| Artist |
The Feelies |
| Album Title: |
Here Before |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
Vinyl 180 gm |
| Released |
04/12/2011 |
| Label |
Bar/None Records |
| Catalog No |
BRNLP204 |
| Bar Code No |
0 32862 02041 4 |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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Nobody Knows (2:52)
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| A2.
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Should Be Gone (3:30)
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| A3.
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Again Today (3:43)
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| A4.
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When You Know (3:16)
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| A5.
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Later On (3:11)
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| A6.
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Way Down (3:39)
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| A7.
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Morning Comes (4:12)
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| B1.
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Change Your Mind (4:38)
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| B2.
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Here Before (3:19)
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| B3.
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Time Is Right (2:35)
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| B4.
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Bluer Skies (3:13)
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| B5.
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On And On (3:52)
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| B6.
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So Far (3:55)
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| Date Acquired |
09/17/2018 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Import_CDs |
| Purchase Price |
16.42 |
Web Links |
Discogs entry:
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Notes |
Catalog # BRNLP204 on sleeve and BRN-LP-204 on labels
New copies included a coupon for a free downloadable digital copy of the album
180 gram vinyl
Recorded at Water Music, Hoboken, NJ
Additional recording at Boat Studio, North Haledon, NJ
Mastered at Tangerine Studios, Weehawken, NJ
All songs published by Stationary Music (ascap)
℗ & © 2011 Bar/None Records
Bass, Backing Vocals, Violin – Brenda Sauter
Booking – Eric Dimenstein
Design – David Richman
Drums, Percussion – Stanley Demeski
Engineer [Additional], Technician [Assistance] – Daniel Francia
Engineer [Assistant] – Steve Vealey
Engineer, Mixed By [With] – Sean Kelly
Guitar, Backing Vocals, Percussion – Bill Million
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion – Glenn Mercer
Legal – Josh Grier
Management – Bob Torsello
Mastered By – Andreas Meyer
Percussion – Dave Weckerman
Photography By [Cloud Photo And Treatment] – Brenda Sauter
Photography By [Cover] – Zachary Green
Photography By [Group] – Fumie Ishi
Producer, Mixed By – Million, Mercer
Recorded By [Additional] – G. Mercer
Recorded At – Water Music Recorders
Recorded At – Boat Studio
Mastered At – Tangerine Mastering
Mastered At – Salt Mastering
Published By – Stationary Music
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Bar/None Records
Copyright (c) – Bar/None Records
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-75395
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-75396
Matrix / Runout (A Runout Etching): BRN-204-LP-A S-75395
Matrix / Runout (B Runout Etching): BRN-204-LP-B S-75396 salt
Barcode: 0 32862 02041 4
Rights Society: ASCAP
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Mark Deming
"Is it too late/To do it again?/Or should we wait/Another ten?" The Feelies have never been a band given to autobiographical self-reflection in their music, but the opening song on Here Before finds them seemingly pondering the wisdom of their own decision to re-form and return to the recording studio a full 20 years after their last album, 1991's Time for a Witness. But the Feelies needn't have worried -- one play confirms Here Before is excellent, an album that finds the band seemingly picking up where it left off and sounding as committed and invigorating as ever, reveling in the beauty and power of rhythm guitars and cracking percussion. Here Before features the complete Feelies Mk. 2 lineup that recorded The Good Earth, Only Life, and Time for a Witness -- guitarists Glenn Mercer and Bill Million, bassist Brenda Sauter, drummer Stanley Demeski, and percussionist Dave Weckerman -- and stylistically, it hits a middle ground between the gentler, more pastoral tone of The Good Earth and the more potent, electric feel of the two albums that followed. This may not be the hardest-rocking set the Feelies have ever released, but the balance of the electric and acoustic guitars on "Again Today," "Nobody Knows," and "Change Your Mind" shows there's plenty of force even in their more subdued moments, and "When You Know" and "Time Is Right" demonstrate this band is just as tight and commanding as it was in its heyday, and when the Feelies choose to turn up the amps, they haven't lost a bit of their taut impact. And as a set of songs, Here Before is their strongest work since The Good Earth in 1986; the lyrics don't explicitly address the two decades that separates this work from their last album, but there's an easy acceptance of maturity here that fits the band well, without diluting the forward momentum of the music. Now as before, there are few groups in rock & roll that perform as brilliantly and purposefully as an ensemble as the Feelies, and on Here Before their trademark sound remains a thing of wonder that hasn't been dimmed a bit by the passage of time.
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