| Product Summary | | Label: Parasol | | UPC: 00795306106524 | | Release Date: 5/22/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60456568 | | Item#: M49Y2V | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Too Late - DM3 ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Karen - Matthew Sweet ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Tube, The - Astro Puppies ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Turnaround - Bobby Sutliff ~ Various Artists | | | 5. She Satisfies - Doug Powell ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Cruel You - Sparkle Jets U.K. ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Found A Girl - Cloud Eleven ~ Various Artists | | | 8. I Can't Go Wrong - The Lolas ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Your Very Eyes - Jeffrey Foskett ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Curiosity - The Spongetones ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Hangin' Around With You - The Shazam ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Love Is Like A Bullet - Michael Carpenter ~ Various Artists | | | 13. I Miss You - Al Chan ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Your Imagination - The Masticators ~ Various Artists | | | 15. I Don't Know Why - Shane Faubert ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Tommorow Night - Big Hello ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Only In My Sleep - Don Dixon/Marti Jones ~ Various Artists | | | 18. If All I Had Was You - Walter Clevenger/Dairy Kings ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Okay - LMNOP ~ Various Artists | | | 20. When Push Comes To Shove - Matt Bruno ~ Various Artists | | | 21. Things You Do, The - Chewy Marble ~ Various Artists | | | 22. Never Had It Better - Tearaways/Scott McCarl ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Performers include: Matthew Sweet, Michale Carpenter, DM3, The Masticators, LMNOP, Don Dixon & Marti Jones, Al Chan, Jeffrey Foskett, Walter Clevenger & The Dairy Kings, The Tearaways, Scott McCarl, Chewy Marble, Cloud 11, Big Hello, Doug Powell, Bobby Sutliff, The Lolas, Matt Bruno, The Spongetones, Shane Faubert, AstroPuppees, The Shazam. | | Includes liner notes John Borack. | | Personnel: Matthew Sweet (vocals, guitar, electric harpsichord); Michael Simmons (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Jamie Hoover (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Dom Mariani, Hans Rotenberry, Tim Boykin, Lisa Michaels, Greg Brallier, Al Chan, Walter Clevenger (vocals, guitar); Michael Carpenter (vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, drums, background vocals); Fin Seth (vocals, acoustic guitar); Bobby Sutliff (vocals, recorder); Chloe F. Orwell (vocals, saxophone, background vocals); Matt Bruno (vocals, piano, harpsichord, organ, glockenspiel); Robbie Rist (vocals, drums); Scott McCarl (vocals, tambourine); Steve Stoeckel (vocals, background vocals); Doug Powell, Rick Gallego, Stu Forman, Jeffrey Foskett, Shane Faubert (vocals); Ken Cooper (guitar, slide guitar, keyboards); Pat Walters (guitar, background vocals); Johnny Million, Brian Kassan (guitar); David Mills (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Scott Ballew (drums, percussion); Rob Thorne (drums, background vocals); Brad Elvis, Ric Menck (drums); Toni Italiano, Melanie X. (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Doug Powell; Steve Toland; Matt Bruno; Steve Refling. | | Liner Note Authors: Gary Klebe; Jeff Murphy. | | Recording information: Babysue Studio, Atlanta, GA; Basement Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Big Tree Digital, Clanton, AL; Brewery Records Studios, Costa Mesa, CA; Clut Guckle, Kingsport, TN; Crab Apple West Studios, Fullerton, CA; Dubway Studios, New York, NY; Equal Distance Studio, Walnut Creek, CA; Glow Room, Nashville, TN; Lincoln Lounge, Venice, CA; Liquid Studios, Charlotte, NC; Nashville, TN; Noise Chamber, Loves Park, IL; Ozz Manor, Hollywood, CA; Petrock Studios, Morley, Western Australia, Australia; Rathole 16, Los Angeles, CA; Santa Barbara, CA; Skrang Studio, Powell, OH; SPA; Spider Farm, Woodland Hills, CA; Stagefright Studios, Sydney, Australia; Walled Garden, Seattle, WA. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Mark Reynolds . | | The modern pop underground seemingly has a bit of a love affair with the tribute album. There are a plethora of tribute records on the market with largely the same cast of characters appearing each time, and thankfully, they do tend to be consistent, if not revelatory. What sets Shoe Fetish: A Tribute to the Shoes apart from the pack, however, is that it's one of the only times where this crowd has taken on a band who is essentially one of their peers. The Shoes existed in relative obscurity through the '70s and '80s, making albums for a small but devoted cult of power pop fans, many of whom ultimately picked up guitars and started their own bands. Of the bands here, almost all are known quantities, like the Shazam and Michael Carpenter, but apart from Matthew Sweet, none are stars. Most make great, quality pop music but exist in relative obscurity, and that means that Shoe Fetish makes a lot of sense. These 22 songs actually benefit a great deal in reworked form, actually, because even a lot of the best Shoes cuts suffered from stiff, clockwork-like playing and dated production. That means many of these versions -- such as Carpenter's beefed-up, more rock-oriented "Love Is Like a Bullet" or Bobby Sutliff's jangly take on "Turnaround" -- arguably improve upon the originals. Of course, many of these bands also opt for imitation and some are so indistinguishable that they never make an impression, but on the whole, Shoe Fetish is an effective tribute to a band who many pop fans never got a chance to hear. Maybe this is their chance to start. ~ Jason Damas |
Producer: DM3; Don Dixon; Doug Powell; Hans Rotenberry; Rick Gallego; Tim Boykin; Don W. Seven; Jamie Hoover; Jeffrey Foskett; Ken Cooper; Al Chan; Matt Bruno; Matthew Sweet; Michael Simmons; Robbie Rist; Scott McCarl; Shane Faubert; The Masticators; The Tearaways; |
Engineer: Doug Powell; Matt Bruno; Steve Refling |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 02/13/2001 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : 65 | | Label : Parasol Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00795306106524 |
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