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Traffic and Weather
Traffic and Weather cover
Studio album by Fountains of Wayne
Released April 3, 2007
Genre Rock
Label S-Curve Records
Virgin Records
Producer(s) Adam Schlesinger
Chris Collingwood
Mike Denneen
Professional reviews
Fountains of Wayne chronology
Out of State Plates
(2005)		 Traffic and Weather
(2007)


Traffic and Weather is an album by Fountains of Wayne. It is expected to be released on April 3, 2007. The album has been described as having "...more witty tales of confused young people caught between destinations".[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing[2]

  1. Someone to Love
  2. '92 Subaru
  3. Yolanda Haves
  4. Traffic and Weather
  5. Fire in the Canyon
  6. This Better Be Good
  7. Revolving Dora
  8. Michael and Heather at Baggage Claim
  9. Strapped for Cash
  10. I-95
  11. Hotel Majestic
  12. Planet of Weed
  13. New Routine
  14. Seatbacks and Traytables


[edit] Leak

The album leaked onto the internet, via BitTorrent, in early March 2007. The source of the leak is unknown.

[edit] Guests

The track "Someone to Love" includes backing vocals from Smashing Pumpkins and Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur [3].

The track "Fire in the Canyon" contains backing vocals from the Candy Butchers' Mike Viola.

The album was mixed by Michael Brauer and John Holbrook.

[edit] Quotes about the album

All quotes from Adam Schlesinger.

[edit] General

  • “I don’t think anybody is counting on us for another one [Stacy's Mom Standard Hit] of those. I hope not.”[4]
  • “As usual, there are a lot of songs about transportation and travel.” [5]
  • “Our goal is 12 units, then if we hit 13, it looks like a runaway success.” [6]

[edit] Specific songs

  • 'Someone to Love': "a little bit 'Eleanor Rigby'-esque, in that it's about these two lonely people living in New York. It has a disco-y beat, which is something we don't do a lot of. Melissa Auf der Maur sings backing vocals, and that's the first female vocal we've had since Dominique Durand from Ivy on the first album."[7]
  • '92 Subaru':"It kind of sounds like the Doobie Brothers or Little Feat or something,"[8]
  • 'Yolanda Hayes': "about a woman who works at the DMV"[9]

[edit] Production of the album

  • "We had these grand ambitions to change our process, we went up to Woodstock and jammed, but in the end, only one thing from that session, 'Strapped for Cash,' turned into an actual song. For the rest of it, we went back to our usual method of writing on our own and bringing in a song to be arranged by everyone. Woodstock was good to get back together and loosen up, but I guess we`re pretty set in our ways."[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Blender [1], Jan/Feb, 2007.
  2. ^ Fountains of Wayne.us Forum [2], Feb 8, 2007.
  3. ^ NME Online [3], January 19, 2007.
  4. ^ Blender [4], Jan/Feb, 2007.
  5. ^ Blender [5], Jan/Feb, 2007.
  6. ^ Blender [6], Jan/Feb, 2007.
  7. ^ Billboard
  8. ^ Monsters and Critics[http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1248729.php/Fountains_of_Wayne_return_with_new_album_Traffic_and_Weather ], Jan 2007.
  9. ^ Monsters and Critics[http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1248729.php/Fountains_of_Wayne_return_with_new_album_Traffic_and_Weather ], Jan 2007.
  10. ^ Monsters and Critics[http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1248729.php/Fountains_of_Wayne_return_with_new_album_Traffic_and_Weather ], Jan 2007.
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