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Released
  
May 25, 1999

Release date
  
25 May 1999

Label
  
Artemis Records

Artist
  
Josh Joplin Group

Producer
  
Shawn Mullins

Genres
  
Folk rock, Americana

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Recorded
  
Orphan Studios and Southern Living At Its Finest, Atlanta, GANG Studios, New York City, NYNew Reflections, Nashville, TNChicky World, Austin, TX

Useful Music(2001)
  
The Future That Was(2002)

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Useful Music is a studio album initially released in May 1999 under the SMG Records label by Josh Joplin Band, and again in January 2001 through Artemis Records after the band had renamed itself Josh Joplin Group following a change in its line-up. While the album did not enjoy widespread commercial success, it peaked at #22 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart and spawned a moderate hit with its first single, "Camera One", which quickly reached #1 on the Triple A airplay chart, the highest position ever achieved by an independent release at that point (February 2001). Featuring a more rock-edged, radio-friendly sound than most of the other material on Useful Music, the song was also featured in an episode of the comedy series Scrubs (season 1, episode 7, "My Super Ego").

Contents

Original release (1999)

All songs written by Josh Joplin.

Re-release (2001)

All credits are the same as the original release except where noted.

  1. "Matter"
  2. "Gravity"
  3. "Here I Am"
  4. "Undone"
  5. "Camera One" - 4:33
  6. Producer: Jerry Harrison
  7. Engineer: Karl Derfler
  8. Mixer: Tom Lord-Alge
  9. Mastering: Ted Jensen
  10. "I've Changed"
  11. "Trailways"
  12. "Who's Afraid of Thomas Wolfe?"
  13. "Phil Ochs"
  14. "Superstar"
  15. "Human"
  16. "Dutch Wonderland"
  17. "I've Changed (alternate version)" - 4:21
  18. Producer: Peter Collins
  19. Engineer: F. Reid Shippen
  20. Mastering: Greg Calbi

Personnel

  • Kenny Aronoff - drums
  • Allen Broyles - backing vocals, piano, trumpet, organ, accordion, harmonium, keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • Jason Buecker - percussion, drums, backing vocals
  • Ani Cordero - backing vocals
  • Deb Davis - electric guitar ("Trailways")
  • Joe Gore - electric guitar
  • Carl Herrgesell - electric guitar
  • Danny Howes - electric guitar
  • Clay Johnson - backing vocals
  • Josh Joplin - lead and backing vocals, Rhodes electric piano, harmonica, acoustic guitar
  • David Kostiner - drums
  • Diana Mangano - backing vocals
  • Geoff Melkonian - backing vocals, electric bass, double bass, viola
  • Shawn Mullins - guitar, piano, backing vocals
  • Pamela Sixfin - violin
  • Eric Taylor - drums ("Camera One")
  • Kris Wilkinson - string arrangement

    • Production

  • John Bentham - photography
  • Chris Bilheimer - art direction
  • Allen Broyles - producer ("Phil Ochs")
  • Greg Calbi - mastering (all tracks except "Matter" and "Camera One")
  • Matt Chiaravalle - mixer ("Here I Am", "Trailways", and "Superstar")
  • Peter Collins - producer ("I've Changed (alternate version)")
  • Karl Derfler - engineer ("Matter" and "Camera One")
  • Russ Fowler - engineer (all tracks except "Matter", "Camera One", and "I've Changed (alternate version)"), mixer ("Far Away", "Phil Ochs", "Who's Afraid of Thomas Wolfe?", "Human", and "Dutch Wonderland")
  • Daniel Glass - executive producer
  • Jerry Harrison - producer ("Matter" and "Camera One")
  • J. Reid Hunter - legal
  • Ted Jensen - mastering ("Matter" and "Camera One")
  • Josh Joplin - producer ("Phil Ochs")
  • Matt Lively - illustration
  • Tom Lord-Alge - mixer ("Matter" and "Camera One")
  • Alex Lowe - engineer ("Gravity")
  • Shawn Mullins - producer (all tracks except "Matter", "Phil Ochs", "Camera One", and "I've Changed (alternate version)")
  • Phil Nicolo - mixer ("Gravity," "Undone," and "I've Changed")
  • Charles “Chicky” Reeves - engineer ("Phil Ochs")
  • Anthony J. Resta - drum and keyboard programmer
  • F. Reid Shippen - engineer ("I've Changed (alternate version)")

    • Songs

    1Matter4:13
    2Gravity3:04
    3Here I Am4:18

    References

    Useful Music Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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