond B-3 (on tracks 1, 4, 5), Minimoog (on track 2), Wurlitzer piano (on tracks 5, 6), Chamberlin (on track 6)
    • Additional musicians
  • Spencer Campbell – bass (on tracks 4, 8), string parts (on track 6)
  • Bob Parr – bass (on track 7)
  • Phil Madeira – Hammond B-3 (on track 9)
  • John Catchings – cello (on track 3)
  • John Mark Painter – string parts (on track 3)
  • Rebecca Walker – backing vocals (on track 7, 11)
    • Production
  • Jeff Balding – producer (on tracks 9–11), engineer (on tracks 10, 11)
  • Shane Wilson – engineer (on track 3), recorded by (on track 5-instrumental-out)
  • J.R. McNeely – engineer (on track 2, 5), mixer (on track 5-instrumental-out, 6, 8, 10, 11)
  • J.C. Monterrosa – assistant engineer (on track 2, 5)
  • Todd Gunnerson – assistant engineer (on track 6, 8, 10, 11)
  • Tom Lord-Alge – mixer (on tracks 1–5, 7)
  • Mauricio Iragorri – assistant mixer (on tracks 1–5, 7)
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Fred Paragano – digital editing
  • Warren Entner – career direction
  • John Dittmar – booking (Pinnacle Entertainment)
  • Mike Dewdney – international booking (ITB)
  • Jeff Aldrich – A&R direction
  • Karen Lichtman – album coordination
  • Stephen Walker – art direction
  • Airedale Brothers – photography
  • Sean Dungan – photography
  • John Clark – photography

    • Songs

    1Oh No The Radio5:01
    2I'm Alright3:06
    3Coming Up Roses4:03

    References

    Owsley (album) Wikipedia
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