The Brill Building (album)

The Brill Building
Studio album of cover songs by Kramer
Released	September 25, 2012
Recorded	2005 – 2012
Studio	Noise Miami (Miami, FL)
Genre	Art pop
Length	42:12
Label	Tzadik
Producer	Kramer
Kramer chronology
The Greenberg Variations (2003) The Brill Building (2012)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
PopMatters	(8/10)[1]

The Brill Building is the sixth solo album by American composer and producer Kramer, released on September 25, 2012 by Tzadik Records.^[2][3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist (date)	Length
1.	"He Hit Me (and It Felt like a Kiss)"	Goffin, King	The Crystals (1962)	3:42
2.	"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"	Barry, Greenwich	Manfred Mann (1964)	3:34
3.	"Baby It's You"	Bacharach, David, Williams	The Shirelles (1961)	4:42
4.	"Spanish Harlem"	Leiber, Spector	Ben E. King (1960)	4:42
5.	"I Love How You Love Me"	Kolber, Mann	The Paris Sisters (1961)	4:32
6.	"I Want Candy"	Berns, Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer	The Strangeloves (1965)	4:27
7.	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	Pomus, Shuman	The Drifters (1960)	3:05
8.	"Cherry, Cherry"	Diamond	Neil Diamond (1966)	4:29
9.	"On Broadway"	Leiber, Mann, Stoller, Weil	The Drifters (1963)	4:40
10.	"Paradise"	Botkin, Garfield, Nilsson, Spector	The Ronettes (1976)	4:19

Personnel

Adapted from the The Brill Building liner notes.^[4]

Kramer – vocals, instruments, musical arrangement, production, engineering Additional musicians Jad Fair – vocals (9) Mike Jones – piano (9) R. Stevie Moore – drums (7), guitar (7), vocals (7) Daniel C. Smith – vocals (10)

Production and additional personnel Heung-Heung Chin – design Scott Hull – mastering Michael Macioce – photography Kazumori Sigiyama – executive producer John Zorn – executive producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2012	Tzadik	CD	TZ 7412

References

1. Peterson, Ben (March 12, 2013). "Kramer: The Brill Building". PopMatters. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
2. Zorn, John (1995). "Kramer: The Brill Building". Tzadik Records. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
3. "Kramer: The Brill Building > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
4. The Brill Building (booklet). Kramer. New York City, New York: Tzadik Records. 2012.

External links

• The Brill Building at Discogs (list of releases)