tracks

Mass Romantic
The Fake Headlines
The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism
Mystery Hours
Jackie
Letter From An Occupant
To Wild Homes
The Body Says No
Execution Day
Centre For Holy Wars
The Mary Martin Show
Breakin' The Law

notes

Taken from booklet:
"(...) It started off in Darryl Neudorf's Miller Block studio, where some of the drum tracks were recorded, and it was finished by our man John Collins at Rodney Graham's place. Somewhere in there Dave Carswell helped with the production, too. Mastering was done by Todd Simko, at Chateau Shag. (...) All the songs were written by Carl of Dan. Fisher Rose drummed on 4 of 'em, guess which ones. Kurt Dahle drummed on the rest (...). Davidian Chorley played saxophone on The Mary Martin Show and The Body Says No. Blaine Thurier played a bunch of keyboards. John Collins produced, engineered, played bass, and several other instruments. Dan Bejar and Carl Newman played a bunch of instruments, it's hard to remember who played what, it was all a blaze of pipe organ, wurlitzer, mini korg, and what have you. Carl, Dan, Kurt, and Neko Case sang in various lead and background vocal capacities. The end vocals on Breakin' The Law were sung by the Camp Northstar kids' chorus. (...) All this artwork layout was done by Randy Iwata. The photos were taken by Shannon Oksanen, (...)."

Booklet doesn't give the lyrics, but the key sentence for each song.

All songs © The New Pornographers 2000 (SOCAN)

© ℗ 2002 Matador Records
Issued under license from Mint Records.

credits

Artwork – Randy Iwata
Bass, Instruments [Several Other Instruments] – John Collins (3)
Drums – Fisher Rose, Kurt Dahle
Engineer – John Collins (3)
Keyboards – Blaine Thurier
Mastered By – Todd Simko
Organ, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Synthesizer [Mini Korg] – Carl Newman, Daniel Bejar
Photography By – Shannon Oksanen
Producer – David Carswell, John Collins (3)
Recorded By – John Collins (3), Rodney Graham
Recorded By [Drums] – Darryl Neudorf
Saxophone – Davidian Chorley (tracks: 8, 11)
Vocals [End Vocals] – Camp Northstar Kids' Chorus (tracks: 12)
Vocals, Backing Vocals – Carl Newman, Daniel Bejar, Kurt Dahle, Neko Case
Written-By – Carl, Dan,

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Matador Records (2)
Copyright (c) – Matador Records (2)
Licensed From – Mint Records (12)
Published By – The New Pornographers
Recorded At – The Miller Block
Mastered At – Chateau Shag
Glass Mastered At – Technicolor

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