''Happiness'' is the second album by

Lisa Germano Lisa Ruth Germano (born June 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Indiana. Her album '' Geek the Girl'' (1994) was chosen as a top album of the 1990s by ''Spin'' magazine. She began her career as a violinist ...

. Released by

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...

in 1993, it was re-released by

4AD Records 4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name "Axis" (after the Hendrix album) by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records. The name was changed to 4AD af ...

the following year. A music video was produced for the single "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses."

Track listing

All tracks written by Lisa Germano, except 5 written by Germano/Joyce, and 10 written by

Lee Hazlewood Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s ...

. The title of track 2 was changed to "The Dresses Song" on all subsequent re-releases of this album, while 10 and 11 have been omitted completely. Track 11 was made available on Germano's self-released compilation, ''Rare, Unusual or Just Bad Songs'' (2002), but track 10 remains unreleased elsewhere. # "Around the World" # "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses" # "Happiness" # "Bad Attitude" # "Sycophant" # "Miamo-Tutti" # "Energy" # "Cowboy" # "Puppet" # "

These Boots Are Made for Walkin' "These Boots Are Made for Walkin' is a hit song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by American singer Nancy Sinatra. It charted on January 22, 1966, and reached No.1 in the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and in the UK Singles Chart. Su ...

" # "Breathe Acrost Texas" # "Everyone's Victim" # "The Darkest Night of All"

Personnel

Kenny Aronoff Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American session drummer. Early life Aronoff grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts He developed an interest in music at an early age and gravitated to the drums as "drumming was one hundred percent ene ...

–

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(tracks 7, 9) *

Malcolm Burn Malcolm Burn (born October 4, 1960) is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. Emmylou Harris's ''Red Dirt Girl'', produced by Burn, won Best Contemporary Folk Album at the 2001 Grammys. Biography Born in Cornwall, Ontar ...

–

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

(3, 7, 10),

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

(4, 5, 9),

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

(10) * Bill Dillon – guitar (1, 3, 4, 9), bass guitar (12) * Daryl Johnson – bass guitar (1, 3, 4),

djembe A djembe or jembe ( ; from Maninka language, Malinke ''jembe'' , N'Ko script, N'Ko: ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe ...

(1), drums (12) * Ronald Jones – drums (1, 3, 4, 12) *

Jay Joyce John Joseph "Jay" Joyce is an American record producer, songwriter and session musician. In the 1990s, Joyce, with Chris Feinstein and Brad Pemberton, recorded and toured as Iodine and began working as a record producer, working with artists suc ...

– guitar (2, 9, 12), keyboards (1), bass guitar (3, 5) * John Keane –

pedal steel The pedal steel guitar is a console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than any previous steel guitar design. Like all steel guitars, it can p ...

(8), guitar (9) *

Giles Reaves Giles Reaves is a multi-instrumentalist sound artist and audio engineer who has composed albums of space music. His most recognized album, ''Sea of Glass'', 1992, peaked at #11 on the Billboard Top New Age Albums chart. Biography Reaves got his ...

– drums (2) * Toby Myers – bass guitar (7, 9) * Produced by Malcolm Burn. * Recorded at Kingsway Studio in

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

; additional recording done at Champagne Studio in

Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...

, September Studio in

Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...

, and Germano's home. * Engineered by Malcolm Burn, Mark Howard, Wayne Lorenz, John Keane, and

Trina Shoemaker Kathryn "Trina" Shoemaker is an American mixer, record producer and sound engineer responsible for producing/engineering and/or mixing records for bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Something for Kate, Nanci Gri ...

. Additional engineering by Giles Reaves, Mike Griffith, Paul Mahern, and Mark Hood. * Mixed by Malcolm Burn and Wayne Lorenz at Kingsway, except 7 mixed by Paul Mahern at Pinebrook Studio in Alexandria, IN. * Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in

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. * Cover photograph by Bob Lanois, coloring by Jim Merrill. * Rear cover drawing by Haley Goethals. * Design by Jeff Fey.

