Lifestyle (album)
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Lifestyle is the seventh full-length album released by indie rock
band Silkworm
. It is the band's second album released on Touch and Go Records
. After 1998's self-produced Blueblood
, the band's friend and longtime recording engineer Steve Albini
again returned to record the album, which was also produced by his girlfriend Heather Whinna.
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Silkworm
Silkworm (band)
Silkworm was an indie rock band active from 1987 to 2005.The members were Tim Midgett, Joel RL Phelps, Andy Cohen, and Michael Dahlquist. Phelps left the band in 1994. Matt Kadane of Bedhead and The New Year played keyboards on Italian Platinum and It'll Be Cool...
. It is the band's second album released on Touch and Go Records
Touch and Go Records
Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.After its genesis as a hand-made fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s alternative and underground rock scenes, Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous...
. After 1998's self-produced Blueblood
Blueblood (album)
Blueblood is the sixth full-length album released by indie rock band Silkworm. Unlike other Silkworm releases, it was not recorded by their long-time engineer Steve Albini, though he is credited with mixing the record...
, the band's friend and longtime recording engineer Steve Albini
Steve Albini
Steven Frank Albini is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac...
again returned to record the album, which was also produced by his girlfriend Heather Whinna.
Track listing
- Contempt -- (2:49)
- Slave Wages -- (3:06)
- Treat the New Guy Right -- (2:42)
- Plain -- (3:54)
- Roots -- (2:55)
- Yr Web -- (3:25)
- That's Entertainment -- (3:45)
- Raging Bull -- (1:41)
- Around the Outline -- (4:00)
- Dead Air -- (2:16)
- Ooh La LaOoh La La (Faces song)"Ooh La La" is the title song to the album, a Faces song, written by Ronnie Lane and Ronnie Wood. It was Ronnie Wood, not Rod Stewart or Ronnie Lane, who sang the lead vocal for this song. Stewart did not think the song was up to his standards although both he and Lane recorded lead vocals for it...
(Ronnie Wood/Ronnie LaneRonnie LaneRonald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands; the Small Faces where he was nicknamed "Plonk", – and, after losing the band's frontman, Faces, with two new...
) -- (3:56) - The Bones -- (2:29)
Personnel
- Andy Cohen—Guitar, Vocals
- Michael DahlquistMichael DahlquistMichael Dahlquist was a drummer in the Seattle band Silkworm.-Early years:Dahlquist was born at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington. He spent his childhood in Bothell, a nearby town, and many vacations were spent at his grandmother's ranch in Livingston, Montana...
-- Drums, Vocals - Tim Midgett—Bass, Baritone Guitar, Vocals
- Brett Gossman—Keyboards
- Steve AlbiniSteve AlbiniSteven Frank Albini is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac...
-- Engineer - Heather Whinna—Producer, Backing vocals on 3
- Hiroshi Kimura—Artwork
- Steve Rooke—Mastering