Based on Happy Times

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Based on Happy Times
Based on Happy Times cover
Studio album by Tommy Keene
Released 1989
Genre Power pop, rock
Label Geffen
Producer Joe Hardy, John Hampton, Tommy Keene
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 4.5/5 stars4.5/5 stars4.5/5 stars4.5/5 stars4.5/5 stars Link
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars3/5 stars3/5 stars3/5 stars3/5 stars June 15, 1989
Tommy Keene chronology
Songs from the Film
(1986)		 Based on Happy Times
(1989)		 Ten Years After
(1996)

Based on Happy Times is Tommy Keene's third album, his second for major label Geffen Records. It was released in 1989 (catalog #9 24221-2) and was his first album available on CD (it was also released on LP and cassette).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Keene, except where noted

  1. "Nothing Can Change You" – 3:19
  2. "Light of Love" – 3:00
  3. "This Could Be Fiction" – 3:24
  4. "Based on Happy Times" – 3:47
  5. "When Our Vows Break" – 3:20 (Keene, Jules Shear)
  6. "The Biggest Conflict" – 3:42
  7. "Highwire Days" – 3:37
  8. "Our Car Club" – 3:22 (Brian Wilson, Mike Love)
  9. "If We Run Away" – 4:06 (Keene, Shear)
  10. "Hanging on to Yesterday" – 3:53
  11. "Where Have All Your Friends Gone" – 2:25
  12. "Pictures" – 3:34
  13. "A Way Out" – 4:09

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The band

[edit] Additional musicians

  • Jules Shear — Harmony vocals ("Nothing Can Change You", "When Our Vows Break")
  • Jack Holder — Guitar ("When Our Vows Break", "The Biggest Conflict", "Highwire Days", "If We Run Away"), guitar fills ("Light of Love")
  • Peter Buck — Guitar ("Our Car Club"), mandolin ("A Way Out")
  • Greg "Fingers" Taylor — Harmonica ("Our Car Club")
  • Jeff Jurciukonis — Cello ("A Way Out")

[edit] Production

  • Joe Hardy — Producer, engineer
  • John Hampton — Producer, engineer
  • Tommy Keene — Producer
  • George Marino — Mastering
  • Barry Diament — CD mastering

[edit] Additional credits

  • Digitally recorded and mixed at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee
  • Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City
  • CD mastering at Barry Diament Audio, New York City
  • Rocky Schenck — Photography
  • Maria Sarno — Stylist
  • Ph.D — Art direction and design
  • Tom Zutaut — A&R coordination
  • Linda Clark & Associates — Management
  • "Thanks to: Bobby Keene; Bob and Dorothy Keene; David Geffen, Ed Rosenblatt, Tom Zutaut, John Kalodner, Marko Babineau, and everyone at Geffen Records; Linda Clark; Rick Bates; Rocky Schenck; Michael Hodgson; James Cromwell; Frank, Bernstein, Conaway and Goldman; Jerry Phillips; Frank Riley; Pat Magnarella; Julie Panebianco; Karen Moss; Jules Shear; Peter Buck; Joanna Sobol; Shirley Jacobson; John Fry; Jody Stephens; Sally Goodwin and everybody at Ardent; Steve Carr; Billy Connelly; Ted Nicely; Doug Tull; Rob Brill; Joey Picuri; John Hansen; John Chumbris; Darren Brown; Caleb Lentzer; Chris Wickam; Rick Semerjian; Stu and New Breed Studios; Teresa Ensenat; Don Dixon; Steve Haigler; Tim Collins and Staff; Dean Jeffrey; Abaad Behram and Razz for "Car Club"; Rusty Olmert; Joey Sansbury; Jack Holder; Bill Wittman; John Agnello; Robin Rapp; Doug Seymore; Clint Carruth; Aimée Tract; and especially Joe and John-forge"
v • d • e
Tommy Keene
Brad Quinn | John Richardson
Billy Connelly | John Hampton | Joe Hardy | Ted Nicely | Doug Tull
Studio albums
Strange Alliance (1982) | Songs from the Film (1986) | Based on Happy Times (1989) | Ten Years After (1996) | Isolation Party (1998) | The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (2002) | Crashing the Ether (2006)
Compilations and live albums
The Real Underground (1993) | Showtunes (2000) | Drowning—A Tommy Keene Miscellany (2004)
Singles and EPs
"Back to Zero" (1983) | Places That Are Gone (1984) | Back Again (Try...) (1984) | Run Now (1986) | Sleeping on a Roller Coaster (1992)
The Keene Brothers (with Robert Pollard)
Blues and Boogie Shoes (2006)