You and Me (Open Hand album)

Infobox Album |
Name = You and Me
Type = Album
Artist = Open Hand


Released = February 8 2005
Recorded = 2004 @ The Blasting Room; The Office; West End Studios; The Captain's Quarters
Genre = Rock
Length = 41:44
Label = Trustkill Records
Producer = Justin Isham; Paul Malinowski
Reviews =

Last album = "The Dream" (2003)
This album = "You and Me" (2005)
Next album =

You and Me is the second album by rock group Open Hand. Released on February 7, 2005, the album has gained much critical acclaim for successfully splicing several genres of rock, forming an original sound. It is also notable for a techno oriented track ("Newspeak") which references George Orwell's novel 1984. The album received some additional female backing vocals.

Track listing

# "Pure Concentrated Evil" (Isham) – 1:34
# "Her Song" (Isham) – 3:12
# "Tough Girl" (Isham, Helmericks)– 2:54
# "You and Me" (Isham) – 4:10
# "Tough Guy" (Isham) – 3:07
# "Jaded" (Isham) – 1:59
# "The Ambush" (Isham) – 2:17
# "Take No Action" (Isham, Helmericks) – 2:03
# "Newspeak" (Isham) – 2:15
# "Crooked Crown" (Isham, Epley) – 3:32
# "The Kaleidoscope" (Isham) – 3:08
# "Waiting for Katy" (Isham, Arnovich) – 2:43
# "Trench Warfare" (Isham) – 3:41
# "Hard Night" (Isham) – 5:02
# "Elevator" (Bonus Track) (Isham) – 3:45

Personnel

*Justin Isham - guitar, vocals, production, engineering, mixing
*Paxton Pryor - drums
*Michael Anastasi - bass guitar
*Sean Woods - guitar
*Paul Malinowski - production, engineering, mixing
*Jason Livermore - engineering, mixing
*Andrew Berlin - additional engineering
*Brian Kephart - production assistant
*Doug Henderson - mastering
*Peter Knudson - additional percussion
*Bill Stevenson - additional percussion
*Alex Rodríguez - drums on "Waiting For Katy"
*Hayley Helmericks - additional vocals on "Tough Girl", "Take No Action"
*Allen Epley - additional vocals on "Crooked Crown"
*Katy J. Arnovich - additional vocals on "Waiting For Katy"