''Headquarters'' is the title of a studio album by the music group

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, released in May 2012, on the Alma Records label, which is affiliated with the

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Music Group. It was mainly recorded at the Drive Shed in Toronto. It was produced and arranged by

Don Breithaupt Don Breithaupt (born April 8, 1961) is a Canadian pianist, singer/songwriter, composer, arranger, producer and author. He received his musical education at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied Jazz Composition and Arranging, and h ...

, and the engineer was John 'Beetle' Bailey. Breithaupt is the founder and leader of

, who have been recording since 1992. Their previous two albums were ''Welcome to the Club'' (1992), and ''True Winter'' (1998). In 2005, they released ''Big Money'', a collection of singles, remasters, and rarities. Stylistically, the ''Headquarters'' album shows it to be influenced by the music of

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, with arranged horns and background vocals throughout. Breithaupt says the tunes are "pop songs with too many chords!" Also, some guitar work comes from guest artists

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(who is best known for his work with

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and

), as well as from

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and

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(founder of the band

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). Also making contributions on this album are

trumpet player and musical director

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, with

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and David Blamires adding backup vocals. ''Headquarters'' has generated increasing attention and multi-genre airplay for

, with a growing international audience.

Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted.

Personnel

;Monkey House *

– lead vocals, keyboards, backup vocals, percussion (tracks 9,10,12), arranger, & producer. *Mark Kelso – drums *Pat Kilbride - bass ;Additional personnel *Justin Abedin – guitar (tracks 3,4,5,7) *Mike Francis - guitar (tracks 1,2,8,10,11,12,13) *Tony Zorzi - guitar (tracks 6,9) *Anthony Vanderburgh - guitar and solo (track 13) *

- solo guitar (track 2) *

- solo guitar (track 8) *

- solo guitar (track 12) *

- solo trumpet (track 3) *Art Avalos – percussion (tracks 1,3,4,5,7,8,12,14) *Mat Pataki – percussion (track 13) *

– backup vocals (tracks 1,3,5,14) *David Blamires – backup vocals (track 11) *Rikki Rumball - backup vocals (tracks 4,6,14) *Jennie Laws - scat vocals (track 9) *Perry White – tenor sax (solo track 1), soprano sax (solo track 6) *John Johnson – tenor sax (tracks 1,2,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14) *Colleen Allen - tenor sax (track 9) *Andy Ballantyne - alto sax (tracks 1,2,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14) *Verne Dorge – baritone sax (tracks 1,2,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14) *William Sperandei – trumpet (track 3),(solo on tracks 5,11) *Dave Dunlop - trumpet (tracks 1,2,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14) *Tony Carlucci - trumpet (track 13) *Gord Myers - trombone (tracks 1,2,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14) *Doug Gibson - trombone (tracks 9,10,12), trombone & bass trombone (tracks 1,2,6,7,8,13,14), bass trombone (track 5) *Mark Mosca - steel pans (tracks 7,14) *Sheldon Moore - turntables (tracks 3,5)

References

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