Telegraph (album)

Telegraph
Studio album by Drake Bell
Released	September 27, 2005 August 7, 2007 (re-release)
Recorded	Summer 2005
Genre	Alternative rock, pop punk
Length	40:29
Label	Backhouse Nine Yards
Producer	Back house Mike
Drake Bell chronology
Telegraph (2005) It's Only Time (2006)
Singles from Telegraph
"Found a Way" Released: March 8, 2005

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All music	[1]

"Highway to Nowhere" redirects here, for the highway in Baltimore see Interstate 170 (Maryland)

Telegraph is the debut album by actor, singer, and songwriter Drake Bell, who was best known at that time for his role as "Drake Parker" in the Nickelodeon television series Drake & Josh.

The entire album was recorded by Drake and producer, Michael Corcoran as well as a few friends. The entire album was recorded in a little room which was set up as a simple home studio using a Digidesign Digi 002. The following record, It's Only Time was recorded at the time in a newly built studio named, The Backhouse.^[2]

The album was released on September 27, 2005 and was issued by Backhouse Mike's label Backhouse Records and the now defunct label Nine Yards Records. Being an independently released production, it ran out of print, and was subsequently re-released on August 7, 2007. Still, it can be found in stores like F.y.e., Barnes & Noble and eBay.

Track listing

All songs written by Drake Bell and Michael Corcoran except where noted.

1. "Intro" – 0:27
2. "Found a Way" – 3:02
3. "Circles" (Bell) – 4:06
4. "Somehow" – 4:40
5. "In the End" – 4:24
6. "Don't Preach" (C.J. Abraham, Bell, Corcoran) – 3:24
7. "Hollywood Girl" (Bell, Corcoran, G. Peterson) – 2:53
8. "Golden Days" (Bell, D. Tashian, G. Garner) – 3:43
9. "Down We Fall" – 5:49
10. "The Backhouse" – 0:19
11. "Highway to Nowhere" (Bell, M. Shallman, S.W. Bennett) – 4:04
12. "Telegraph" – 3:39

Additional song information

• "Hollywood Girl" was performed on TRL in the TV movie Drake & Josh Go Hollywood.
• Part of "Don't Preach" is featured in the movie Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, in which Drake Bell stars. The scene shows him (as Drake Parker) performing the song at the B'nai Shalom Home for the Elderly with his band. It is also featured in the episode, "Who's Got Game?"
• "Found a Way", "Down We Fall", and "Highway to Nowhere" are also on the Drake & Josh soundtrack, Drake & Josh: Songs from and inspired by the hit TV show. Drake also played "Highway to Nowhere" when he guest-starred on the Nickelodeon TV show Zoey 101. In the episode, the students of Pacific Coast Academy hire Drake to play at their school's Spring Fling.
• The beatboxing on the song "Circles" is done by Drake's co-star on Drake & Josh, Josh Peck.
• "Found a Way" is the theme song for Drake & Josh.

Personnel

As listed on Drake Bell's official website.

• Drake Bell - lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitars, keyboards
• Backhouse Mike - bass guitar, lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Joey Finger - drums
• Tom Kinne - bass guitar
• Scott Bennett - bass guitar, drums, guitar, keyboards
• DJ Eroc - scratching
• Mike D'Santi - guitar

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "C.J. Abraham interview". http://drakecentral.org/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1266883348&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&. Retrieved 2010-02-23. 

External links

• View this album at Allmusic