THE SPEAKERS: The Happy Birthday Album

The Speakers

The Happy Birthday Album

© 2001 The Speakers (634479259708)

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Folk-y pop songs written for the amazing and spirited Nancy Mitchell on the occasion of her 28th birthday with special guests Jolie Holland, Dave Mihaly, and Melissa Bertolino

tracks

1 Introduction
2 It's Nancy's Birthday
3 We Ain't Gonna Give It Back
4 Ode to the Boss
5 If You Feel Alone
6 Driving In Your Car
7 Nancy's Travels
8 Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
9 Nancy In Africa
10 Outroduction
11 Ode to the Nascent Seeds of The Party For Socialism and Liberati
12 Walking Through This Life
13 I Hope Only Happiness Comes Your Way

notes

The Speakers have been playing music together since they were twelve. Since 1999 they've recorded eight highly orchestrated experimental indie folky-pop album masterpieces-all in bedrooms and parks.


"The Happy Birthday Album" was written for one of our girlfriends as her birthday present when she turned 28, in the birthday song tradition of our second album, the one with the cover that has a spilled soda on it.

Special guests on this album are Jolie Holland, Dave Mihaly, and Melissa Bertolino.

Jolie Holland (not then but now on Anti- Records, and formerly of The Be Good Tanyas) played kid's accordion, fiddle, doshpuluur, and sang on five of the songs. She also co-wrote three of them.

Dave Mihaly (of the Shimmering Leaves, Ara Anderson's Iron & the Albatross, eighties country/funk/jazz/profound amazing silliness band Bardo, and also Jolie Holland's drummer for the past umpteen years) played drums and percussion, marimba, and sang on three songs. He also co-wrote one of them.

And last but not least, Melissa Bertolino (of the Extra Action Marching Band) played trumpet on one song.

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