''Villa Elaine'' is
Remy Zero
Remy Zero was an American alternative rock band from Birmingham, Alabama, formed in 1989. It was composed of August Cinjun Tate (vocals, guitar), Shelby Tate (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Cedric LeMoyne (bass), Jeffrey Cain (guitar, vocals), and L ...
's second studio album, released in 1998 and produced for
Geffen Records
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Founded in 1980, Geffen Records has been a part of Interscope Geffen A&M since 1999 and h ...
. After recording the album,
Radiohead
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, who the band had toured with previously, added Remy Zero to their tour in support of ''
OK Computer
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''. The band also toured with Scottish band
Travis. The album became popular for the song "Prophecy", which was used on the soundtrack for the movies ''
She's All That
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'' and ''
The Last Kiss''. The song "Fair" was used on
Zach Braff
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's
Grammy
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award-winning soundtrack to the movie ''
Garden State'' and, more recently, featured in the movie ''
Fanboys''. "Hermes Bird" was used in the
TV series
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''
Felicity'' and ''
Charmed
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''. "Problem" appeared on the soundtrack for the Drew Barrymore film ''
Never Been Kissed
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''.
Track listing
#"Hermes Bird" – 3:56
#"
Prophecy
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" – 3:24
#"Life in Rain" – 3:36
#"Hollow" – 6:21
#"Problem" – 3:29
#"Whither Vulcan" – 4:13
#"Gramarye" – 5:16
#"Yellow Light" – 4:03
#"Motorcycle" – 3:38
#"Fair" – 3:56
#"Goodbye Little World" – 13:29
*There is a bonus track beginning around 11:15 through the final song "Goodbye Little World", called "Instrumental 523".
Credits
*Artwork By
rt Direction And Design– Bill Merryfield,
Remy Zero
Remy Zero was an American alternative rock band from Birmingham, Alabama, formed in 1989. It was composed of August Cinjun Tate (vocals, guitar), Shelby Tate (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Cedric LeMoyne (bass), Jeffrey Cain (guitar, vocals), and L ...
*Assorted Keyboards –
Benmont Tench
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Early years
Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin ...
,
David Bottrill
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, Patrick Warren
*Mastered By –
Stephen Marcussen
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Biography
Marcussen's introduction to music recording happened in 1976 when, at ...
*Mixed By –
Alan Moulder
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Early life
Moulder was born on 11 June 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Boston Grammar School. He had an interest in music from ...
*A & R –
Tony Berg
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Berg's music career began in the late 1970s as a session guitarist who ...
*Legal – Lenard & Gonzalez
*Managed By – Richard Brown
*Performer – Cedric LeMoyne, Cinjun Tate, Gregory Slay, Jeffrey Cain, Shelby Tate
*Photography –
Corinne Day
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Life and career
Early life
Corinne Day grew up in Ickenham with her younger brother and her grandparents. She l ...
*Additional Photography – Jeffery Cain, Shelby Tate
*Producer –
David Bottrill
David Bottrill is a Canadian record producer. He has won three Grammys. Formerly, he owned Rattlebox Studios in Toronto, Ontario with producer Brian Moncarz. Moneen, Basia Lyjak, and The Getaway Plan are among the artists to have recorded at th ...
,
Remy Zero
Remy Zero was an American alternative rock band from Birmingham, Alabama, formed in 1989. It was composed of August Cinjun Tate (vocals, guitar), Shelby Tate (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Cedric LeMoyne (bass), Jeffrey Cain (guitar, vocals), and L ...
*Technician
tudio Assistant– Casey McMackin, Dave Reed,
Greg Fidelman
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, Mike Bumgartner, Todd Burke
*Mixed at RAK Studio, London (except tracks 3, 6, and 11 mixed at A&M Studios, Los Angeles)
*Audio liberally amassed and stored at the following studios in Los Angeles: Sound City, Grandmaster, The Hook, Studio 9 and Zeitgeist.
*Mastered at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, CA
References
External links
RemyZero.com
1998 albums
Remy Zero albums
Geffen Records albums
Albums produced by David Bottrill
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