Rocket (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians album)

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Rocket
Rocket EB album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 2018 [1]
Recorded2017
StudioArlyn Studios and Cicada Moon Studios (Austin, Texas).
Genre Rock
Length48:50
Label Verve Forecast
Producer Kyle Crusham
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians chronology
Stranger Things
(2006)
Rocket
(2018)
Hunter and the Dog Star
(2021)
Singles from Rocket
  1. "What Makes You Happy"
    Released: September 13, 2018
  2. "Tell Me"
    Released: September 27, 2018

Rocket is an album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. The album was released on October 12, 2018, and is their first album since 2006's Stranger Things. [2] [3] The band wrote the songs on the album during the rehearsals of their 2017 La Rondalla Benefit Concert. After that they decided to record them, and the band recorded seven songs in eight days. [4] The lead singer of the band, Edie Brickell, says that the album doesn't have too much structure, and often bounces between genres. [4] Brickell also hopes that this album is a new beginning for the band and will bring them back on the radar. [4]

Contents

Singles

"What Makes You Happy" was released as the first single on September 13, 2018 along with a music video to accompany it. [5] The second single, "Tell Me" was released on September 27, 2018. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."What Makes You Happy"Edie Brickell4:02
2."Superhero"Brickell, Kenny Withrow4:34
3."Obvious"Brickell, Withrow, Brad Houser, John Bush, Brandon Aly5:03
4."Trust"Brickell, Withrow3:50
5."Singing in the Shower"Brickell, Withrow2:44
6."I Don't Need a Man"Brickell2:57
7."Exaggerate"Brickell, Withrow, Houser, Bush, Aly2:45
8."Eyes in the Window"Brickell, Withrow4:47
9."Colors"Brickell, Withrow, Houser, Bush, Aly4:17
10."Drawn to You"Brickell, Withrow3:22
11."Tell Me"Brickell, Withrow, Houser, Bush, Aly3:24
12."Green Magic"Brickell, Withrow, Houser, Bush, Aly4:38
13."Far Away"Brickell2:26
Total length:48:49

Personnel

Production

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