Happiness (Lisa Germano album)

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Happiness
Happinessgermano.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 27, 1993
Genre Alternative rock, dream pop, folk rock
Length49:26
Label Capitol
Producer Malcolm Burn
Lisa Germano chronology
On the Way Down From the Moon Palace
(1991)
Happiness
(1993)
Geek the Girl
(1994)

Happiness is the second album by Lisa Germano. [1] Released by Capitol Records in 1993, it was re-released by 4AD Records the following year. A music video was produced for the single "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses."

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Lisa Germano, except 5 written by Germano/Joyce, and 10 written by Lee Hazlewood. The title of track 2 was changed to "The Dresses Song" on all subsequent re-releases of this album, while 10 and 11 have been omitted completely. Track 11 was made available on Germano's self-released compilation, Rare, Unusual or Just Bad Songs (2002), but track 10 remains unreleased elsewhere.

  1. "Around the World"
  2. "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses"
  3. "Happiness"
  4. "Bad Attitude"
  5. "Sycophant"
  6. "Miamo-Tutti"
  7. "Energy"
  8. "Cowboy"
  9. "Puppet"
  10. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
  11. "Breathe Acrost Texas"
  12. "Everyone's Victim"
  13. "The Darkest Night of All"

Personnel

Inconsiderate Bitch

Inconsiderate Bitch
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EP by
Lisa Germano
ReleasedJanuary 17, 1994
Recorded1993
Genre Alternative rock, dream pop, folk rock
Length25:56
Label 4AD
Producer Malcolm Burn

The Inconsiderate Bitch EP is the third solo release by Lisa Germano, and her first for the 4AD label. It was one of a series of limited-edition "temporary releases" by 4AD, meant to supplement concurrent releases by the same act; in this case, Inconsiderate Bitch acted as a "teaser" for the label's re-release of Happiness, while also serving as an introduction of Germano to her new label's audience. While preparing and resequencing the album for its re-release, 4AD founder and then-president Ivo Watts-Russell and engineer John Fryer (who had worked on Watts-Russell's This Mortal Coil project) also created this suite of alternate remixes, with the exception of "(Late Night) Dresses", a version of "You Make Me Wanto Wear Dresses" (later retitled "The Dresses Song") remixed by the original producer, Malcolm Burn.

Track listing

  1. "Happiness"
  2. "Energy"
  3. "Puppet"
  4. "Sycophant"
  5. (Late Night) Dresses

All songs were written by Lisa Germano, except track 4 written by Germano/Joyce. Tracks 2-5 were later added to an edition of Happiness re-released by 4AD in 1999, but have since been removed for subsequent editions. Track 1 remains available only on this CD; with a running time of 8:17, it is considerably extended compared to the two album versions.

Personnel

Same as above, except:

Happiness
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Studio album by
Lisa Germano
ReleasedApril 26, 1994
Genre Alternative rock, dream pop, folk rock
Length53:44
Label 4AD
Producer Malcolm Burn
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly B [5]

Three months after releasing the Inconsiderate Bitch EP, Germano's new label, 4AD, reissued her second album, Happiness, with a resequenced track listing, two new songs replacing two from the original, and radically different artwork.

Track listing

1994 4AD reissue

  1. "Bad Attitude"
  2. "Destroy the Flower"
  3. "Puppet"
  4. "Everyone's Victim"
  5. "Energy"
  6. "Cowboy"
  7. "Happiness"
  8. "The Earth"
  9. "Around the World"
  10. "Sycophant"
  11. "Miamo-Tutti"
  12. "The Dresses Song"
  13. "The Darkest Night of All"

All songs were written by Lisa Germano, except track 10 written by Germano/Joyce. Tracks 2 and 8 did not appear on the original Capitol version of the album; track 12 was previously titled "You Make Me Wanto Wear Dresses". A later edition of Happiness, re-released by 4AD in 1999, contained tracks 2-5 from the Inconsiderate Bitch EP added to the end as bonus tracks, but have since been removed for subsequent editions.

A music video for the song "Puppet" was produced and can be viewed on the MUZU TV website.

Personnel

Same as above, except:

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References

  1. "Germano Stays in the Game by Playing It Her Own Way". Los Angeles Times. June 3, 1993.
  2. "Happiness - Lisa Germano | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. "Robert Christgau: CG: Lisa Germano". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 726.
  5. "Happiness". EW.com.