''Guilty Pleasures'' is a 2007 album by the band

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, consisting entirely of

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s of various hits from the 1970s. Unlike the band's previous album, ''

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'', which was released only digitally through

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, ''Guilty Pleasures'' was released both on CD and digital download formats. It is also the only Lazlo Bane album where every member of the band sings

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on at least one song.

Overview

The project was first announced through the band's Myspace blog in January 2007 with the first song mentioned being " Stuck in the Middle with You". The band ended up with the album containing 20 songs, almost all of which were originally released in the 1970s, except " I Love You" by

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, which was released on the album ''Flying the Flag'' and also as a single in 1980. The titles of several songs were changed from their original ones. The first song, listed as "Get Right Back", is actually titled "

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". The fifth song, listed as "Lime in the Coconut", is simply titled "

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". The sixth song, listed as "Alone Again", is actually titled "

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". The eleventh song " The Things We Do for Love" is listed as "Things We Do for Love". The album features a number of guest musicians, including frequent Chad Fischer's collaborator

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and the band

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, among others.

Cover artwork

The front cover of the album features four characters of the Funny Face Drink Mix, a popular late '60s and '70s powdered drink mix. The characters from left to right are: Rootin' Tootin' Raspberry, Goofy Grape, Jolly Olly Orange and Choo Choo Cherry.

Promotion

Before the release of the album, the band revealed several upcoming songs through their Myspace blog. They included "Stuck in the Middle with You", " Lonely Boy" and " Baby Come Back". The band also released a video advertisement and a

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for the cover of

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's " I'm Not in Love". In summer of 2007, the band went on tour in support of ''Guilty Pleasures'', opening for

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on several dates. A small video productions company, Clay Cow Productions, made two music videos for the songs "Lonely Boy" and "Alone Again". The latter was made after the request by Chad Fischer, who was impressed by Clay Cow's previous work, and was featured in Lazlo Bane's Myspace blog.

Uses in other media

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" was featured in the film '' Bonneville'' and on the film's soundtrack. Though the film premiered in 2006, the soundtrack was released only in 2008, after the release of ''Guilty Pleasures''. " Stuck in the Middle with You" was featured in the 2014 film ''

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''. The song was included on the soundtrack album for the film which was released on 9 December 2014.

Track listing

Personnel

;Lazlo Bane *Chad Fischer –

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*Chris Link – bass,

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on "I Can't Tell You Why" *Tim Bright – guitar,

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, lead vocals on "Lime in the Coconut" *Chicken –

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, lead vocals on "Lime in the Coconut", "Nothing from Nothing", "In the Summertime", "Mama Told Me Not to Come" and "Highway to Hell" ;Additional personnel *

– piano on "Nothing from Nothing" and "Things We Do for Love" *Jeff Babko – piano on "All By Myself", "Could It Be Magic" and

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on "Nothing from Nothing" *Cleto Escobedo III –

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on "Nothing from Nothing" *Cleto Escobedo, Jr. –

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on "Nothing from Nothing" *Dr. E. G. Fischer –

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on "Alone Again" *Professor Bill Fischer – trombone on "Alone Again" *Jeanie Lim –

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on "Take the Long Way Home" and "Could It Be Magic" *Alisha Baver –

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on "Take the Long Way Home" and "Could It Be Magic" *Eric Wuest – violin on "Take the Long Way Home" and "Could It Be Magic" * Cecilia Noël –

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on "Lime in the Coconut", "Mama Told Me Not to Come" and "Highway to Hell" *Charissa Nielsen – background vocals on "Lime in the Coconut", "Mama Told Me Not to Come" and "Highway to Hell" *Dana Nielsen – background vocals on "Lime in the Coconut", "Mama Told Me Not to Come" and "Highway to Hell" * Scott Hull – mastering *Chad Fischer – mixing *Lazlo Bane – mixing *Renee Faia –

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, photography *Noel Spirandelli – photography *Charlie Paxson – photographyAll personnel is taken from ''Guitlty Pleasures''

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Release history

References

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