''Puddinghead'' is the third studio album by Australian

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band

Ball Park Music Ball Park Music are an Australian five-piece indie rock band from Brisbane, who formed in 2008. The band consists of Sam Cromack, Jennifer Boyce, Paul Furness, Dean Hanson and Daniel Hanson. Their debut studio album '' Happiness and Surroundin ...

, released on 4 April 2014 by Stop Start and Inertia Music. Supported by two singles—"

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" and "Trippin' the Light Fantastic",—''Puddinghead'' was the band's first self-produced album. The band promoted the album with two national tours, the Puddinghead Tour in April/May 2014 and the Trippin' the Light Fantastic tour in September/October 2014. The band also embarked on a short European tour in November. At the 2014 ARIA Music Awards, it was nominated for

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. At the 2014 J Awards, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.

Recording and production

The album was recorded in two periods. During March 2013 and May 2013 sessions were held at the Zeehan Music Factory #1, and during June 2013 and January 2014 they were held at Evertone Studios. The album was engineered by Sam Cromack with assistance of the other band members. The album was self-produced.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians * Ball Park Music – producer, engineer; ** Paul Furness –

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(1, 5), Rhodes piano (1–4, 7, 10), 8-bit keys (1), piano (2–5, 7, 9, 11), Nord flutes (2, 8, 10),

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(3, 9, 11), organ (4–8, 11), harpsichord (5, 7, 10),

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(7) ** Jennifer Boyce –

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 ...

(1, 3–11), vocals (all tracks) ** Sam Cromack – vocals (all tracks), writing (all tracks), guitar (all tracks),

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(1), bass guitar (2), synth (5, 7), acoustic guitar (7, 11),

beatbox Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines (typically a TR-808), using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice.

(7) ** Dean Hanson – guitar (all tracks), writing (1), trombone (5), vocals (5), hi-hat (7), acoustic guitar (10),

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(11) ** Daniel Hanson – drums (all tracks),

cowbell A cowbell (or cow bell) is a bell worn around the neck of free-roaming livestock so herders can keep track of an animal via the sound of the bell when the animal is grazing out of view in hilly landscapes or vast plains. Although they are t ...

(1), tambourine (1–2, 6),

electronic drums Electronic drums is a modern electronic musical instrument, primarily designed to serve as an alternative to an acoustic drum kit. Electronic drums consist of an electronic sound module which produces the synthesized or sampled percussion sounds ...

(3, 5), percussion (5, 7), synth (5), vocals (5) * Chris Darbyshire –

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(5),

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(5) Additional personnel * Tony Hoffer – mixing * Dave Cooley – mastering * Polly Bass Boost – artwork

Charts

Release history

References

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