Introducing Happiness

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Introducing Happiness is a 1994 album by Rheostatics.

The album includes "Claire", the band's only Top 40 hit. That song is also featured on the Whale Music soundtrack album.

Introducing Happiness was the band's second and final album for Sire Records. Sire found the band's quirky indie rock too quirky and too indie to market effectively despite having a Top 40 hit, and dropped the band from the label.

It was also Dave Clark's last album with the band. Following this album, he left to concentrate on the dinner is ruined, and was replaced for the next several years by Don Kerr.

[edit] Track listing

As with most of the band's albums, the songwriting is credited to various combinations of the band members (Martin Tielli, Dave Bidini, Tim Vesely and Dave Clark), varying from solo to the entire band to outside collaborations. The songwriting credits for each track are listed below.

1. "Fan Letter to Michael Jackson" (3:59) - Bidini/John Critchley
2. "Introducing Happiness" (2:28) - Vesely
3. "One More Colour" (3:45) - Tielli/Jane Siberry
4. "Claire" (4:09) - Vesely/Paul Quarrington
5. "Digital Beach" (1:54) - Tielli
6. "Earth/Monstrous Hummingbird" (4:50) - Bidini
7. "Row" (4:52) - Vesely
8. "Full Moon Over Russia" (2:19) - Clark
9. "Take Me in Your Hand" (3:13) - Tielli
10. "Jesus Was Once a Teenager Too" (4:25) - Bidini/Tielli
11. "Me and Stupid" (2:33) - Bidini
12. "Fish Tailin'" (3:10) - Tielli
13. "The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos" (1:16) - Bidini
14. "Cephallus Worm/Uncle Henry" (4:44) - Bidini
15. "In This Town" (3:19) - Tielli
16. "Alomar" (1:52) - Rheostatics
17. "You Are a Treasure" (3:22) - Tielli
18. "Onilley's Strange Dream" (6:26) - Bidini/Tielli