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The 2¢ Show

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Length
  
63:45

Artist
  
Steam Powered Giraffe

Label
  
Steam Powered Giraffe

The 2¢ Show (2012)
  
MK III (2013)

Release date
  
23 May 2012

Genres
  
Steampunk, Rock music


Released
  
May 23, 2012 (2012-05-23)

Similar
  
Album One, Live at the Globe of Yesterda, MK III, The Vice Quadrant: A Space, Quintessential

The 2¢ Show is the second studio album by the American steampunk folk rock band Steam Powered Giraffe, released on May 23, 2012. The album follows sequentially after their first album, Album One, and depicts a trip across America and its various cultures. The song "Honeybee" was the hit single from the album.

Contents

It is the last album with singer and bassist Jonathan Sprague, and also the first album with drummer and backing vocalist Sam Luke.

Personnel

  • The Spine (David Michael Bennett) – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, recording engineer, editing, recording producer, songwriting
  • Rabbit (Isabella "Bunny" Bennett) – lead and backing vocals, megaphone, melodica, accordion, sound effects, recording engineer, recording producer, songwriter, album art design, album artwork
  • The Jon (Jonathan Sprague) – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, mandolin, drums, synthesizer, percussion, recording producer, songwriting, album artwork
  • Michael Philip Reed – guitar, banjo, synthesizer, ukulele, bass, piano, vocoder, mandolin, percussion, backing vocals, songwriter, lead vocals on "Prelude to a Dream" and "Make Believe", recording engineer, recording producer, musical arrangements, vocal arrangements
  • Sam Luke – drums (live), backing vocals, album artwork
  • Steve Negrete – audio engineering (live)
  • Paige Law – backing vocals on "Suspender Man", Walter Girl (live)
  • Brianna Clawson – backing vocals on "Suspender Man", Walter Girl (live)


    • Personnel by Track

  • David Michael Bennett - lead vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11-13), harmony (tracks: 1-4, 6, 7, 10-15), acoustic guitar (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 10-13, 15), string section keys (tracks: 6, 7), electric piano (track: 7), bass keys (track: 7), drumset keys (track: 7)
  • Isabella "Bunny" Bennett - lead vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 10-12, 14, 15), harmony (tracks: 1-4, 6, 7, 10-15), melodica (tracks: 3, 4), accordion (tracks: 12, 14, 15)
  • Jonathan Sprague - lead vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 11, 16), harmony (tracks: 1-7, 10-16), acoustic guitar (tracks: 3, 5, 16), synthesizer keys (track: 5), drumset (tracks: 5, 16), synthesizer (track: 16), bass guitar (tracks: 11, 16), vocoder (track: 16), tambourine (track: 16), tuvan throat singing (track: 10)
  • Michael Philip Reed - lead vocals (tracks: 8, 9), harmony (tracks: 1-4, 6, 7, 9-15), electric guitar (tracks: 1-4, 7, 9-11, 15), bass guitar (tracks: 1-6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15), banjo (tracks: 1, 12), acoustic piano (tracks: 1, 8, 10, 14, 15), acoustic guitar (tracks: 2, 3, 6), drumset (tracks: 1-4, 6, 9-13, 15), tambourine (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 13, 15), rhodes keys (tracks: 3, 4, 9), nylon string guitar (tracks: 8, 9), clarinet / trumpet / trombone keys (track: 1), mellotron [flute] (track: 3), mandolin (track: 6), vocoder (track: 8), synthesizer keys (track: 8), congas (track: 9), gang vocals (track: 9), ukulele (track: 9), pipe organ (track: 11), synthesizer (tracks: 11, 16), B3 organ keys (track: 14)

    • Songs

    1Steamboat Shenanigans5:46
    2One-Way Ticket3:44
    3Ju Ju Magic3:07

    References

    The 2¢ Show Wikipedia
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