King James Version (album)
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King James Version, originally released by Sire Records on September 12, 2000, is the second full-length album by alternative rock band Harvey Danger. Although it garnered critical acclaim, it failed to produce a hit song, unlike the earlier Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?. After the release of King James Version, the band took a three-year hiatus.
The album is characterized by a polished and energetic indie rock style and lyrics laden with historical, literary, and pop cultural allusions.
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| Studio album by Harvey Danger | ||
| Released | September 12, 2000 | |
| Recorded | 1999 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 42:56 | |
| Label | Sire Records | |
| Producer(s) | John Goodmanson, Harvey Danger | |
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| Harvey Danger chronology | ||
| Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone? (1997) |
King James Version (2000) |
Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes) (2004) |
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Meetings With Remarkable Men" (Show Me the Hero) – 2:53
- "Humility On Parade" – 4:30
- "Why I'm Lonely" – 3:33
- "Sad Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" – 3:28
- "You Miss the Point Completely I Get the Point Exactly" – 4:12
- "Authenticity" – 2:31
- (Theme from) "Carjack Fever" – 3:40
- "Pike St./Park Slope" – 4:42
- "(This Is) the Thrilling Conversation You've Been Waiting For" – 2:53
- "Loyalty Bldg." – 6:06
- "Underground" – 4:39
- "The Same as Being in Love" – 3:29
[edit] Lyrical allusions
Meetings With Remarkable Men (Show Me the Hero)
- Jesus Christ
- Fundamental Christianity
- "Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy" - F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Avatar
- Morrissey
- Kip Winger
Humility on Parade
- "All roads lead to Rome"[1]
- Far from the Madding Crowd
- Theory of the Leisure Class
- "Mustard on the wedding dress" - a German custom[2]
- The Inquisition
Why I'm Lonely
- Leonard Cohen
- Philistine
- "Not much nourished by modern love," from Leonard Cohen's "Queen Victoria"[3]
- "Independence and indifference are the two wings which enable the soul to fly." - Hazrat Inayat Khan [4]
Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo
- Sweetheart of the Rodeo
- Existentialism
- Valium
- "The Marlboro man died of cancer"
- "Lonesome Cowboy Bill" from the Velvet Underground's Loaded
Authenticity
- The third degree
(Theme from) Carjack Fever
- Toluca Lake
- Nathaniel West
- "Tragedy requires greatness" - formula for a classical tragedy
- Culver City
- Beachwood Drive, the street that provides the best view of the Hollywood sign
- Vesper Avenue, a street in the San Fernando Valley.
Pike St./Park Slope
- Pike Street, home to Pike Place Market in Seattle, WA
- Park Slope, Brooklyn
- "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful," a song from Morrissey's Your Arsenal
This Is the Thrilling Conversation You've Been Waiting For
Loyalty Bldg.
[edit] Personnel
- Aaron Huffman - Bass guitar, guitar, pipe organ, vibraphone
- Jeff J. Lin - Guitar, piano, organ, theremin, xylophone, silver box o' death, string arrangements
- Sean Nelson - Lead and backing vocals, keyboards, melodian, tambourine, triangle
- Evan Sult - drums
- Anne Marie Ruljancich - Backing vocals
- Grant-Lee Phillips - Backing vocals
- Ben Gibbard - Backing vocals
- Ken Stringfellow - Backing vocals
- Lois Maffeo - Backing vocals
- Marc Olsen - Slide guitar
- Larry Sult - Banjo
- Terri Benshoof - Cello
- Rajan Krishnaswami - Cello
- Jami Sieber - Electric cello
- Joe Gottesman - Viola
- Shari Link - Viola
- Christopher Possanza - Writing credit, "Underground"
- John Goodmanson - Production, engineering, mixing
- Harvey Danger - Production
- Tae Won Yu - Art direction, design, photography
- Damien Shannon - Assistant engineering
- Aaron Franz - Assistant engineering
- Ryan Hadlock - Assistant engineering
- Zack Blackstone - Assistant engineering
- Okhee Kim - Assistant engineering
- Carl Plaster - Drum tech
- Fisher - Guitar tech
- Greg Calbi - Mastering
