Background (Lifetime album)

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Background
Lifetime-Background.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1, 1993
Genre Hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, punk rock
Length31:08
Label New Age [1]
Lifetime chronology
Background
(1993)
Hello Bastards
(1995)

Background was the first LP released by Lifetime. [2] [3] It was recorded in 1992 and was released on January 1, 1993, as New Age Records #15. The CD version was re-issued on July 1, 1997, with nine live bonus tracks. It is currently[ when? ] out of print although all the songs including the live bonus tracks are available on the Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey collection. The European edition of the album is titled Ghost and has different artwork and track listing. Ghost was released by Break Even Point Records as a 12" vinyl LP with a limited pressing of 1,000.

Contents

Shortly before the album was released, the bass guitarist Justin Janisch was replaced by Linda Kay. Even though Janisch played bass guitar on the record, Kay appears in the group photograph on the back of the album.

Track listing

All songs recorded and mixed at SRA Music Studio in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, during spring and summer 1992

  1. "You"
  2. "Pieces"
  3. "Myself"
  4. "Thanks"
  5. "Up"
  6. "Bedtime"
  7. "Old Friend"
  8. "Ghost"
  9. "Alive"
  10. "Background"

1997 CD bonus tracks

All bonus tracks were recorded live at Lost Horizons in Syracuse, New York, on July 5, 1992.

  1. "You"
  2. "Ghost"
  3. "Thanks"
  4. "Dwell"
  5. "Up"
  6. "Alive"
  7. "Gone"
  8. "Bedtime"
  9. "Background"

Personnel

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References

  1. "Background - Lifetime | Releases". AllMusic.
  2. "Lifetime: Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey". Pitchfork.
  3. Campbell, Mike (January 28, 2016). "Rank Your Records: Ari Katz Rates Lifetime's Four Studio Albums".