Childish Prodigy (CD) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label: Matador – OLE-887-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Oct 6, 2009
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi

1        Hunchback
Baritone Guitar – AG*
Drums, Percussion – Mike Z*
Guitar [Rodeo Fuzz] – J Turbo*
Producer – Jeff Zeigler, Kurt Vile & The Violators
Resonator Guitar [Amplified], Piano, Vocals – KV*
4:50
2        Dead Alive
Guitar, Vocals – KV*
Producer – Jeff Zeigler, Kurt Vile
3:47
3        Overnite Religion
Mixed By [Additional] – Tom Cason
Producer – Adam Granduciel, Kurt Vile
Recorded By – AG*, KV*
Snare [Drum], Percussion – Cousin Dan
Synthesizer [String] – AG*
Twelve-String Guitar – KV*
5:15
4        Freak Train
Drum Programming [Drum Machine], Guitar, Synthesizer [Monopoly & Maxi-korgs], Vocals – KV*
Drums – Cousin Dan
Guitar [Z Vex Fuzz] – AG*
Producer – AG*, Jeff Zeigler, J Turbo*, KV*
Saxophone – J Turbo*
Synthesizer [Korg Monopoly] – Jeff Zeigler
Synthesizer [Korg Ms10] – Michael Johnson (9)
7:18
5        Blackberry Song
Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals – KV*
Mixed By [Additional] – Tom Cason
Producer – Adam Granduciel, Kurt Vile
Recorded By – AG*, KV*
Sampler, Percussion [Lap] – AG*
3:26
6        Monkey (Dim Stars)
Baritone Guitar – AG*
Drums, Percussion – Mike Z*
Guitar [Wild Fuzz] – J Turbo*
Lyrics By – Richard Hell
Producer – Jeff Zeigler, KV & The Violators*
Resonator Guitar [Amplified], Piano, Vocals – KV*
Written-By – Dim Stars
3:44
7        Heart Attack
Acoustic Guitar [Amplified 12 Strings], Piano, Banjo, Vocals – KV*
Producer – Jeff Zeigler, Kurt Vile
3:09
8        Amplifier
Backing Vocals – Mikele Edwards
Drums, Percussion, Guitar [Ambient 12 String], Electronics – AG*
Guitar, Electronics, Trumpet, Piano, Vocals – KV*
Producer – A. Granduciel*, Jeff Zeigler, Kurt Vile
4:01
9        Inside Looking Out
Baritone Guitar – J Turbo*
Drums [Caveman] – Michael Johnson (9)
Electric Guitar, Guitar [Tremolo] – AG*
Electric Guitar, Sampler, Harmonica, Synthesizer, Vocals – KV*
Producer – Jeff Zeigler, KV & The Violators*
6:39
10        He's Alright    4:35
11        Goodbye, Freaks    2:55
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Matador
Copyright © – Matador
Mastered At – West West Side Music
Recorded At – Uniform Recording
Mixed At – Uniform Recording
Manufactured By – Cinram, Olyphant, PA – Z79038
Art Direction – Boyd*, Greg*, KV*
Design – Boyd Shropshire, Greg Kletsel
Mastered By – Alan Douches
Performer [Additional Players] – Jeff Zeigler, Mikele Edwards
Performer [Honorary Alumni] – "Cousin" Dan Bower*, Michael Johnson (9)
Performer [Violators Are] – Adam Granduciel, Jesse Trbovich, Mike Zanghi*
Photography By [Forest + Organ] – Robert Robinson*
Photography By [Mike Z] – Tiffany Yoon
Producer – Jeff Zeiger*, Kurt Vile & The Violators
Recorded By, Mixed By – Jeff Zeigler
Written-By – Kurt Vile
all trax recorded and mixed at Uniform Recording in philly except "overnite" and blackberry" at His Joint in philly.
mastered at West West Side, NY.
arrangements by all bandmates involved

Comes with a booklet

Tracks 10 and 11 are unlisted, names are from: http://store.matadorrecords.com/childish-prodigy
Barcode (Text): 7 44861 08872 1

Personnel: Kurt Vile (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, resonator guitar, baritone guitar, banjo, harmonica, trumpet, piano, synthesizer, drum machine, electronics, sampler); Adam Granduciel (electric guitar, 12-string guitar, baritone guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion, electronics, sampler); Mike Z (drums, percussion); Mikele Edwards (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Jeff Zeigler . Kurt Vile's long-haired hippy appearance may suggest West Coast roots, but his sound comes straight out of the underbelly of the Big Apple. With a slack-singing style reminiscent of Lou Reed or Alan Vega and his vocals doused in slap-back reverb, the songs on CHILDISH PRODIGY shift between gritty numbers driven by guitar fuzz and steady ballads backed by one-key baritone drones. If this sounds a bit derivative of the Velvets, well, it is and it isn't. Vile and his backing band The Violators are knowledgeable students of the CBGB school of rock, circa Son of Sam, but just when you think you have them pegged as leather-clad street hoodlums on "Freak Train", a shuffling Roland 707 groove topped with a distortion wall and tense yelps ("I've never been so insulted in my whole life! Shit!"), they go the other way with the mellow fingerpicked circles of "Blackberry Song."

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: CD standard Jewel Case
• Format: CD
• Genre: ALT/INDIE
• Format Type: CD
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Released: 10/6/09
• Internal ID: JITRE