Reclinerland

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Reclinerland
Birth name	Micheal Johnson
Origin	Portland, Oregon, United States
Genre(s)	Indie pop
Years active	1997–present
Label(s)	Hush
Associated acts	Parks & Recreation
Website	reclinerlandhq.com

Reclinerland is the music of Michael Johnson, a singer-songwriter of postmodern pop, or pop art music. Initially an intimate solo project, the first several Reclinerland records featured sweet, simple pop songs. In 2003, Johnson's solo efforts expanded to include other musicians in preparation to record and play The Ideal Home Music Library, Vol. 1, a record of fictional show tunes. After this, Michael settled down with four other musicians to form Parks & Recreation.

Michael is currently working with several other musicians to produce the next Ideal Home Music Library.

[edit] Discography

• Reclinerland (1998, Expanding Brooklyn Records)
  1. "Venezuela (Hating Trains)"
  2. "1981"
  3. "First"
  4. "Littlestar"
  5. "Two Contortionists"
  6. "Olive Green"
  7. "A Lonely Boy Makes a Handsome Steed"
  8. "Audrey (Squishing Butterflies)"
  9. "Drugs I Need"
  10. "Symphony No. 1, Catherine"
  11. "Orange County Revisited"
  12. "Baby You're a Rich Man"
  13. "God Is"
  14. "Olive Green (acoustic)"

• Reclinerland (2001, Hush Records)
  1. "Miss Haze"
  2. "Eight (Edit)"
  3. "19th Century Boy"
  4. "As Paranoid as I Am"
  5. "Vegas Remains"
  6. "Meet Me Later in the File Room"
  7. "Dirty and Clean"
  8. "Pound Coins"
  9. "Yours"
  10. "Pears"

• Reclinerland EP (2003, Lelp Recordings}
  1. "Boulevard St."
  2. "This Modern Man"
  3. "They Allowed Me One Carry On"
  4. "If I Was Your Father"
  5. "Time"
  6. "Bickersteth Rd."
  7. "These Sorts of Dreams"

• The Ideal Home Music Library, Vol. 1 (2003, Hush Records)
  1. "Give Up Your Film Career (Lenny's Theme)"
  2. "Long Island City Love Song"
  3. "The Girl of My Dreams"
  4. "Come on Summer"
  5. "Crash Site"
  6. "One of Those Nights"
  7. "Miracle of Miracles"
  8. "My New York"
  9. "Oh James"
  10. "Stayin' In (and Playin' a Tune)"
  11. "The Lady from Reims"
  12. "Rue Lane"