Ornament and Crime (album)

This article is about the studio album by Self. For the compilation album by the same artist, see Porno, Mint & Grime.

All tracks are written by Matt Mahaffey, except where noted.

Ornament and Crime
Studio album by Self
Released	August 25, 2017
Recorded	2002 – November 10, 2003
Studio	Royaltone (North Hollywood) Crackertracks (Studio City) Larrabee (Los Angeles)
Genre	Rock
Length	37:56
Label	El Camino Media
Self chronology
Super Fake Nice (2014) Ornament and Crime (2017)
Alternate cover
Cover commonly associated with the album prior to its official release in 2017

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hellbent"		3:09
2.	"Emotional"		3:27
3.	"Insecure Sober"	Matt Mahaffey Mac Burrus	2:23
4.	"Pathetic Song"		3:21
5.	"How Can I Make You Happy?"		3:13
6.	"Can't Go On"		4:05
7.	"Coming Over"		4:03
8.	"No One Knows You"		2:43
9.	"Grow Up"		3:22
10.	"The Pounding Truth"		3:18
11.	"Out With a Bang"		3:32
12.	"L.A. Radio"	Mahaffey Burrus Mike Mahaffey Gary Welsh	2:27
Total length:			37:56

Notes

• "Emotional" was originally stylized as "(Emo)tional".
• "How Can I Make You Happy?" was known as "Mermaid" on early leaks of the album.
• "No One Knows You" and "The Pounding Truth" are titled "No One Knows" and "Pounding Truth" on the El Camino release.
• "Out With a Bang" was titled "Bang!" on Mini CD singles handed to Dreamworks executives and associates.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album’s liner notes. ^[15]

Musicians

• Matt Mahaffey – vocals, guitar, drums, piano, various instruments
• Jason Rawlings – drums
• Mac Burrus – performer (12), bass
• Mike Mahaffey – guitar, vocals
• Chris James – piano
• Geoff Gallegos – strings, horns
• Gary Welsh – performer (12)

Technical

• Robert Carranza – engineer
• Rich Costey – mixing engineer
• Mario Caldato Jr. – production (1–3, 8, 9, 11), assistant engineer
• Mickey Petralia – production (4–7, 10), assistant engineer
• Matt Mahaffey – production (12), assistant engineer
• Chris James – assistant engineer
• Dan Leffler – assistant mixing engineer
• Andy Suriano – artwork

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