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Pick Up (album)

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Released
  
14 September 1999

Artist
  
Solex

Producer
  
Solex

Genres
  
Pop music, College rock

Length
  
44:07

Release date
  
14 September 1999

Label
  
Matador Records

Recorded
  
1999 at Studio Aftrap, Amsterdam and Frank van der Weij Studio voorheen Studio Orkater, Amsterdam

Pick Up (1999)
  
Low Kick and Hard Bop (2001)

Similar
  
Solex vs the Hitmeister, Low Kick and Hard Bop, The Laughing Stock of I

Pick Up is the second full-length album from Amsterdam-based artist Solex. It was released as follow-up to Solex Vs. the Hitmeister on 14 September 1999 on the Matador Records label. The album has a more complex sound than the debut and features several live instruments, next to the samples on which the music is still based.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Solex.

  1. "Pick Up" – 3:04
  2. "Randy Costanza" – 3:25
  3. "Dork at 12 O'Clock" – 2:52
  4. "That's What You Get with People Like That on Cruises Like These" – 3:02
  5. "Oh Blimey!" – 2:50
  6. "The Burglars Are Coming!" – 3:19
  7. "Superfruity" – 3:00
  8. "Snappy & Cocky" – 2:34
  9. "Five Star Shamberg" – 3:20
  10. "Chris the Birthday Boy" – 3:16
  11. "Athens - Ohio" – 3:11
  12. "Escargot!" – 3:13
  13. "Another Tune Like 'Not Fade Away'" - 3:41
  14. "That'll be $22.95" - 3:20

Performance

Elisabeth Esselink: Solex
Robert Lagendijk: drums on all tracks, except #13
Geert de Groot: guitar on #1, #2, #4, #13 and #14
Shane Deleon: clarinet on #5, #6, #9, #10 and #12
Cory Vielma: vocals on #5 and #6
Michael Shamberg: vocals on #9

Production

Frank van der Weij : production, engineer, mixing
Solex: production, mixing, music and words, sleeve design

Songs

1Pick Up3:04
2Randy Costanza3:25
3Dork at 12 O'Clock2:52

References

Pick Up (album) Wikipedia
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