State Songs is an Alt/Indie album by John Linnell, originally released in 1999. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.
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State Songs is John Linnell's first and only full-length solo album, released in 1999. It features sixteen song, most of which are named after (but not actually about) U.S. state. A special limited-edition vinyl of the album was released in 2019 for Record Store Day Black Friday, and a digital "Expanded Edition" followed in 2021. Linnell: "I decided to start writing songs with the name of the states as a way of avoiding having to come up with song title. I suddenly had fifty song titles and I could write fifty songs based on that. This is always one of my problems with writing lyrics is I'm just so lazy I don't want to have to think up all the words and what it mean. ... It's just a way to create more music without having to get bogged down in verbal idea." .
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Tracklist
- 1Illinois1:23
- 2The Songs Of The 50 States2:24
- 3West Virginia3:32
- 4South Carolina3:46
- 5Idaho2:38
- 6Montana3:17
- 7Pennsylvania1:02
- 8Utah2:34
- 9Arkansas3:27
- 10Iowa2:54
- 11Mississippi2:16
- 12Maine2:07
- 13Oregon1:48
- 14Michigan1:14
- 15New Hampshire2:50
- 16Nevada7:58
- 17Louisiana2:58
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- clean
- whimsical
- witty
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bob StuhmerORGAN
- Brian DohertyDRUMS DRUMS, NOISES
- Dan HickeyDRUM DRUMS
- Dan MillerGUITAR
- Danny WeinkaufBASS
- Jay Sherman-GodfreyGUITAR
- John LinnellACCORDION ACCORDION, BASS CLARINET ACCORDION, CLARINET
- Kate DennisFRENCH HORN
- Mark DonatoDRUMS
- Mark FeldmanVIOLIN
- Mark LernerBASS
- Max HurleyORGAN
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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