''Pursuit of Happiness'' is the thirteenth album from

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and was released in 2006.

Awards

''Pursuit of Happiness'' won the 2006 Wammie for Best Recording in the Electronica Category.The 2006 Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards)

Release notes

"Pursuit of Happiness is more thrills than dual piano with

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Album cover

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initially refused to stock the album because the "cover art goes beyond what (they are) willing to accept".Arthur Loves Plastic Blog - Amazon: Cockfighting Okay; Other Activities Not So Much - March 13, 2008
. The album was subsequently made available from Amazon.com with a blank album cover.

Reissue

Following a request by

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to remove the ALP remixes of her tracks on the album; ''Pursuit of Happiness'' was reissued on 22 March 2010 without the tracks "Meltdown (Freedom Mix)" and "Just for the Night (Can't Hide My Love Mix)", but with the addition of the new track "Alone Till the Day I Die (Snow Mix)" and "family-friendly" cover art.Arthur Loves Plastic Facebook page: Good Luck With That! - 18 January 2010
Arthur Loves Plastic Facebook page: Pursuit of Happiness - 30 March 2010

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Bev Stanton, except where noted.

Original release

2010 reissue

Original release personnel

*Produced by Bev Stanton in the Flamingo Room, Silver Spring, MD. *

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by Bill Wolf, Wolf Productions, Arlington VA.

Additional musicians

*Heather Heimbuch -

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

(1) *Mental Anguish - Loops (2, 5) ^* *Virus Factory - Loops (3, 11) ^* *Omnitechnomatrix - Loops (7) ^* *The Magical Cigarette - Loops (9) ^* *Heuristics Inc. - Loops (9) ^* *Robbie Magruder -

Drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

s (9) *

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- Vocals (9) *Buzzsaw & The Shavings - Loops (11) ^* ^* Remixed for The Tapegerm Collective

References

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