Attention Please (Caroline's Spine album)

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Attention Please
Caroline's Spine Attention Please.jpg
Studio album by Caroline's Spine
Released August 17th, 1999
Genre Alternative rock
Label Hollywood Records
Producer Mitchell Leib
Caroline's Spine chronology
Monsoon
(1997)
Attention Please
(1999)
Like it or Not
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Ink 19(not rated) [1]
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Attention Please is the sixth studio album and second major label album by American alternative rock band Caroline's Spine. It was their first album of all new material since the band formed. The songs "Attention Please" and "Nothing to Prove" which both charted on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart at #30 and #23, respectively. Despite the album's success, it was not well promoted by the label and led the band to return to producing their albums independently for future releases. This album also featured a remix of the track "Turned Blue" which was featured on the An American Werewolf in Paris film soundtrack.

Alternative rock is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. In this instance, the word "alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream rock music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent, DIY ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music. At times, "alternative" has been used as a catch-all description for music from underground rock artists that receives mainstream recognition, or for any music, whether rock or not, that is seen to be descended from punk rock.

Carolines Spine American alternative rock band

Caroline's Spine is an alternative rock band based in Phoenix, Arizona. The group's touring schedule in the mid-1990s landed them a record deal with Hollywood Records. They have released several studio albums and shared billings with such bands as Aerosmith, Kiss, and Queensrÿche. Songs by the group include "Sullivan," "Wallflower," and "The Light Inside."

A remix is a piece of media which has been altered from its original state by adding, removing, and/or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, books, video, or photograph can all be remixes. The only characteristic of a remix is that it appropriates and changes other materials to create something new.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Jimmy Newquist.

  1. "Attention Please" – 3:06
  2. "Deep in Your Wake" – 2:48
  3. "Nothing to Prove" – 3:22
  4. "Ready, Set, Go" – 2:48
  5. "Rock And Roll Hero" – 3:51
  6. "Inside Your Mind" – 3:29
  7. "Open Fire" – 3:47
  8. "Turned Blue" – 2:55
  9. "Work Song" – 3:09
  10. "Happy Without You" – 2:46
  11. "Again & Again" – 2:53
  12. "True Star" – 3:00

Band Lineup

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References

  1. Ink 19 review
  2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Attention Please at AllMusic