''Buzz'' is one of the albums from

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band

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. The album was released in October 1995 and was produced by

Steve Taylor Roland Stephen Taylor (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music executive, film maker, assistant professor, and actor. A figure in what has come to be known as Christian alternative rock, Taylor enjoyed ...

. The album takes the band into the realms of alternative music and

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common of the 90s. Guardian opened for Taylor in a tour which prompted them to ask him to produce their next album. Taylor was hesitant to do so at first, but then agreed as he became friends of the band.

Track listing

# "This Old Man" (Palacios, Rowe, Taylor) – 2:29 # "Lead the Way" (Rowe, Taylor) – 2:43 # "State of Mine" (Bach, Rowe) – 3:04 # "The Lion's Den" (Palacios, Rowe, Taylor) – 3:54 # "Are You Gonna Keep Your Word?" (Rowe, Taylor) – 3:34 # "One Thing Left to Do" (Bach, Ney, Palacios, Rowe, Taylor) – 3:36 # "Hand of the Father" (Bach, Palacios, Rowe) – 4:27 # "Psychedelic Runaway" (Palacios) – 3:26 # "Even It Out" (Bach, Palacios) – 3:55 # "Lift Me Up" (Rowe) – 2:57 # "Shorty" (Bach, Palacios) – 2:23 # "Lullaby" (Bach) – 2:56 # "Them Nails" (Bach, Palacios, Rowe) – 2:26

Album artwork

The album slip featured four interchangeable covers. All of them references to the title ''Buzz''. The four covers were: * A picture of

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. * A close-up of a

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. * A picture of two girls whispering between them (as in "buzzing"). * A picture of a mother giving a

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haircut to her young son. Note: This picture is actually David Bach's mom giving his older brother a haircut. Image:Guardian-b1.jpg,

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Buzz cut Lovelytheband (stylized in all lowercase) is an American indie pop band that formed in 2016 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band consists of vocalist Mitchy Collins, guitarist Jordan Greenwald, and drummer Sam Price. The band is ...

Image:Guardian-b3.jpg, Buzz of a bee

Personnel

Guardian *

Jamie Rowe Jamie Rowe (born April 7, 1970 as Earl Wilson Rowe, Jr.) is a musician best known as the lead vocalist of the Christian hard rock band, Guardian. He has also been vocalist for New York-based AdrianGale, power pop band, London Calling (which br ...

– lead vocals, guitar on "Them Nails" *

Tony Palacios Tony Palacios is the lead guitarist of the Christian hard rock band, Guardian. Palacios joined the band in 1986 and has remained with them since, releasing nine studio albums, including three in Spanish. In 1998, Palacios released his first ins ...

– guitars, backing vocals * David Bach – bass, backing vocals * Karl Ney – drums Guest musicians *

Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...

– percussion *

John Mark Painter John Mark Painter (born c. 1967) is an American multi-instrumental musician, composer and arranger. He is best known for his role, with his wife, singer Fleming McWilliams, in the rock duo, Fleming and John. Painter grew up in Miami, and beg ...

– string arrangements * The Love Sponge String Quartet ** John Catchings – cello ** Kristin Wilkinson – viola ** David Davidson – violin ** Pamela Sixfin – violin

Production

– producer * Mark Maxwell – A&R direction * Russ Long – engineer * David Schober – additional engineer * Rich Hanson – recording assistant * Dave Latto – recording assistant * Paul Skaife – recording assistant * Rick Will – mixing * F. Reid Shippen – mix assistant *

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– mastering * David Bach – art direction, design * Jamie Rowe – design * Stephen L. Buchmann – photography (bees) * Black Box Studios – photography (whispering twins) *

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– photography (Buzz Aldrin) * Commander H.E. Biedebach – photography (the haircut) Studios * Recorded at Quad Studios and The Carport (Nashville, Tennessee). * Mixed at The Saltmine (Nashville, Tennessee). * Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine).

External links

Album information
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