''Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future'' is the second studio album by American

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duo The Bird and the Bee, released on January 27, 2009, by Blue Note Records. The album contains the two lead-off tracks from the duo's last two studio EPs: "Polite Dance Song" from '' Please Clap Your Hands'' and "Birthday" from '' One Too Many Hearts''.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for ''Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future'' adapted from liner notes. ;The Bird and the Bee *

Greg Kurstin Gregory Allen Kurstin (born May 14, 1969) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. He has won nine Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2017 and 2018, and written and produced four songs ...

– bass, engineer, guitar, keyboards, mixing, percussion, producer, programming (all tracks); backing vocals (3, 4, 5) * Inara George – vocals ;Additional personnel * Mike Andrews – guitar (4) *

Autumn de Wilde Autumn de Wilde (born October 21, 1970) is an American photographer and film director best known for her portraiture and commercial work photography of musicians, as well as her music video works. In 2020 she directed her first feature film, '' E ...

– photography * Megan Geer-Alsop – backing vocals (10) * Willow Geer-Alsop – backing vocals (4, 6, 10, 14) * Perry Greenfield – artist development management * Gordon H. Jee –

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* Keith Karwelies – A&R administration * Carla Leighton – art direction, design *

Alex Lilly Alex Lilly is an American singer-songwriter. She has played in the touring bands for Beck, Lorde, Ry Cooder, and The Bird and the Bee. Since 2010 she has played in The Living Sisters, a supergroup featuring The Bird and the Bee's Inara George, ...

– backing vocals (4, 6, 10, 14) *

Gavin Lurssen Gavin Lurssen is an American mastering engineer. He owns Lurssen Mastering in Hollywood, California.Joey Waronker Jon Joseph Waronker (born May 20, 1969) is an American drummer and music producer. He is best known as a regular drummer of both Beck and R.E.M., and as member of the experimental rock bands Atoms for Peace and Ultraísta. Background Waronke ...

– drums (1, 9, 10) * Eli Wolf – A&R

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References

{{Authority control 2009 albums Albums produced by Greg Kurstin The Bird and the Bee albums Blue Note Records albums