Geek the Girl is the third album by Lisa Germano

Lisa Germano

Lisa Germano is an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has released seven albums featuring her often-hushed vocal style, confessional lyrics, and distinctive violin. Her 1994 album Geek the Girl received widespread critical acclaim, including being featured as a top album of...

. A breakthrough of sorts for her, it was released in 1994 on 4AD

4AD

4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...

, just six months after the re-release of her previous album, Happiness

Happiness (Lisa Germano album)

Happiness is the second album by Lisa Germano. It was originally released by Capitol Records in 1993, and re-released by 4AD Records the next year.-Track list :# "Around the World"# "You Make Me Want To Wear Dresses"...

. The album earned Germano the most praise she'd yet received from the press, becoming a critical favorite, including being featured as a top album of the 1990s by the music magazine Spin

Spin (magazine)

Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...

. Much attention was given to the track "...A Psychopath", which contains audio taken from an actual 9-1-1

9-1-1

9-1-1 is the emergency telephone number for the North American Numbering Plan .It is one of eight N11 codes.The use of this number is for emergency circumstances only, and to use it for any other purpose can be a crime.-History:In the earliest days of telephone technology, prior to the...

 emergency phone call placed by a woman who was being terrorized by an intruder in her home.

Track listing

1. "My Secret Reason"
2. "Trouble"
3. "Geek the Girl"
4. "Just Geek"
5. "Cry Wolf"
6. "...A Psychopath"
7. "Sexy Little Girl Princess"
8. "Phantom Love"
9. "Cancer of Everything"
10. "A Guy Like You"
11. "...Of Love and Colors"
12. "Stars"

All songs were written by Lisa Germano, except tracks 4 and 7 written by Germano/Burn, and track 5 written by Germano/Jay Joyce.

A music video for "Cry Wolf" was produced, the video helped the songs become one of Germano's more popular compositions and was featured in the movie and soundtrack "Rain", years later. The video can be viewed on the MUZU TV website.

Personnel

• Kenny Aronoff
  Kenny Aronoff
  Kenny Aronoff is an American drummer. He has played drums for many musicians, including John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John, John Fogerty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Meat Loaf, The BoDeans, Gregg Alexander, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tony Iommi, Jon Bon Jovi, Vasco Rossi, Cinderella and...
  
   – drums (tracks 3, 9, 12)
• Malcolm Burn
  Malcolm Burn
  Malcolm Burn is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. In 2001, he won a Grammy Award with Jim Watts and Emmylou Harris for his work on Harris's Red Dirt Girl. -Biography:...
  
   – drums (4, 7), dulcimer
  Appalachian dulcimer
  The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. It is native to the Appalachian region of the United States...
  
   (7), guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   (4, 9), piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
   (7)

Credits

• Produced by Lisa Germano and Malcolm Burn at an uncredited studio.
• Tracks 3, 5, 9, and 12 were mixed by Malcolm Burn at Echo Park Studio in Bloomington, IN
  Bloomington, Indiana
  Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census....
  
  , and Kenny Aronoff's drum performances were also recorded there. Assistant engineers
  Audio engineering
  An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
  
   were Mark Hood, Pat Keating, and Ron Black.
• Mastered by Greg Calbi at Masterdisk
  Masterdisk
  Masterdisk is an audio mastering and multimedia company in New York City, located on West 45th Street in Manhattan. They provide production services such as audio mastering, vinyl cutting and enhanced CD and DVD production....
  
  .
• Art direction by Paul McMenamin at v23
  23 Envelope
  23 Envelope was the name given to the graphic design partnership of graphic designer Vaughan Oliver and photographer/filmmaker Nigel Grierson from 1983-1988...
  
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• Photography by Dominic Davies.

External links

• Geek the Girl at 4AD
  4AD
  4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today...