- Beautiful Midnight
Infobox Album | Name = Beautiful Midnight
Type =Album
Artist = Matthew Good Band
Released = start date|1999|09|14
Recorded = February - April 1999; Greenhouse Studios,Burnaby, British Columbia ,Canada
Genre = Rock, alternative
Length = 64:24
Label = Universal Music Canada (Canada )Atlantic Records (US)
Producer = Warne Livesey
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kjftxqlkldte link]
Last album = "Lo-Fi B-Sides (EP)"
(1998)
This album = "Beautiful Midnight"
(1999)
Next album = " (EP)"
(2001) |"Beautiful Midnight" was an album released by the
Matthew Good Band in 1999, the follow-up to the 1997 album "Underdogs ". "Beautiful Midnight" became the band's most successful album, producing four singles and music videos, "Hello Time Bomb", "Load Me Up", "Strange Days", and "The Future is X-Rated". The success of "Beautiful Midnight" propelled Good to a celebrity status in Canada he eventually grew to loathe, and his interactions with the media throughout the promotional cycle for the record were often strained and unpleasant."Beautiful Midnight" was re-released in 2001 in the United States on
Atlantic Records with an altered tracklisting that included remixed songs from "Underdogs ". Good has referred to it as something of a greatest hits. The album did not achieve the kind of success in America as it did in Canada, partly because of a lack of co-operation on Good's part. He has stated that he intentionally sabotaged the band's career stateside by refusing to play along with the media and music industry in the country. However, other factors were involved, including the band's reluctance to commit to extensive touring of the country.A number of songs considered for inclusion on "Beautiful Midnight" were relegated to b-side or unreleased status. "Flashdance II" was eventually released on "
Loser Anthems ", while "Pony Boy", which was recorded for the subsequent album "The Audio of Being ", remained unreleased until "In a Coma " in 2005.Track listing
All tracks written by Matthew Good and Dave Genn, except where noted.
#"Giant" – 6:10
#"Hello Time Bomb" – 3:55
#"Strange Days" – 4:21
#"I Miss New Wave" – 5:04
#"Load Me Up" – 3:40 (Good, Genn, Priske, Browne)
#"Failing the Rorschach Test" – 4:46
#"Suburbia" – 5:24
#"Let’s Get It On" – 5:12
#"Jenni's Song" – 3:59
#"Going All The Way" – 5:01
#"A Boy and His Machine Gun" – 3:45
#"The Future Is X-Rated" – 4:21
#"Born to Kill" – 5:42
#"Running for Home" – 4:37US track listing
(Titles were altered by Atlantic Records)
# Giant
# Hello Time Bomb
# Strange Days
# Deep 6ix
# Load Me Up
# Failing the Rorschach Test
# Suburbia
# Apparitions
# Jenni's Song
# Boy and His ------- ---
# The Future Is X-Rated
# Everything Is Automatic
# Born to ----
# Running for Home("Hello Time Bomb", "Strange Days", "Deep 6ix", "Load Me Up", and "Everything Is Automatic" were remixed by Chris Lord-Alge. "Deep Six", "Apparitions", and "Everything Is Automatic" originally appeared on "
Underdogs ".)Credits
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Matthew Good Band
**Matthew Good - vocals,Guitar
**Ian Browne - drums
**Rich Priske -Bass Guitar
**Dave Genn -Guitar , Keyboards::Note:Todd Kerns performs backing vocals on "Hello Time Bomb" and "Born To Kill" (not part of MGB)
**Natasha Duprey - Phone Sex on "The Future is X-Rated"
*Centennial High School Cheerleading Squad - Cheerleading on "Giant"
**Kristy Holmes
**Kimberly Barber
**Melanie Barber
**Sara Correia
**Caroline Croteau
**Kristin Sims
**Karin Anstey
**Tracey Mcdonald
**Megan Leigh
**Marjolyn Ustaris
*Warne Livesey - Producer, Engineer, mixer
*Zach Blackstone - Engineer
*Steve Kaplan (BJG Studios ,London ) - Mixer
*Chris Lord-Alge (BJG Studios ,London ) - Mixer
*Tim Young - Mastering
*Legal: Simkin & Co.
*Accounting: Davidson & Co.
*Ken Turta - Live sound
*Christi Thompson - Good's assistant
*Chimo Robichaud - Instrument technician
*Horshack -A&R
*Jay Blakesberg -Photography
*Vincent Libby - Design concept
*Garnet Armstrong - Album design
*Kiley Redhead - Album design
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