The Midget, the Speck and the Molecule

the midget, the speck and the molecule
Studio album by The Swirling Eddies
Released	2007
Recorded	Neverland Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Rock
Label	Stunt Records
Producer	Camarillo Eddy Swirling Eddies
The Swirling Eddies chronology
Sacred Cows (1996) the midget, the speck and the molecule (2007)

the midget, the speck and the molecule is the title of the latest album by rock band The Swirling Eddies, released in 2007 on Stunt Records.

If there were a common theme running through the album - from the artwork and packaging to the lyrical and musical content - it would be perspective. The album starts with "It All Depends," which sets up this theme by asking the listener questions like "is this a cubic zirconia or a pretty diamond ring?" before eventually answering with "I suppose it all depends, on how you look at these things."

The song Madonna Inn was inspired by the Inn of the same name. The lyrics make references to famous characteristics of the Inn itself including "The Caveman Room," printed sheets of Zebra Skin, rocks on the wall and a "urinal that looks just like a waterfall."

The autobiographical and tongue-in-cheek "Giants In The Land" likens the band to dinosaurs stuck in tar pits who were once "kings like elvis" with swivel hips. "A Medley of our Hit" pokes more fun at the band itself and the long delays leading up to the album's release.

Track listing

1. "It All Depends" (Words and music by Camarillo Eddy)
2. "The Midget, the Speck and the Molecule" (Words and music by Camarillo Eddy)
3. "Madonna Inn" (Words and music by Camarillo Eddy)
4. "Giants in the Land" (Words and music by Camarillo Eddy)
5. "Salton Sea" (Words and music by Camarillo Eddy)
6. "My Cardboard Box" (Words and music by Camarillo Eddy)
7. "Snow in a Can" (Words and music by Camarillo Eddy)
8. "Medley of Our Hit" (Words and music by Camarillo Eddy)
9. "Tremolo" (Words and music by Camarillo Eddy)
10. "A Humble Man Rises" (Words and music by Camarillo Eddy)
11. "This Is the Title / The Old Hitchhiker" (Words and music by Camarillo Eddy)

Personnel

• Camarillo Eddy on guitars and vocals.
• Picky Swelly on guitars
• Spot on guitars.
• Berger Roy Al on bass guitar.
• Derry Air
• Judy Ism
• Newt York Newt York

Additional musicians

• Eddie DeGarmo

Production notes

• Engineered by Derry Air
• Mixed by Derry Air
• Recorded and Mixed at Neverland Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
• Art Direction and illustrations by Camarillo Eddy.
• Design and Layout by Terry Scott Taylor, Jason and Eric Townsend, and Simeon Krease