''Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum'' is the debut studio album by American rock band

Tally Hall Tally Hall (sometimes stylized as tallyhall) is an American rock music, rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in December 2002, and publicly active until the conclusion of their Good & Evil (album), ''Good & Evil'' tour in 2011. The band is ...

, originally released on October 24, 2005. Their previous recordings were all independently produced and distributed demos. All of the tracks on the album are finished versions of their demo tracks featured in '' Party Boobytrap E.P.'', and ''Welcome to Tally Hall E.P.'', with the exception of "Haiku," which is a completely new song. The album gets its name from a museum of mechanized curiosities that was located in

Farmington Hills, Michigan Farmington Hills is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northwestern Metro Detroit, suburb of Detroit, Farmington Hills is located roughly from downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 United States censu ...

. The album's cover art is also based on a number of machines located within the museum. The album was officially re-released on September 12, 2006, under the Quack! Media label. This re-release coincided with additional publicity on

MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

, national distribution in all major retail stores, and various other TV appearances including ''

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish actor and comedian Craig Ferguson. This was the third iteration of the The Late Late Show (American talk show), ''Late Late Show'' franchise, airi ...

''. The music video for "Good Day" was first shown at Tally Hall's two Ann Arbor concerts on September 23, 2006. Tally Hall was later signed with

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...

, and was approved to re-record ''Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum'' at Stratosphere Sound Recording Studios in NYC. The remastered version of the album was released in April 2008, with "Good Day" and "Welcome to Tally Hall" released as promotional singles. The album received generally positive reviews and became a

word-of-mouth Word of mouth is the passing of information from person to person using oral communication, which could be as simple as telling someone the time of day. Storytelling is a common form of word-of-mouth communication where one person tells others a ...

success.

"Good Day"

The single "Good Day" from the new version of the album was released on February 26, 2008. The re-recorded version of the album was released on April 1, 2008. This release also included a

vinyl LP The LP (from long playing or long play) is an analog sound storage medium, specifically a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specificati ...

pressing of the album. It was reissued on vinyl, cassette, and CD by Needlejuice Records on March 13, 2021. "Good Day" was written by Andrew Horowitz and won a prize of $10,000 with the 2004 BMI John Lennon Scholarship for "the best and brightest young songwriters between the ages of 15 and 24". The song was featured on '' The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson''. The song was also featured in the April 6, 2006, episode of '' The O.C.'', a prime-time drama series. A " simlish" version of "Good Day" was created for use in ''

The Sims 2 ''The Sims 2'' is a 2004 social simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the second major title in ''The Sims'' series, and is the sequel to ''The Sims''. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on ...

''. This version of "Good Day" was later featured as a new hidden track on the pregap of the Needlejuice Records CD rerelease of ''Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum''.

Track listing

Notes

*On vinyl & cassette releases of the album, "The Whole World and You" is track 7. "The Whole World and You" is the last of side A on the vinyl, rather than track 12, and on cassette editions, "Banana Man" is the last track of side A.

Personnel

Tally Hall

* Rob Cantor – vocals,

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

ukulele The ukulele ( ; ); also called a uke (informally), is a member of the lute (ancient guitar) family of instruments. The ukulele is of Portuguese origin and was popularized in Hawaii. The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and con ...

(12), percussion *Joe Hawley – vocals, guitar, ukulele (9, 15), melodica (7) *Zubin Sedghi –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

, vocals *Andrew Horowitz – keyboards, percussion, vocals *Ross Federman – drums, percussion,

marimba The marimba ( ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the mari ...

(11), vocals (16), auctioneer voice (5)

Other musicians

*Alison Kartush – backing vocals (4, 12) *Andrew Papas – backing vocals (4, 12) *Ashley Hurst – backing vocals (4, 12) *Bora Karaca – backing vocals (1, 5, 7), whistling (7) *Brett Trzcinski – backing vocals (1, 5, 7) *Caitlyn Thomson – backing vocals (4, 12) *Claire Smith – backing vocals (4, 12) *Donald Milton III – backing vocals (1, 5, 7) *Emily Barkin – backing vocals (4, 12) *Greg Jaffe – backing vocals (1, 5, 7) *Jason Ceo – backing vocals (1, 5, 7) *Jessica Fetter – backing vocals (4, 12) *Jon Zande – backing vocals (1, 5, 7) *Karl Pestka – backing vocals (4, 12) *Lisa Bakale-Wise – backing vocals (4, 12) *Michael Anuzis – backing vocals (4, 12) *Michael Steelman – backing vocals (1, 5, 7) *Rebecca Blinder – backing vocals (4, 12) *Stephanie Fajuri – backing vocals (4, 12) *Tim Wagner – backing vocals (1, 5, 7) *Victor Szabo – backing vocals (1, 5, 7) *Jim Roll –

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

(6) *Keith Reed –

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

(4, 6, 9, 12) *Anna Schultz –

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

(3, 4, 9, 13, 14) *Rachel Hsieh – cello (3, 8, 13, 14) *Andres Ivan Navedo –

clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...

(12) *Brittni Troy –

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most o ...

(4, 9) *Eric Brummitt – French horn (4, 9) *Ben Began –

mandolin A mandolin (, ; literally "small mandola") is a Chordophone, stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally Plucked string instrument, plucked with a plectrum, pick. It most commonly has four Course (music), courses of doubled St ...

(14) *Bobby Streng –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to p ...

(3, 4) *Melissa Gardiner –

trombone The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...

(3, 4, 12) *Steve Peterson – trombone (5, 7) *David Tenerelli –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

(4, 5, 7) *Jeff Blim – trumpet (3, 12) *Matt Lyon –

tuba The tuba (; ) is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece (brass), mouthpiece. It first appeared in th ...

(5, 7) *Michael Nickens – tuba (3, 4, 12) *Laurel Borden –

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

(3, 4, 9, 13, 14) *

Jeremy Kittel Jeremy Kittel is an American musician and composer. His primary instruments are the violin / fiddle and viola and he has worked in a number of genres including Celtic, Jazz, Pop, Classical, Bluegrass, Folk music, and more. He leads his na ...

–

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

(6) *Shawn Jaeger – violin (3, 4, 9, 13, 14) *Marvin Yagoda – voice (3, 15) *The Haiku Dinner Party – crowd (11) *Roberta Tamm – kid voice (9) *Taylor Janssen – kid voice (9)

Technical personnel

*Patrick Fong – art direction, design *Zubin Sedghi – artwork *Court Jones – artwork over*Joe Hawley – artwork irection, design*Austin Ash Lemon – artwork ack cover layout, 2021*Ben Began – engineer *Bora Karaca – engineer ssistant*Rudyard Lee Cullers – engineer igital assembly*Jennifer Tzar – photography *Tally Hall – producer

References

External links

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum on Needlejuice Records
* {{Authority control 2005 albums Tally Hall albums Museums in popular culture 2000s concept albums Needlejuice Records albums