Introducing Happiness

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Introducing Happiness
Studio album by Rheostatics
Released	1994
Genre	Indie rock
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Music from The Motion Picture Whale Music (1994)	Introducing Happiness (1994)	Music Inspired by the Group of Seven (1995)

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