''The Great Filter'' is the title of Chicago band
Tub Ring
Tub Ring is a Chicago-based rock band.
Biography
Tub Ring was formed in 1992 by Jason Fields, Kevin Gibson, Chris "Mouse" Blake, and Geoff Valker as a high school experimental rock band. After the passing of their manager, Lee Swanson in 1994, ...
's 2007 release, and their debut on
The End Records. The CD was released on May 1, 2007, with advance copies available at the release party (along with a unique Tub Ring/3-2-1 Activate!
split CD
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, called ''Alter Egos'') on April 27, 2007. The album keeps up the tradition of the past 3 Tub Ring albums in that it contains a
SETI reference in the title (see
The Great Filter
The Great Filter is one possible resolution of the Fermi paradox. It posits that in the development of life from the earliest stages of abiogenesis to reaching the highest levels of development on the Kardashev scale, there exists some particul ...
), and contains a "
Robot" track.
Track listing
#"Friends and Enemies" – 3:27
#"The Charismatic Smile" – 2:59
#"Seven Exodus" – 2:52
#"Get Help (Now!)" – 2:35
#"When the Crash Happened" – 2:32
#"Killers in Love" – 4:13
#"No One Wants to Play" – 4:23
#"Requiem for a Robot" – 0:38
#"Life in Transition" – 3:25
#"Glass Companion" – 3:20
#"Making No Sound (At All)" – 3:14
#"The Truth" – 2:10
#"Wrong Kind of Message" – 4:19
#"My Job Here is Done" – 3:16
Non-album tracks
*"Dynamite" – 3:15 3-2-1 Activate! cover
(iTunes
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exclusive track)
*"This is the Sound" – 2:32
(included on ''Alter Egos'')
*"Touch" – 3:06
(included on ''Alter Egos'')
*"
Rock Your Body" – 2:51
Justin Timberlake
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cover
(as yet unreleased, was available on their MySpace page for one day preceding the album's release)
*"The Uninitiated" – 2:01
Rob Kleiner
Robert Francis "Rob" Kleiner II is an American songwriter and producer. Kleiner received degrees in music composition and philosophy at Eastern Illinois University. He went on to direct and score the film ''Andalusian Doug: Academic Freedom vs. ...
cover
(available via a URL given in the album's liner notes)
*"Heathens" – 2:44
(available via a URL given in the album's liner notes)
Personnel
*Kevin Gibson –
Vocals
*Rob Kleiner –
Keyboards
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Music
* Musi ...
,
Producer
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**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
*Trevor Erb –
Bass guitar
*Chris Wiken –
Drums
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*Jeff Enokian –
Guitar
*Dave Smith –
Saxophone
*Dave Winer –
Trumpet
*David Keller –
Cello
*Charles Crepeau –
Violin
*Roxanne Hegyesy – Vocals
*Sara Sleeper – Vocals
*Neal Ostrovsky – Producer,
Engineer, Additional Samples
*Tanner Woodford –
Art Direction
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...
,
Design
External links
The Great Shift– The "path" given in the liner notes, containing two B-sides in
.mp3
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Tub Ring albums
2007 albums
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