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band

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, released in 1981 by Albion Records. Like its predecessor, '' Stands for Decibels'', the album was commercially unsuccessful but critically acclaimed. This was the band's final album with the original lineup, as

Chris Stamey Christopher Charles Stamey (born December 6, 1954) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. After a brief time playing with Alex Chilton, as well as Mitch Easter under the name Sneakers, Stamey formed The dB's with Peter ...

left in early April 1982.

Background and production

Stamey and

Peter Holsapple Peter Livingston Holsapple (born February 19, 1956) is an American musician, who formed, along with Chris Stamey, the dB's, a jangle-pop band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongat ...

, the band's dual singers/guitarists, each ended up contributing six songs on the album. As was the case on their debut, Stamey's songs veered towards more experimental melodies and rhythms, while Holsapple's songs were more traditionally in a pop vein. The album was produced by

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(later famous for his association with the band

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and for remixing

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's album ''

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''), giving it a "fuller, more modern overall sound". The first track, Holsapple's "Living a Lie", featured a horn section,

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Brass. Stamey's "ridiculously catchy" song "Ask for Jill" was about the process of mastering an album. Holsapple's composition "Amplifier" (about a suicidal man reflecting on how his significant other left him and took all his belongings, save for the titular object) became the band's lead single and also their first video. "Amplifier" was later rerecorded and included on the band's next album, '' Like This''. The original version was later included on

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' box set '' Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground''. A video for the second single, "Neverland", was completed but went unreleased until the band uploaded it to their website in 2008.

Track listing

Side 1 # "Living a Lie" – 3:26 (

) # "We Were Happy There" – 2:39 (Holsapple) # "Happenstance" – 4:07 (Chris Stamey) # "From a Window" – 2:34 (Stamey) # "Amplifier" – 3:08 (Holsapple) # "Ask for Jill" – 2:33 (Stamey) Side 2 #

"I Feel Good (Today)" – 4:28 (Stamey) # "Storm Warning" – 2:32 (Holsapple) # "Ups and Downs" – 3:03 (Stamey) # "Nothing Is Wrong" – 4:16 (Holsapple) # "In Spain" – 3:02 (Stamey) # "Neverland" – 2:46 (Holsapple) Different versions of the album have been reissued on CD with different bonus tracks, usually either Holsapple's instrumental

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"PH Factor" or Stamey's "Soul Kiss".

Personnel

The dB's

– guitar, vocals *

– guitar, vocals *Gene Holder – bass guitar *

Will Rigby Will Rigby is an American musician known for being the drummer of jangle pop band the dB's, a band he formed along with Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, and Gene Holder in the late 1970s. He has also performed with many other artists and has releas ...

– drums

Additional musicians

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– additional keyboards *

The Rumour The Rumour was an English rock band in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known as the backup band for Graham Parker, whose early records (from 1976 to 1980) were credited to Graham Parker & The Rumour. However, The Rumour also ...

Brass: **Chris Gower – trombone **Dick Hansen – trumpet ** John "Irish" Earle – saxophones

References

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