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| HAPPINESS IS HARD (2004) |
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| Packaged like a pack of Hot Pink New Wave Bubble Yum, Swivek's Happiness is Hard is soft and sweet in spots, hard and chewy in others. It is nostalgic and addictive like your favorite episode of VH1's “I Love The 80's”, but at the same time it's a futuristic trip down the icy streets of heartbreak. Emotions bounce from angry to drunkenly elated to nervous wreck to giddy excitement. Contains the manically driving first single "Debbie Doesn't" - the tragic tale of our hero ever so briefly meeting his idol of idols; Deborah Harry, the pop-tronic cover of Lisa Hartman's kitsch classic "Where The Boys Are", the alterna rage of "Anything At All" and the poppy punk of "Speeding." More so than any of the earlier Swivek albums, it is classic Bradley, and this time he really wears his heart on the sleeve of his Members-Only jacket. |
| SWIVEK : HAPPINESS IS HARD |
| Released - December 14, 2004 |
| Label - Flexible Records |
| Catalog # Flex 4 |
| Produced by Buzzee |
| "Little Miss Priss" - Produced by Patrick English |
| Recorded at Hancock Studios, West Hollywood CA |
| July - November 2004 |
| Mixed in the Other Room, November 2004 |
| Art Direction/Design: Alfnet |
| Photography: Dave Thompson |
| Cover Photo Supplied by My Mamma |
| Words and music by Bradley Jacobson |
| "Where The Boys Are" by Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield |
| "Cocksure" words by Charles Mason/ music by Bradley Jacobson |
| "Little Miss Priss" words by Bradley Jacobson/ music by Patrick English/ "Girls Talk" by Elvis Costello |
| bradley jacobson - vocals |
| skins premier - drums |
| fred d fender - bass |
| guenther gibson - guitars |
| connie casio - keyboards and synths |
| bee bop beatches - back vocals |
| all music on "little miss priss" by orange television |
| TRACK LISTING: | |
| 01. Mouth (4:02) | (B. Jacobson) |
| 02. Where The Boys Are (4:20) | (N. Sedaka/ H. Greenfield) |
| 03. Debbie Doesn't (3:26) | (B. Jacobson) |
| 04. Make A Level Sunrise (3:50) | (B. Jacobson) |
| 05. Eggman (3:40) | (B. Jacobson) |
| 06. Cocksure (4:32) | (Charles Mason/ B. Jacobson) |
| 07. Little Miss Priss (3:36) | (Patrick English/ B. Jacobson) |
| 08. Baby (4:35) | (B. Jacobson) |
| 09. Anything At All (2:30) | (B. Jacobson) |
| 10. Nightmare (3:25) | (B. Jacobson) |
| 11. Girls Talk (2:54) | (Elvis Costello) |
| 12. Speeding (3:18) | (B. Jacobson) |
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