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Teen-Beat 286.

Aden

Hey 19

Mantinee Idol
Gulf Coast League
Country Bar in the City
Home Repair
(Everything's Fine at the)
    House of Klein
10 Hour Day

Pimlico
(Rock Me Now) Rockulator
Dull Reactor
Dear John
Some Odd Relief
Brief Summer Rains

Compact Disc (CD) ($14,44)

4-page folder,
in jewel case with clear tray.

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LINER NOTES

PLAYERS

Kevin Barker, guitars

Jeff Gramm, guitars, vocals

Fred Kovey, bass guitar

GUEST PLAYERS

John Blaha, drums

Andy Creighton, searing guitar lead on 8

Mark Greenberg, vibes on 5 and 12

The Baron, keyboards, slide guitar, & bass on 8

PRODUCED AND RECORDED BY

Dave Trumfio,

at KingSize Sound Labs, Chicago, Illinois, USA

March 18-25, 2000

MASTERED BY

Ken Sluiter,

at KingSize Sound Labs, Chicago, Illinois, USA

March 27, 2000

COVER PHOTOGRAPHY

Kevin Barker

COVER DESIGN

Mark Robinson, Teen-Beat Graphica

ET CETERA

All songs © 2000 Jeff Gramm (BMI).
except "Dear John" by Randall Lee.
Originally performed by Nice.

GUITAR TABS

The guitar tabs used during the song writing process and recording were created by

Kevin Barker and Jeff Gramm

and you can peruse them yourself.

DOWNLOAD THE GUITAR TABS

REVIEW

"While the transplanted D.C. indie rockers Aden continue to serially name their albums after Steely Dan tunes, there's not much that's musically tangible to bind the two bands to one another. Returning to their native Chicago turf to record their third LP, the trio's sound here is made of hushed vocals and trebly guitars mixed in with the occasional lush backdrop (vibes, etc.) and Jeff Gramm's smart-sounding but semi-obscure lyrics. Vaguely reminiscent of a less fussy, less precious Belle & Sebastian, key tracks would have to be the opener ('Matinee Idol'), 'Country Bar in the City,' and 'Pimlico.' Thankfully, this largely fragile music was wonderfully recorded by Dave Trumfio. But when they momentarily up the noise factor (for a sensitive, but spirited cover of the Nice's 'Dear John'), it's tended to nicely as well."
- Joe Silva, All Music Guide

RELEASE DATE

June 19, 2000

FORMAT

compact disc

LENGTH

CD:
31 minutes, 46 seconds

CATALOGUE No.

Teen-Beat 286

DETAILS

FIRST PRESSING

June 5, 2000

2,310 pressed.

INSERT:
full-colour 4-page CD-folder with tray card.

JEWEL CASE:
with clear tray.

LABEL:
black with yellow box shape.

First pressing not released due to a mastering error. Tracks 3 and 8 are in mono and right-channel only.

SECOND PRESSING

June 19, 2000

2,220 pressed.

LABEL:
black with yellow box shape.

THIRD PRESSING

October 17, 2000

519 pressed.

LABEL:
yellow with black box shape.

All pressings:

Printed and manufactured by
Failsafe, Illinois.

POSTCARD

1,000 printed.

4.25" x 6".

Printed by Modern Postcard, California. Full-colour over black.

DISCOGRAPHY

SINGLES

Cause of Your Tears

ALBUMS

Aden
Black Cow
Hey 19
Topsiders

COMPILATIONS

1999 Teenbeat Sampler
2000 Teenbeat Sampler
Moshi Moshi: Pop International Style
Little Darla Has A Treat For You Vol.11
2001 Teenbeat Sampler
The Amos House Collection, Vol.I
2002 Teenbeat Sampler
The Amos House Collection, Vol.II
2003 Teenbeat Sampler
Teen-Beat Subscribers' CD, 2005

ALSO

Full Teen-Beat Moon
Teen-Beat's 14th Anniversary
Teen-Beat's 15th Anniversary
Teen-Beat's 16th Anniversary
Teen-Beat's 17th Anniversary
Teen-Beat's 18th Anniversary
Teen-Beat's 19th Anniversary
Teen-Beat's 20th Anniversary

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SONGS

Aden
Boggle Champs
Brief Summer Rains
Cause Of Your Tears
The Chase
City Lights
Collapsing
Counting the Days
Country Bar in the City
Dear John
Don't Act Sad
Dull Reactor
(Everything's Fine at the) House of Klein
Green
Gulf Coast League
Haunt Me
Home Repair
I Knew You Would Go
Intertwining Hands
Intro
Left Off Here
Mango Tree
Mantinee Idol
New 3/4
New Fast
Olson Golden
Part of a Losing Team
Pimlico
Plunky
Plunky '99
Pop Song
Racking Up Mistakes
Rapt Attention
Readenator
The Red Door
Reverie
River's Rising
(Rock Me Now) Rockulator
Sadness
Sampler Song
Scooby Doo
S.F. Song
Smiles and Frowns
Snowy Sidewalks
Some Odd Relief
Still Cross My Mind
(Swords and) Falconry
10 Hour Day
Walking in Circles
What Makes You Sad?
When You Left
Why Can't I Make You Happy?
Would You Have Stayed?