Lost Art Bergmann

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Lost Art Bergmann
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Studio album by Art Bergmann
Released 2009
Genre Alternative rock
Label Bearwood Music
Producer Bob Rock
Paul Hyde
Art Bergmann chronology
Vultura Freeway
(2000)
Lost Art Bergmann
(2009)
Songs for the Underclass
(2014)

Lost Art Bergmann is the seventh studio album by Art Bergmann, released in 2009 on the Bearwood Music record label. [1] The album comprises early recordings which Bergmann and his band had made with producers Bob Rock and Paul Hyde prior to completing his debut album, Crawl with Me , with producer John Cale. [1]

Art Bergmann Canadian musician

Arthur Frank "Art" Bergmann is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s.

Bob Rock Canadian musician and record producer

Robert Jens "Bob" Rock is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer, best known for producing rock bands and music artists such as Metallica, the Tragically Hip, Aerosmith, the Cult, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, 311, Our Lady Peace, Bryan Adams, the Offspring, Michael Bublé, Black Veil Brides, David Lee Roth, and Ron Sexsmith.

Paul Reginald Nelson, known by the stage name Paul Hyde, is a British-born Canadian musician and record producer. Born in Yorkshire, Hyde came to Canada as a teenager.

The album was compiled and remastered by Ray Fulber, the bassist in Bergmann's band. [2] The original tapes had deteriorated so badly that Fulber had to bake them for six hours in a food dehydrator to make them playable again. [2]

Food dehydrator

A food dehydrator is a device that removes moisture from food to aid in its preservation. Food drying is a method of preserving fruit, vegetables, and animal proteins that has been practiced since antiquity.

Many music journalists had criticized the original album's production, which downplayed Bergmann's guitar in favour of a keyboard-oriented sound that was uncharacteristic of Bergmann's normal musical style. [3] The new album was more widely praised, with Vancouver Sun critic John Mackie calling it "the best album Art Bergmann never made". [4]

<i>Vancouver Sun</i>

The Vancouver Sun is a daily newspaper first published in British Columbia on 12 February 1912. The paper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. It is published six days a week, Monday to Saturday.

Track listing

  1. "The Junkie Don't Care"
  2. "To Tell the Truth"
  3. "Black Heart"
  4. "Who Will Ever Know"
  5. "Final Cliché"
  6. "My Empty House"
  7. "Inside Your Love"
  8. "Runaway Train"
  9. "Our Little Secret"
  10. "Ill Repute"

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References

  1. 1 2 "Art Bergmann". Exclaim! , May 12, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "The resurrection of a lost Art". The Globe and Mail , February 18, 2009.
  3. "Art's lost art is found; Expect a gentler Bergmann, or so we're told". The Province , March 24, 2009.
  4. "The best album Art Bergmann never made". Vancouver Sun , March 26, 2009.