''Alphabutt'' is an album of children's music by

Kimya Dawson Kimya Dawson (born November 17, 1972) is an American folk singer-songwriter, one half of the anti-folk duo the Moldy Peaches. Dawson's work with the Moldy Peaches earned them a cult following and critical acclaim, with their 2001 song " Anyone E ...

, recorded in February 2007, recorded with

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producer Jason Carmer. The Alphabutt sessions were completed on February 21, 2008, and the full album was released on

K Records K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington founded in 1982. Artists on the label included early releases by Beck, Modest Mouse and Built to Spill. The record label has been called "key to the development of independent mu ...

in September 2008. Nine of the ten original songs have also appeared on self-released EP entitled ''Alphabutt E.Pee'' sold on Kimya's world tour in 2007. Each copy of the EP came in a unique hand-decorated folder of colored cardboard held together by a string. The folder contained an Alphabutt CD-R, a handwritten fact sheet and nine sheets of drawings on pink paper - one for each song. The flipside of the folder reads "''made with love at the great crap factory''." Against previous plans, the retail CD did not come with a children's book: "''I decided to just release it as a cd, because then it will be out much faster. I am going to make a book for kids another time. It will take forever to get a book completed but the cd is so close to being done. It is a crazy album! I am really excited about it.''"

Track listing

Personnel

* Callidora Cadogan – kazoo, vocals *

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– kazoo * Jason Carmer – bass, guitar, drums, vocals, handclapping, producer, engineer, rattle, audio production * Nico Carmer – drums, vocals, handclapping * Kimya Dawson – guitar, piano, kazoo, vocals, handclapping, producer, audio production * Erez Frank – vocals * Sofia Jeremias – vocals * Aki Mantia – piano *

Bryan "Brain" Mantia Bryan Kei Mantia (born February 4, 1963), known professionally as Brain, is an American rock drummer. He has played with bands such as Primus, Guns N' Roses, Praxis, and Godflesh, and with other performers such as Tom Waits, Serj Tankian, Bill ...

– drums, vocals * McAlister Shea – drums, vocals * Milo Milstead Murgia – drums * Panda Dawson-Duval – piano, vocals * Amani Shea – drums * Barbara Shipowo – vocals * Angelo Spencer – guitar, drums, vocals, wood block, blocks

References

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