''Yours, Dreamily,'' is the debut album by
The Arcs
The Arcs are an American garage rock band formed by Dan Auerbach, the guitarist and vocalist of the Black Keys. The band consists of Auerbach, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss, and formerly Richard Swift, who died in 2018. They relea ...
, a side-project by
Dan Auerbach
Daniel Quine Auerbach (; born May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the group, Auerbach has ...
of
The Black Keys
The Black Keys are an American rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). The duo began as an independent act, recording music in basements and self-producing their ...
. The album was released on September 4, 2015.
Recording
The album originated as an Auerbach solo project but morphed into a collaborative effort, with musicians
Leon Michels
Leon Marcus Michels is an American music producer, record executive, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the leader of the eclectic soul project El Michels Affair and co-founder of Truth & Soul Records and Big Crown Records. He ...
,
Richard Swift, Homer Steinweiss, and
Nick Movshon. All members of the band share songwriting credit for the album. It was recorded over two weeks at
the Sound Factory
The Sound Factory (also known as Sunset Sound Factory) is a recording studio in Los Angeles, California.
The Sound Factory was built in the 1960s on Selma Avenue in Hollywood. At the time, it served as the home of Moonglow Records and the Moon ...
in Los Angeles,
Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios is a recording studio in Greenwich Village, New York City. It was commissioned by rock musician Jimi Hendrix in 1968 and designed by architect John Storyk and audio engineer Eddie Kramer by 1970. Hendrix spent only ten ...
in New York, Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound in Nashville, and the Sound Mine in New York. Auerbach and Michels co-produced the album, and
Tchad Blake
Tchad Blake (born 1955) is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer and musician.
A native of Baytown, Texas, he has worked with numerous artists and musicians, including Al Green, American Music Club, Ani DiFranco, Apartment 26, Arct ...
mixed it.
The New York-based all-female mariachi band
Flor de Toloache
Flor de Toloache is an all-female mariachi band based in New York City and founded by Mireya I. Ramos and Shae Fiol in 2008.
Flor de Toloache first began playing in the New York City subways where they were noticed by numerous media outlets inclu ...
perform backing vocals on several album tracks and the lead vocals on "Chains of Love".
Promotion
The first track released from the album was "Stay in My Corner", a song inspired by the May 2015
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the ''Fight of the Century'' or the ''Battle for Greatness'', was a professional boxing superfight between undefeated five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world ...
boxing match.
"Stay in My Corner" was released as a special
7" vinyl record for the Mayweather-Pacquiao match and backed with the non-album track "Tomato Can".
On June 9, 2015, the album was announced and "Stay in My Corner" was made available for download with pre-orders of the album via
iTunes
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and the band's website.
One month later, on July 10, 2015, the track "Outta My Mind" was released for download as the second single from the album, and with the non-album track "My Mind" on 7" vinyl record.
A video for the song "Put a Flower in Your Pocket" was released in mid-August 2015.
Track listing
All songs produced by
Dan Auerbach
Daniel Quine Auerbach (; born May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the group, Auerbach has ...
and
Leon Michels
Leon Marcus Michels is an American music producer, record executive, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the leader of the eclectic soul project El Michels Affair and co-founder of Truth & Soul Records and Big Crown Records. He ...
.
Personnel
Personnel adapted from ''Yours, Dreamily,'' liner notes.
;The Arcs
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Dan Auerbach
Daniel Quine Auerbach (; born May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the group, Auerbach has ...
– vocals (all tracks except 1), electric guitar (tracks 2, 4–8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14), bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11 and 13), acoustic guitar (tracks 3 and 14), keyboards (tracks 2, 9, 11, 12 and 13), synthesizer (track 3), buzz (track 13), percussion (tracks 12 and 14)
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Leon Michels
Leon Marcus Michels is an American music producer, record executive, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the leader of the eclectic soul project El Michels Affair and co-founder of Truth & Soul Records and Big Crown Records. He ...
– piano (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9, 12 and 13), organ (tracks 2, 7, 8 and 9), keyboards (tracks 6, 9, 11, 12 and 13), saxophone (tracks 5, 10, 12 and 14), electric guitar (tracks 10, 11 and 12), percussion (track 1, 9 and 12), synthesizer (track 3), drums (track 9), bass guitar (track 12)
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Richard Swift – drums (tracks 3, 4, 10, 11 and 13), keyboards (tracks 5, 10 and 11), acoustic guitar and percussion (track 4), vocals (track 5)
*Homer Steinweiss – drums (tracks 2, 6 and 8)
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Nick Movshon – bass guitar (tracks 6 and 8)
;Additional personnel
*Mariachi
Flor de Toloache
Flor de Toloache is an all-female mariachi band based in New York City and founded by Mireya I. Ramos and Shae Fiol in 2008.
Flor de Toloache first began playing in the New York City subways where they were noticed by numerous media outlets inclu ...
– vocals (tracks 3, 4, 8, 11 and 13), horns and strings (track 4)
*Veronica Medellin – guitarrón (tracks 4 and 7)
*Russ Pahl – electric guitar (track 3)
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Chamberlin
The Chamberlin is an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument that was a precursor to the Mellotron. It was developed and patented by the American inventor Harry Chamberlin from 1949 to 1956, when the first model was introduced. There are severa ...
– drums (track 5)
*Thomas Brenneck – guitar (track 8)
*Ray Mason – trombone (track 9)
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Lee Fields
Elmer Lee Fields (born April 26, 1950 in Wilson, North Carolina) is an American soul singer, sometimes nicknamed "Little JB" for his physical and vocal resemblance with James Brown. He has worked with Kool and the Gang, Hip Huggers, O.V. Wrig ...
– vocals (track 9)
*Bobby Emmett – piano, organ, horns and vocals (tracks 14)
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Kenny Vaughan
Kenneth Vaughan is an American guitarist. He is best known as a long-time member of Marty Stuart’s supporting band, The Fabulous Superlatives.
Career Early life
Vaughan was born in Oklahoma, but raised in Denver, Colorado. His guitar instruct ...
– baritone guitar (track 14)
*Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar (track 14)
*Dave Roe – upright bass (track 14)
*Jeffery Clemens – drums (track 14)
*Brian Olive – vocals (track 14)
Charts
References
External links
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2015 albums
Nonesuch Records albums
The Arcs albums
Albums produced by Dan Auerbach
Albums recorded at Electric Lady Studios