A Soap Bubble and Inertia

Infobox Album
Name = A Soap Bubble and Inertia


Type = studio
Artist = The Gandharvas
Released = 1994
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length =
Label = Thermometer Sound Surface
Producer = Dan Brodbeck
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gnftxquhldke~T1 link]
Last album =
This album = "A Soap Bubble and Inertia"
(1994)
Next album = "Kicking in the Water"
(1995)

"A Soap Bubble and Inertia" is the debut album by Canadian alternative rock band The Gandharvas. It was released in 1994 on the Thermometer Sound Surface record label.

The album's title is taken from a line in the novel "Notes from Underground" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

The album's single, "The First Day of Spring," was named Song of the Year for 1994 (CASBY Award) by The Edge 102.1 in Toronto, Ontario. In 2007 the same radio station ranked the song #14 in their "Top 102 Canadian New Rock Songs of All Time" list.

Track listing

#"The First Day of Spring" – 4:25
#"Saturn Quits Fasting" – 3:58
#"The Coffee Song" – 3:20
#"Bundle" – 4:20
#"Beakfuls of Heroin" – 4:48
#"Shadow" – 4:40
#"The Supreme Personality" – 4:18
#"Dallying" – 4:24
#"Cans" – 2:55
#"Soap Bubble Meets Inertia" – 8:02
#"Elevator Bugs" – 3:12
#"Circus Song" – 2:40

Personnel

*Paul Jago – vocals, piano, cans
*Brian Ward – guitar, E-bow, piano
*Jud Ruhl – guitar, piano
*Tim McDonald – drums, percussion
*Eric Howden – bass, vocals
*Rob Blanchette – bass
*Noel Jago – percussion, backing vocals
*Dan Brodbeck – producer, engineering, mixing, accordion, tuba, drum programming, percussion, backing vocals
*Anthony Hudson – drum programming
*Alun Piggins – mixing
*Irene Gotz – artwork
*David Hayes – design, layout
*Andrew MacNaughtan – photography

External links

* [http://chrwradio.com/lma/1994/The%20Gandharvas%20-%20A%20Soap%20Bubble%20And%20Inertia/gandharvas2.htm "A Soap Bubble and Inertia"] at the CHRW-FM London Music Archives