''Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947'' is the fifth album by
Michael Penn
Michael Daniel Penn (born August 1, 1958) is an American musician, singer and composer. He is noted for the 1989 single " No Myth", a top 20 hit in the US and successful in several other countries.
Early life
Penn was born in the Greenwich Vi ...
, originally released independently in 2005 on Mimeograph Records (Penn's
United Musicians
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label) and distributed through
SpinART Records
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.
Legacy Recordings licensed the album for a 2007 reissue that included bonus tracks and a video.
The album's themes are framed by Penn's fascination with events taking place in 1947, which he describes as "the year everything changed." It is named for a
Raymond Lark painting Penn had initially intended to use as the album's cover.
Track listing
''All songs by Michael Penn''
# "Walter Reed"
# "Denton Road"
# "Room 712, The Apache"
# "Pretending"
# "The Transistor"
# "Mary Lynn"
# "18 September"
# "The Television Set Waltz"
# "You Know How"
# "A Bad Sign"
# "O.K."
# "On Automatic"
# "(P.S.) Millionaire" (not listed in liner notes)
Legacy reissue bonus disc
''Tracks 1–6 are live performances from a
KCRW
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appearance''
# "Walter Reed"
# "Bad Sign"
# "Denton Road"
# "I Can Tell"
# "Me Around"
# "O.K."
# Video for "Walter Reed"
# "
Down by the Riverside
"Down by the Riverside" (also known as "Ain't Gonna Study War No More" and "Gonna lay down my burden") is an African-American spiritual. Its roots date back to before the American Civil War, though it was first published in 1918 in ''Plantation ...
" (hidden track)
Personnel
*Michael Penn – dulcimer, bass, guitar, percussion, piano, Hammond organ, vocals
*
Aimee Mann
Aimee Elizabeth Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter. Over the course of four decades, she has released more than a dozen albums as a solo artist and with other musicians. She is noted for her sardonic and literate lyr ...
– bass, vocals
*
Michael Bland
Michael Bland (born March 14, 1969) is an American musician best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for seven years.
From 1995 to 1997, ...
– drums
*
Julian Coryell
Julian Coryell (born 1973) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer.
Biography
Coryell was born in Pennsylvania in 1973 to famed jazz guitarist Larry CoryellAnderman, Joan (February 20, 2004). "Look how they've grown: Two childr ...
– slide guitar
*Danny Frankel – drums
*Buddy Judge – harmony vocals
*Gary Louris – harmony vocals
*
Patrick Warren
Patrick Warren (born March 26, 1957) is an American musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for his work on the films ''Magnolia'', ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', '' Boogie Nights'' and ''Red State'', as well as the television series ' ...
– piano, Fender Rhodes, pianette
*Jebin Bruni – piano, pianette
*
Dave Palmer – piano
*Sheldon Gomberg – upright bass
*Justin Rocherolle – drums
References
External links
Official site include
audio samples and lyrics''Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947'' media kit
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2005 albums
Michael Penn albums
United Musicians albums