''Parachute'' is the first album by the band
Guster
Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel began practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and ...
, released in 1994. Four thousand copies were released under the band name Gus (the band had to change its name shortly afterward when another artist signed a record contract under that name). Those copies are considered very rare by Guster fans.
The stuffed animal on the cover of the album is a childhood toy of the percussionist Brian Rosenworcel and is lovingly referred to as "The Big Friend." It has become a mascot of sorts for the band.
Critical reception
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The Boston Globe
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'' named the album the best local debut of 1994.
Track listing
#"Fall in Two"
#"Mona Lisa"
#"Love for Me"
#"Window"
#"Eden"
#"Scars & Stitches"
#"The Prize"
#"Dissolve"
#"Cocoon"
#"Happy Frappy"
#"Parachute"
Personnel
*
Jay Bellerose
Jay Bellerose is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session and live performance work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists.
Biography
Bellerose was born in Maine. A jazz enthusiast, he attended ...
- drums
* Mike Denneen - chamberlin
* Scott Davis
* Clayton Scoble - electric guitar, 12-string guitar
* Michael Rivard - upright bass
*
Adam Gardner
Adam Seth Gardner (born May 31, 1973) is an American guitarist and vocalist of the band Guster and a member of the Tufts University Beelzebubs.
Gardner grew up outside Morristown, New Jersey, and played for a band called Royal Flush while a stud ...
- vocals, guitar
* Brian Rosenworcel - bongos, percussion
*
Ryan Miller
Ryan Dean Miller (born July 17, 1980) is an American former ice hockey goaltender who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) mostly for the Buffalo Sabres. Miller was drafted 138th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL E ...
- vocals, guitar
* Andy Custer - electric bass
* Dejan Kralj - guitar
*
Goran Kralj - vocals, guitar, piano
* Jeff Murphy
* Milt Sutton
* Morgan Dawley
* Scott Schwebel - drums, percussion
*
Steve Garrett - cello
* Tom Swafford - violin
* Wes Yoakam - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Miscellaneous
In the early years of
music file sharing, a form of
bait and switch
Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud used in retail sales but also employed in other contexts. First, customers are "baited" by merchants' advertising products or services at a low price, but when customers visit the store, they discover that the ...
involving ''Parachute'' occurred.
In the comments of the song ''Guster - Parachute
est Quality' on YouTube, many people report of having downloaded
Coldplay's – Parachutes album via online music sharing platforms. In lieu of the real Track 7 – ''Parachutes'', Guster's Track 11 – ''Parachute'' from their Parachute album had been inserted instead.
By searching for the lyrics of the misplaced song, some fans eventually uncovered that it was actually ''Parachute'' from Guster and unrelated to the ''Parachutes'' song from Coldplay.
People discovering the true artist after years of confusion seemed pleased to find out the origin of the song. This is supported by select quotes from users on YouTube:
It is unclear if this was an intentional replacement—for either marketing or
trolling
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purposes—or an accident.
References
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Guster albums
1995 debut albums