Fed (album)

Fed
Studio album by Liam Hayes and Plush
Released	2002
Recorded	2000-2002
Genre	Rock
Producer	Liam Hayes
Liam Hayes and Plush chronology
More You Becomes You (1998) Fed (2002) Bright Penny (2009)

Fed is the second studio album by American artist Liam Hayes, originally released on December 23, 2002.

History

The first song to appear from Fed was "No Education". An early version of the song was released as a single in 1997.^[1]

Formal recording sessions for the album were started in early 2000 with engineers Bob Weston and Steve Albini contributing to the recording. Weston: "I've been recording this band called Plush, this guy Liam Hayes from Chicago, it's his thing. Liam likes to record in an older style. He bought himself this 1/2" 4-track tape machine, an Ampex 440, that he carts around. I helped him rebuild the thing and made it sound pretty good. So we cart it around and record on location. We recorded at a film sound-stage. We recorded in his practice space. We recorded at this public radio station and on a rooftop in downtown Chicago. Steve Albini has recorded him in a huge theater. The microphone practice is being done in a really minimal style and I try to follow Liam's "Old School" aesthetic. We are doing the basic tracks, guitar, bass, and drums. He is going to do a reduction mix using Ping-pong recording techniques from the 4-track tape onto a 1" 8 track tape machine that Steve Albini has, and do overdubs at Steve's studio.^[2]

Shortly after the sessions with Bob Weston, the album's recording was moved to Electrical Audio with Steve Albini taking over engineering and recording duties. Arranger Tom Tom MMLXXXIV, who had worked with Earth, Wind & Fire, Loleatta Holloway, and Minnie Ripterton among others, was brought in to provide full band arrangements. An incredible amount of time was put into the recording and arrangement of the music being developed. The end result was an album full of ornamented arrangements with full horn sections married to rock band arrangements.

Fed was released by After Hours in 2002.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Whose Blues"
2. "I've Changed My #
3. "Blown Away"
4. "So Blind"
5. "Greyhound Bus Station"
6. "No Education"
7. "Sound of S.F."
8. "Born Together"
9. "Unis"
10. "Whose Blues Anyway"
11. "What'll We Do"
12. "Having It All"
13. "Fed Intro"
14. "Fed"
15. "The Woods"

References

1. "http://candlewick-lake.com/press/uncut-200212.pdf"
2. http://books.google.com/books?id=foViXo_JV9YC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=bob+weston+tape+op&source=bl&ots=4IyL6OU2H0&sig=f4Ya3hu9d2izI1VCFclYbEsV3Rs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kin9T_qrNsa-rQHU-bWLCQ&ved=0CGEQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=bob%20weston%20tape%20op&f=false
3. "http://candlewick-lake.com/press/uncut-200212.pdf"