| Artist |
Imperial Teen |
| Album Title: |
The Hair The TV The Baby & The Band |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
08/21/2007 |
| Label |
Merge Records |
| Catalog No |
MRG306 |
| Bar Code No |
6 73855 03062 3 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Everything (3:19)
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| 2.
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Do It Better (3:31)
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| 3.
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Shim Sham (2:57)
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| 4.
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The Hair The TV The Baby & The Band (3:13)
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| 5.
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One Two (2:28)
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| 6.
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Room With A View (4:09)
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| 7.
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It's Now (2:47)
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| 8.
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Fallen Idol (3:35)
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| 9.
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Sweet Potato (2:28)
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| 10.
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Everyone Wants To Know (3:17)
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| 11.
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21st Century (2:51)
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| 12.
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What You Do (3:21)
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| Date Acquired |
01/30/2017 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
14.68 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Band [Imperial Teen Is] – Jone Stebbins, Lynn Truell, Roddy Bottum, Will Schwartz
Bass, Vocals – Jone Stebbins
Design – Ignition Print, Maggie Fost
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Lynn Truell
Engineer – Steve McDonald*
Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Andrew Lynch, Anna Waronker, Richard Robinson
Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Roddy Bottum, Will Schwartz
Mastered By – JJ Golden, John*
Mixed By – Danny Kalb
Photography By – Tim Palen
Producer – Anna Waronker, Steve McDonald*
Producer [Produced With] – Imperial Teen
Songwriter [Song By] – Imperial Teen, Patty Schemel (tracks: 9)
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Merge Records
Copyright (c) – Merge Records
Recorded At – Kingsize Soundlabs
Mixed At – Kingsize Soundlabs
Mastered At – Golden Mastering
Copyright (c) – Imperialtine Music
"In memory of Randy Kaye"
Recorded and mixed at Kingsize Soundlabs, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered at Golden Mastering, Ventura, CA
Songs © 2007 Imperialtine Music, ASCAP.
Design for Merge Records.
? & © 2007 Merge Records
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foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-02-03 16:57:28
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Analyzed: Imperial Teen / The Hair, the TV, the Baby and the Band
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR7 -0.04 dB -7.75 dB 3:19 01-Everything
DR6 -0.04 dB -8.43 dB 3:31 02-Do It Better
DR7 -0.04 dB -7.99 dB 2:57 03-Shim Sham
DR7 -0.04 dB -8.53 dB 3:13 04-The Hair, the TV, the Baby & the Band
DR7 -0.04 dB -7.75 dB 2:28 05-One Two
DR6 -0.04 dB -8.64 dB 4:09 06-Room With a View
DR7 -0.04 dB -9.36 dB 2:47 07-It's Now
DR9 -0.04 dB -10.06 dB 3:35 08-Fallen Idol
DR6 -0.04 dB -8.02 dB 2:28 09-Sweet Potato
DR7 -0.04 dB -9.22 dB 3:17 10-Everyone Wants to Know
DR7 -0.04 dB -8.80 dB 2:51 11-21st Century
DR8 -0.04 dB -10.31 dB 3:21 12-What You Do
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR7
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 787 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
AllMusic Review by Heather Phares:
Imperial Teen's approach hasn't changed much since 2002's On -- or their debut Seasick, for that matter -- but The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band's kaleidoscopic indie pop finds them fitting into the musical landscape of the late 2000s easily. Kindred spirits such as the New Pornographers and the Brunettes have a similar flair for throwing together '60s pop, bubblegum hooks and harmonies, and slyly subversive, chugging cool descended from the Velvet Underground, but Imperial Teen have a breezy, almost blasé, way of making their words and music seem effortless. And though the album has its fair share of songs that sound like stylish, smart, but lulling background music on first listen, The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band reveals its catchiness gradually; tracks like "One Two" and "It's Now" manage the neat trick of being peppy and mellow at the same time. Even when Imperial Teen bust out the rock, as on the sassy, "hair-hoppin'" "Sweet Potato," the band does it with a unique restraint. This subtlety, and the band's fluent reinvention of pop's past, are the biggest signs that Imperial Teen are a group in their second decade. Just because this album is the work of a mature band doesn't mean that it's stodgy: "Shim Sham" could be from an older and wiser B-52's (but not too old or wise to cut a rug). "The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band," which recounts how Imperial Teen's members spent their hiatuses, plays like the Archies entering their midlife crises. The band gets even more archival on tracks like "I Love Everything," a wry homage to Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, and the excellent "Fallen Idol," a piece of meta-pop that bobs along on jaunty pianos borrowed from the collected works of Elton John, Paul McCartney, and Al Stewart. "Do It Better," which could've easily appeared on Seasick, and "21st Century," a collage of pretty melodies, artfully splattered guitars, and nostalgia for what used to be the future, dig into the more recent past (likewise, Anna Waronker and Steve McDonald's co-production credits will give fans of '90s alt-pop and power pop a warm, fuzzy flashback). Taking a five-year break would be career suicide for a lot of bands, but Imperial Teen's extended vacation was a risk that paid off: The Hair the TV the Baby & the Band is a grower full of grown-up pop.
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