Steve Burns / Songs For Dustmites
Artist Steve Burns
Album Title: Songs For Dustmites
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: General Alternative
Format CD
Released 08/12/2003
Label [PIAS] America
Catalog No PIASA 23
Bar Code No 805551012324
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Mighty Little Man (4:13)
2. What I Do On Saturday (3:25)
3. Maintain (3:16)
4. >1 (2:51)
5. Troposphere (4:49)
6. Stick Around (4:51)
7. A Reason (2:45)
8. Music For Montgomery County, PA (1:04)
9. A Song For Dustmites (4:55)
10. Superstrings (4:32)
11. A Sniveling Mess (4:06)
12. Henry Krinkles Lament (4:54)
Date Acquired 09/24/2003
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 14.00

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Notes

1, 5, 9, Produced at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, NY.
2, Produced qnd engineered @ Jaggo Studios, Las Angeles, CA.
3, Produced @ Jaggo Studios, Las Angeles, CA and mixed at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, NY.
4 to 7, 10 to 12, produced at Murmur Music, NYC, NY.
8, produced @ Steve'sBedroomAmidTheSqualor Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Additional Recording doneat Sorcerer Sound Recording Studios, NYC, NY and The Countryside, Kerhonkson, NY.

foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Steve Burns / Songs for Dust Mites
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR5       -0.62 dB    -6.98 dB      4:14 01-Mighty Little Man
DR6        0.00 dB    -8.53 dB      3:25 02-What I Do on Saturday
DR5        0.00 dB    -7.68 dB      3:16 03-Maintain
DR12      -0.22 dB   -15.26 dB      2:51 04->1
DR4       -0.43 dB    -7.29 dB      4:50 05-Troposphere
DR10      -0.80 dB   -15.27 dB      4:52 06-Stick Around
DR14      -1.87 dB   -20.04 dB      2:46 07-A Reason
DR7       -5.36 dB   -17.76 dB      1:04 08-Music for Montgomery County, PA
DR6        0.00 dB   -10.84 dB      4:55 09-A Song for Dustmites
DR7        0.00 dB    -9.77 dB      4:33 10-Superstrings
DR7        0.00 dB    -9.25 dB      4:06 11-A Sniveling Mess
DR7        0.00 dB   -10.74 dB      4:54 12-Henry Krinkle's Lament
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR8

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           847 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Heather Phares

On his debut album, Songs for Dust Mites, Steve Burns, better known as Steve from Blue's Clues, teams up with an all-star backing band and production team that includes Dave Fridmann and the Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd. Occasionally, Fridmann's lush, polished production and Drozd's distinctive drumming overshadow Burns' music; "Troposphere" is bright and bouncy, a soft explosion that recalls the Lips' "Fight Test," and the pianos and synths on "A Song for Dustmites" attempt to inflate the song into something it's not. All things considered, though, this is Burns' album, full of fragile, whimsical songs like "Mighty Little Man," the tale of an everyday superhero, and "What I Do on Saturday," a playful pop song. Songs for Dust Mites reveals Burns as more of a straightforward singer/songwriter than his influences and collaborators, and the album's quietest tracks are the most distinctive. "1>" is a clever look at a dysfunctional relationship; "Stick Around" is understated and melancholy, recalling the brokenhearted urban folk of Beck's Sea Change; and "A Reason"'s delicately plucked guitars and subtle percussion are a deceptively gentle foil for some cutting lyrics ("I need a reason/To see you again/I need a reason/Let's not be friends"). On songs like "Maintain," Burns occasionally dips into more mainstream territory, but for every song like that on the album, there's a track like the self-deprecating cut-n-paste pop of "A Snivelling Mess." Throughout the album, though, an endearing earnestness comes through, which may or may not belie his years working in children's television. A promising debut, Songs for Dust Mites is a good-natured collection of atmospheric pop that takes a few chances now and then.

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