A Family Album

A Family Album
Studio album by The Verve Pipe
Released October 6, 2009 (2009-10-06)
Recorded Big Sky Recording (Ann Arbor, MI)
Hess Street Studios (Lansing, MI)
Length 28:59
Producer Donny Brown
The Verve Pipe chronology
A Homemade Holiday
(2007)
A Family Album
(2009)
Are We There Yet?
(2013)
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A Family Album is a children's album and fifth studio album by The Verve Pipe. It was released in 2009 on Big Sky Recording.

Track listing

All songs produced by Donny Brown.

All songs written and composed by Brian Vander Ark and Donny Brown, except as noted. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Wake Up"    2:17
2. "We Had to Go Home"    3:03
3. "Complimentary Love"    2:51
4. "Be Part of the Band"    3:17
5. "When One Became Two"    2:09
6. "Cereal"    3:30
7. "Only One of You"  Brian Vander Ark, Donny Brown, Edward Groves 3:01
8. "Suppertime!"    2:21
9. "Worrisome One"    2:23
10. "Go to Sleep Now"    4:07

Personnel

The Verve Pipe

Band members Brian Vander Ark, Donny Brown and John Connors play throughout. A host of additional musicians contributed to the album.[1]

Additional Musicians

  • Keith Axtell rhythm guitar and licks on "Only One of You"
  • Mark Byerly trumpet and background vocals on "We Had to Go Home"
  • Gary Clavette clarinet on "We Had to Go Home"; saxophone on "Cereal"
  • Ben Keeler – opening electric guitar on "Be Part of the Band"
  • Nathanael Koenig cowbell on "Wake Up"
  • Stephanie, Gabrielle & Brooke Krieger, Susan & Elizabeth Rohn cheerleaders on "Wake Up" and "Be Part of the Band"
  • Mark Miller – acoustic guitar on "Wake Up"; electric guitar on "Complimentary Love" and "Worrisome One"
  • Motor City Horns (Mark Byerly, trumpet; John Rutherford, trombone; Keith Kaminski, alto and tenor sax) – horns on "Complimentary Love"
  • Paul Mundo trombone on "We Had to Go Home" and "Only One of You"

  • Steve Pinckney – electric guitar on "Go to Sleep Now"
  • Andy Reed – acoustic and electric guitar on "Be Part of the Band"; ethereal keys and samples on "Go to Sleep Now"
  • Kay Rinker-O'Neil flute on "When One Became Two"; opera voice on "Cereal"
  • Emily Rust – "Come and Get It!!" on "Suppertime!"
  • Randy Sly – keyboards on "Complimentary Love" and "Be Part of the Band"; organ on "When One Became Two", "Cereal" and "Worrisome One"; piano and electric piano on "Only One of You"
  • Tracy Sonneborn french horn on "Go to Sleep Now"
  • Scott VanDell – electric guitar on "We Had to Go Home" and "Be Part of the Band"
  • Cathy Waldron bassoon on "When One Became Two"

Additional Production

  • Engineered by Geoff Michael, Chris DuRoss and Donny Brown
  • Additional Engineering:
    • Mark Miller at Harvest Music and Sound
    • Andy Reed at Reed Recording Co.
    • Mark Byerly at Longview Sound
    • Al McAvoy
  • Additional Editing by Ryan Wert and Jon Frazer

References

  1. "A Family Album booklet". Retrieved 12 April 2011.
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