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Super Refraction

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Released
  
1997

Super Refraction 1997
  
Drunk With You 2002

Label
  
Egg

Genre
  
Alternative rock, Dream pop

Producer
  
Kurt Ralske Mistle Thrush

Super Refraction is the second full-length album by former Boston, Massachusetts band Mistle Thrush. It was released in 1997 by Egg Records (catalog #7001).

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Mistle Thrush

  1. "Stupid Song" – 3:12
  2. "Moth-Like" – 4:00
  3. "It's All Like Today" – 5:00
  4. "Yellow Day" – 4:25
  5. "51 Pegasi: Rocketship V.2" – 2:39
  6. "Do You Know This Bird?" – 3:06
  7. "All Mirror Thing" – 3:39
  8. "Train Song" – 4:53
  9. "Escapades in Glass" – 4:23
  10. "Sha Sha" – 5:55
  11. "Making Salt With Sunshine" – 2:22

note: at the end of "Making Salt With Sunshine", there's 1:30 of silence followed by a 22:32 sound collage pieced together from samples of the singer's vocals, crafted by producer Kurt Ralske.

The band

  • Todd Demma — Drums, percussion
  • Valerie Forgione — Vocals, analog keyboards, Theremin, acoustic guitar
  • Matthew Kattman — Electric and acoustic guitar, back-up vocals ("Moth Like")
  • Ruben Layman — Bass guitar, back-up vocals ("Moth Like")
  • Scott Patalano — Electric guitar, vocals ("All Mirror Thing")

    • Production

  • Kurt Ralske — Producer, engineer, mixing
  • Mistle Thrush — Producer
  • Vaughan Merrick — Engineer, mixing
  • Chris Athens — Mastering

    • Additional credits

  • Recorded at Zabriskie Point, New York City
  • Mastered at Sony Music Studios, New York City
  • Valerie Forgione — Artwork, design
  • "Special thanks to Kurt for the secret track. Ssshhh…"
  • C. Richard Kattman — Photography
  • Matthew Kattman — Layout and design ("With a little help from Valerie")

    • References

    Super Refraction Wikipedia
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