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, and the last under their contract with Atlantic Records. The band, as it were, consisted mostly of Dando himself playing many instruments, including his usual guitars and lead vocals, and Patrick Murphy on drums, along with a series of session musicians and producer

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filling in on other instruments. Following the recording of the album, Bill Gibson, who had played bass on several tracks, joined the band for the supporting tour along with Dando and Murphy. Despite receiving lukewarm reviews and not being as commercially successful as the Lemonheads' previous two albums, ''

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'' and '' Come On Feel the Lemonheads'', ''Car Button Cloth'' has gained a minor

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in recent years. The tracks "It's All True," "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You" (cowritten by Eugene Kelly of

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), and "The Outdoor Type" were released as singles in the UK. "Purple Parallelogram," a song written by Dando and

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, was originally included on promotional copies of ''Car Button Cloth'' between "Something's Missing" and "Knoxville Girl," but was reportedly removed at Gallagher's request. The album would be the last studio release from The Lemonheads for a decade, when they released a long-awaited self-titled follow-up, while in the meantime the group's frontman and sole remaining original member,

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, issued his first official solo album, 2003's '' Baby I'm Bored'' ( a live album and EP were released in Australia two years earlier).

Track listing

All songs by

except where noted. # "It's All True" – 2:15 # "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You" (Dando, Eugene Kelly) – 2:50 # "Break Me" – 3:34 # "Hospital" – 2:54 # "The Outdoor Type" ( Tom Morgan) – 2:35 # "Losing Your Mind" – 5:36 # "Something's Missing" – 2:47 # "

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" (Traditional; arranged by Dando) – 3:53 # "6ix" – 2:39 # "C'mon Daddy" (Dando,

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) – 3:32 # "One More Time" – 2:39 # "Tenderfoot" (Morgan, Adam Young) – 2:01 # "Secular Rockulidge" – 5:33

Personnel

* Evan Dando – bass, guitar, percussion, piano, drums on track 12, vocals, moog synthesizer, design, illustrations * Darrin Ehardt – design * Bill Gibson – bass, guitar, background vocals * Rich Gilbert – pedal steel * Bryce Goggin – organ, vocals, moog synthesizer, producer, engineer, mixing * Scott Hull – mastering * Sue Kapa – assistant engineer, photography * Royston Langdon – bass, piano * Erich Drew Luening – whistle *

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– guitar, clapping * Paul Marconi – mixing assistant * Patrick Murphy – drums except track 12 * Dina Waxman – bass

Charts

References

External links

"If I Could Talk I'd Tell You" music video
{{Authority control 1996 albums The Lemonheads albums Atlantic Records albums