''Inconsiderate Bitch''

The ''Inconsiderate Bitch'' EP is the third solo release by Lisa Germano, and her first for the 4AD label. It was one of a series of limited-edition "temporary releases" by 4AD, meant to supplement concurrent releases by the same act; in this case, ''Inconsiderate Bitch'' acted as a "teaser" for the label's re-release of ''Happiness'', while also serving as an introduction of Germano to her new label's audience. While preparing and resequencing the album for its re-release, 4AD founder and then-president

Ivo Watts-Russell Ivo Watts-Russell (born 1954) is a British music producer and record label executive. He was joint-founder with Peter Kent of the indie record label 4AD. He has produced several records, although he prefers to use the term "musical director". Ea ...

and engineer

John Fryer John Fryer may refer to: *John Fryer (physician) (died 1563), English physician, humanist and early reformer *John Fryer (physician, died 1672), English physician *John Fryer (travel writer) (1650–1733), British travel-writer and doctor *Sir John ...

(who had worked on Watts-Russell's

This Mortal Coil This Mortal Coil were a British music collective led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were the only two official members, the band's recorded output featured a large rotating ...

project) also created this suite of alternate

remix A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...

es, with the exception of "(Late Night) Dresses", a version of "You Make Me Wanto Wear Dresses" (later retitled "The Dresses Song") remixed by the original producer, Malcolm Burn.

Track listing

# "Happiness" # "Energy" # "Puppet" # "Sycophant" # (Late Night) Dresses All songs were written by Lisa Germano, except track 4 written by Germano/Joyce. Tracks 2-5 were later added to an edition of ''Happiness'' re-released by 4AD in 1999, but have since been removed for subsequent editions. Track 1 remains available only on this CD; with a running time of 8:17, it is considerably extended compared to the two album versions.

Personnel

Same as above, except: * Mixed and compiled by Ivo Watts-Russell and John Fryer, except track 5 mixed by Malcolm Burn. * Mixed at

Blackwing Studios Blackwing Studios was an English recording studio, most notable for early Depeche Mode and Yazoo recordings in the early 1980s. Background The Blackwing Studios complex was housed inside a deconsecrated church in south-east London. All Hallows ...

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. * Cover image by Cathy Fenwick. * Photography by

Andrew Catlin Andrew Catlin is an English photographer, artist, director, cinematographer and filmmaker. His work has been widely published, and is included in numerous collections, books, exhibitions and archives. History Catlin grew up intrigued by both ar ...

. * Design by

Vaughan Oliver Vaughan Oliver (12 September 1957 – 29 December 2019) was a British graphic designer based in Epsom, Surrey. Oliver was best known for his work with graphic design studios 23 Envelope and v23. Both studios maintained a close relationship with ...

and Chris Bigg at v23. Three months after releasing the ''Inconsiderate Bitch'' EP, Germano's new label, 4AD, reissued her second album, ''Happiness'', with a resequenced track listing, two new songs replacing two from the original, and radically different artwork.

Track listing

1994 4AD reissue

# "Bad Attitude" # "Destroy the Flower" # "Puppet" # "Everyone's Victim" # "Energy" # "Cowboy" # "Happiness" # "The Earth" # "Around the World" # "Sycophant" # "Miamo-Tutti" # "The Dresses Song" # "The Darkest Night of All" All songs were written by Lisa Germano, except track 10 written by Germano/Joyce. Tracks 2 and 8 did not appear on the original Capitol version of the album; track 12 was previously titled "You Make Me Wanto Wear Dresses". A later edition of ''Happiness'', re-released by 4AD in 1999, contained tracks 2-5 from the ''Inconsiderate Bitch'' EP added to the end as bonus tracks, but have since been removed for subsequent editions. A music video for the song "Puppet" was produced and can be viewed on the MUZU TV website.

Personnel

Same as above, except: *

– bass (2) * Michael Radovsky – drums (2) * Track 2 was produced by Jay Joyce. * Track 10 was produced by Malcolm Burn and Jay Joyce. * Track 2 was engineered by Mike Griffith at Champagne Studios in Nashville, and mixed by Jay Joyce and Mike Griffith. * Track 8 was engineered by Giles Reaves at Bloodsucker Studios. * Track 3 was remixed by Malcolm Burn and Trina Shoemaker. * Design by

and Adrian Philpott; images by John Weber.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Happiness (Lisa Germano Album) Lisa Germano albums 1993 albums 1994 albums Albums produced by Malcolm Burn 4AD albums