Keep Your Wig On

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Keep Your Wig On
Keep Your Wig On Fastball Album photo.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 8, 2004
Recorded2004
Genre
Length39:46
Label Rykodisc
Producer Mike McCarthy
Fastball chronology
Live From Jupiter Records
(2003)
Keep Your Wig On
(2004)
Little White Lies
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Keep Your Wig On is the fourth studio album released by the rock band Fastball. It was released by the indie label Rykodisc and the record was mixed by Bob Clearmountain. Adam Schlesinger produced Someday and Red Light during the band's New York recording sessions.

Contents

Track listing

#TitleLengthMusic
1"Shortwave"1:13Miles Zuniga
2"Lou-ee, Lou-ee"2:52 Tony Scalzo, Miles Zuniga
3"Drifting Away"3:46Tony Scalzo
4"Airstream"3:29Al Anderson, Miles Zuniga
5"I Get High"3:35Tony Scalzo, Miles Zuniga
6"Perfect World"3:35Miles Zuniga
7"’Till I Get It Right"4:55Tony Scalzo, Miles Zuniga
8"Our Misunderstanding"3:20Tony Scalzo, Jeff Trott, Miles Zuniga
9"Someday"3:24Miles Zuniga
10"Mercenary Girl"2:41Tony Scalzo, Miles Zuniga
11"Falling Upstairs"3:36Tony Scalzo, Miles Zuniga
12"Red Light"3:17Tony Scalzo, Miles Zuniga

Personnel

Fastball

Guest musicians

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References

  1. Keep Your Wig On at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  2. Christian Hoard; Jon Caramanica (2004-06-24). "Fastball: Keep Your Wig On : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 2007-05-06. Retrieved 2012-08-22.