The Dresden Dolls (EP)

Infobox Album
Name = The Dresden Dolls
Type = EP
Artist = The Dresden Dolls


Released = Nov. 19, 2001
Genre = Brechtian Punk Cabaret
Length = 25:13
Label = Self-released
Reviews =
This album = "The Dresden Dolls (EP)"
(2001)
Next album = "A Is for Accident"
(2003)

"The Dresden Dolls" is the self-titled debut EP released by The Dresden Dolls in 2001. This is a completely separate release from the band's 2003 debut LP, also titled "The Dresden Dolls".

The CD was recorded and engineered at Emerson College in Boston, MA by Owen Curtin in 2001cite web
last = Palmer
first = Amanda
title = The Dresden Dolls - Amandas Bio
publisher = Amanda Palmer
url = http://www.dresdendolls.com/bio/bio_amanda.htm
accessdate = 2008-03-16] and mastered by Noah-Blumenson Cook, with guest Brian Knoth playing a guitar solo on "Good Day." The sound quality is rough and not comparable to most major label releases.

The album was first sold at the band's first appearance at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA.cite web
title = The Dresden Dolls - Show History
publisher = The Dresden Dolls
url = http://www.dresdendolls.com/shows/index.htm
accessdate = 2008-03-16] The band made 50 copies, all of which were sold at the show. The covers are slightly different from copies sold later.cite web
last = Palmer
first = Amanda
title = Re: cover
publisher = Amanda Palmer
url = http://www.theshadowbox.net/ddbb/viewtopic.php?p=39464#39464
accessdate = 2008-03-16]

The EP was sold by the band at shows until late 2003, via mail order until early 2004, and from drummer Brian Viglione while he was working at Toscanini's, an ice cream parlor in Cambridge.cite web
last = Palmer
first = Amanda
title = help save toscanini’s - a piece of dolls history
publisher = Amanda Palmer
url = http://www.theshadowbox.net/forum/index.php?topic=2860.0
accessdate = 2008-03-16] The EP is now completely out of print, although "Girl Anachronism" has been made available for download from the band's official web site.cite web
title = The Dresden Dolls - Downloads and Lyrics
publisher = The Dresden Dolls
url = http://www.dresdendolls.com/downloads_n_lyrics/index.htm
accessdate = 2008-03-16]

It is unknown exactly how many copies exist, although singer Amanda Palmer has estimated that "a few thousand copies" exist.cite web
last = Palmer
first = Amanda
title = Re: cover
publisher = Amanda Palmer
url = http://www.theshadowbox.net/ddbb/viewtopic.php?p=39464#39464
accessdate = 2008-03-16]

Track listing

#"Half Jack" - 5:25
#"Girl Anachronism" - 3:01
#"The Perfect Fit" - 5:40
#"Colorblind" - 5:31
#"Good Day" - 5:36

*Note: The songs on the EP are demos.

Album personnel

*Amanda Palmer – Piano and vocals.
*Brian Viglione – Drums, acoustic guitar, bass.
*Brian Knoth - Guitar on "Good Day."
*Owen Curtin – Recording and engineering.
*Noah-Blumenson Cook – Mastering.

References