ABOUT THE ALBUM


-----TRACKS 4, 8, 17, 22 WERE RECORDED IN EVAN'S LIVING ROOM SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER OF 1993. TAIT HAD AN OUT-OF-TUNE ACOUSTIC (WHICH HE USED FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TIME IN THE SPADE) AND EVAN ONLY HAD A SNARE DRUM (WITHOUT A SNARE). EVAN WROTE AND SANG THE LYRICS FOR EACH SONG.

-----TRACKS 3, 7, 12, 16, 21 WERE RECORDED IN EVAN'S LIVING ROOM IN LATE JANUARY OF 1994. BY THIS TIME, EVAN HAD AN OLD LUDWIG SET FROM THE 60'S WHICH WAS BADLY IN NEED OF REPAIR (HE USED IT, WITHOUT REPAIR, FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TIME IN THE SPADE). EVAN WROTE EACH SONG. TAIT SANG TRACK 7.

-----TRACKS 2,10, 11, 15, 19, 20, 23 WERE RECORDED IN EVAN'S LIVING ROOM ON 7-19-94. TAIT WROTE EACH SONG EXCEPT THE FIRST HALF OF 20 ("ANARCHY") AND 23, BOTH OF WHICH WERE WRITEN BY EVAN. EVAN SANG EACH SONG EXCEPT 11, 19, AND THE SECOND HALF OF 20 ("PEANUT BUTTER"), BOTH OF WHICH WERE SUNG BY TAIT.

-----TRACKS 1, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 18, 24 WERE RECORDED MUCH LATER WITH LITTLE DRUMS (YOU CAN HEAR EVAN BANGING ON A CRAPPY SET OF BONGOS IN PARTS) AT 411 STUDIOS ON 8-19-96. EVAN WROTE AND SANG ALL THE LYRICS, MAKING THEM UP AS HE WENT, EXCEPT FOR 24 WHICH WAS WRITTEN AND SUNG BY TAIT (MAKING THEM UP AS HE WENT).

-----THE BONUS TRACK WAS PIECED TOGETHER BY EVAN, USING EXCERPTS FROM EACH RECORDING TIME (MOST OF WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE ALBUM) AND SOME EXCERPTS FROM VARIOUS DIg DUg RECORDINGS.

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