Goldfly

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Goldfly
Studio album by Guster
Released	March 4, 1997
Recorded	December 1996
Genre	Rock
Length	42:11
Label	Hybrid
Producer	Steve Lindsey
Guster chronology
Parachute (1994) Goldfly (1997) Lost and Gone Forever (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork	5.6/10 [2]

Goldfly is the second studio album by the rock band Guster, released in 1997. ^{[3] [4]} The album was recorded in December 1996 at the House of Blues Studios in Encino, California. It sold around 20,000 copies as an independent release, before being picked up by Sire Records. ^[5] The Sire version was remixed by Mike Shipley. ^[6]

There are three versions of the album. The original, rare, independently released version has the hidden song "Melanie" before the first song. The version released on Hybrid/Sire Records has the hidden song as the eleventh track. The third version, distributed to members of Guster's rep program, is a bad CD pressing of the album which contains "Melanie" as the first track, while "Getting Even" and "Bury Me" are combined as a single track.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Great Escape"	3:06
2.	"Demons"	4:25
3.	"Perfect"	4:23
4.	"Airport Song"	3:25
5.	"Medicine"	3:56
6.	"X-Ray Eyes"	3:27
7.	"Grin"	4:17
8.	"Getting Even"	4:43
9.	"Bury Me"	2:35
10.	"Rocketship"	4:01
11.	"Melanie"	3:48

Personnel

Guster

• Ryan Miller – guitar, lead vocals
• Adam Gardner – guitar, lead vocals
• Brian Rosenworcel – percussion, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Davey Faragher – bass
• John Ferraro – drums
• Steve Lindsey – Hammond organ and Nord synthesizers
• Andy Happel – violin
• Rudy DiCello – cello

References

1. "Goldfly - Guster | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
2. "Guster: Goldfly: Pitchfork Review". January 26, 2001. Archived from the original on January 26, 2001.
3. "Guster Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
4. Edgers, Geoff (January 2000). "Making the Grade". Spin. 16 (1): 42.
5. Sansone, Glen (May 1998). "On the Verge". CMJ New Music Monthly (57): 16.
6. Rosen, Craig (January 31, 1998). "Hybrid label links with Sire Records". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 5. pp. 18, 90.

External links

• Goldfly at Discogs