Bliss (Birdbrain album)

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Bliss
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 15, 1995
Recorded1995 Newbury sound, Boston, Massachusetts.
Genre Post-grunge
Length45:27
Label TVT Records
Producer Joey Ammo, James Dennis
Birdbrain chronology
PrincessBliss
(1995)
Let's Be Nice
(1997)
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Bliss is Birdbrain's debut studio album. It was recorded in 1995 at Newbury Sound, Boston, Massachusetts and released by TVT Records on August 15, 1995. Before Bliss, the band's only other releases was a demo tape, the song "Violence" on an anthology of Boston rock. It was their only album to have James Dennis on it. Despite a tour and promotion from TVT, the album was not successful. After the tour, on the eve of starting pre-production for the second album "Let's Be Nice" guitarist James Dennis was driven from the band over creative differences.

Birdbrain (band) American band

Birdbrain was a Boston, MA post-grunge band that was founded by neighborhood friends in 1992 and dissolved in 1997. They had some success with their song "Youth of America" appearing in the hit film Scream as well as a contribution to The Last Supper” soundtrack with a cover of Paul McCartney’s "Jet".They were formed by guitarist/singer/songwriter Joey Ammo and drummer Mike Benway and signed to TVT Records in 1995. With two CD albums and two soundtrack contributions they broke up in 1997.

TVT Records American record label

TVT Records was an American record label founded by Steve Gottlieb. Over the course of its 23-year history, the label released some 25 Gold, Platinum and Multi-platinum releases. Its roster included Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Underworld, KMFDM, Gravity Kills, The KLF, The Baldwin Brothers, Sevendust, Nothingface, the Wellwater Conspiracy, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Holloways, The Cinematics, Buck-O-Nine, DJ Hurricane, Speech and Pitbull. Its biggest commercial successes were the triple platinum Nine Inch Nails's Pretty Hate Machine, two double platinum releases by Lil Jon, and platinum releases by Snoop Dogg and Tha Eastsidaz, Dashboard Confessional, Default and Ying Yang Twins as well as gold releases by Sevendust, Gravity Kills and The Black Crowes and Jimmy Page. Additionally, TVT also had success overseas, achieving a gold release in Germany and Sweden with The Connells and scored platinum and gold records in Canada with Default.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Joey Ammo, except where noted.

  1. "Confession" - 4:58
  2. "Drown" - 3:56
  3. "Hometown" - 4:05
  4. "Rosslindale" - 5:03
  5. "Booga" (Ammo, James Dennis) - 3:25
  6. "Gash" - 3:04
  7. "Circlejerk" - 2:40
  8. "Soundking" - 3:51
  9. "Friends" - 6:31
  10. "Pervert" (Ammo, Berzerk) - 0:51
  11. "Jena" - 3:47
  12. "Roses" - 8:02

Personnel

Singles

Music videos

"Confession" was the only music video made for the album.

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