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Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars

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Released
  
August 9, 1988

Producer
  
Pat Moran

Release date
  
9 August 1988

Length
  
48:22

Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
  
Ghost of a Dog (1990)

Label
  
Geffen Records

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Recorded
  
Rockfield Studios, Wales (U.K.)

Artists
  
Edie Brickell, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

Genres
  
Alternative rock, Folk rock, Jangle pop

Similar
  
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians albums, Alternative rock albums

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Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars is the debut album by the American alternative rock band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, released in 1988. The album went 2x platinum in the United States.

Contents

"What I Am" was the lead single and big hit from the album, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The follow-up single, "Circle," was about strained relationships. Although described by author Brent Mann as "the perfect follow up single to 'What I Am'" and which "had 'smash' written all over it," it stalled at #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 and fared slightly better on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, reaching #32. Another song from the album, "Little Miss S,," was inspired by Edie Sedgwick and reached #38 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #14 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

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Personnel

NEW BOHEMIANS

  • Edie Brickell - vocals
  • Kenny Withrow - guitar
  • Brad Houser - bass
  • Brandon Aly - drums (fired from the band by the label during the sessions)
  • John Bush - percussion
  • with:

  • Robbie Blunt - guitar
  • John Henry - background vocals
  • Chris Whitten - drums
  • Paul "Wix" Wickens - keyboards
  • Both Chris Whitten and Paul "Wix" Wickens were/are members of Paul McCartney's Band. Whitten, from 1989-1990, and Wickens from 1989-present.

    Production

  • Producer: Pat Moran
  • Engineer: Pat Moran
  • Mastering: George Marino
  • Design: Terry Robertson
  • Cover illustration: Edie Brickell
  • Photography: Bob Cook
  • Tracks 6 & 8 published by Geffen Music-Withrow Publishing-Edie Brickell Songs.
  • Tracks 11 & 12 published by Geffen Music-Edie Brickell Songs.
  • All Other Tracks Published By Geffen Music-Strangemind Productions-Enlightened Kitty-Withrow Publishing-Edie Brickell Songs.
  • Reception

    "Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars is almost impossible to be cynical about (I tried)," remarked Time Out, "and the band are so likeable it's almost unreal."

    Songs

    1What I Am4:58
    2Little Miss S3:40
    3Air of December6:00

    References

    Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars Wikipedia