Aviv Geffen (album)
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| Studio album by Aviv Geffen | ||||
| Released |
 October 19, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, post-punk, experimental rock, pop punk | |||
| Length | 34:47 (International edition) | |||
| Label | Mars | |||
| Producer | Trevor Horn, David Andrew Sitek, Ken Nelson, Aviv Geffen | |||
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Aviv Geffen is the debut, English-language studio album by Israeli post-punk singer-songwriter Aviv Geffen, released on October 19, 2009 in the UK. Apart from one track Geffen produced himself, the album was produced by David Andrew Sitek (TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Trevor Horn (The Buggles, Pet Shop Boys, Yes) and Ken Nelson (Coldplay).
The band also features contributions from members of Aviv Geffen's side project Blackfield: Seffy Efrati on bass, Tomer Z on drums and Eran Mitelman on keyboards, all performing on the same 3 tracks, as well as Steven Wilson (guitar).
"It's Cloudy Now" was originally written and recorded by Geffen in Hebrew. Blackfield previously performed this English-language version on their debut album Blackfield. However, that version was titled "Cloudy Now" and was credited to Geffen and Steven Wilson.
Track listing
All music and lyrics written by Aviv Geffen
| UK edition | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "It Was Meant to Be a Love Song" | 4:00 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Black & White" | 4:29 | ||||||||
| 3. | "It's Cloudy Now" | 3:07 | ||||||||
| 4. | "It's Alright" | 2:53 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Berlin" | 3:21 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Silence" | 3:27 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Heroes" | 2:10 | ||||||||
| 8. | "The One" | 3:37 | ||||||||
| 9. | "Forest in My Heart" | 4:03 | ||||||||
| 10. | "Now or Never" | 3:28 | ||||||||
| 11. | "October" | 3:34 | ||||||||
| 12. | "It's Alright (Time Waits for No One)" (Aviv Geffen & Thrillers) | 3:07 | ||||||||
| 13. | "It Was Meant to Be a Love Song" (Music video) | |||||||||
| 14. | "Black & White" (Music video) | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Black & White" | 4:29 | ||||||||
| 2. | "It Was Meant to Be a Love Song" | 4:03 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Berlin" | 3:22 | ||||||||
| 4. | "It's Alright" | 2:54 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Heroes" | 2:11 | ||||||||
| 6. | "It's Cloudy Now" | 3:04 | ||||||||
| 7. | "October" | 3:33 | ||||||||
| 8. | "Now or Never" | 3:29 | ||||||||
| 9. | "The One" | 3:36 | ||||||||
| 10. | "Forest in My Heart" | 4:05 | ||||||||
Personnel
- UK edition
- Aviv Geffen - lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, mellotron, xylophone
- David Andrew Sitek: bass (1), guitars (1), drums (1), keys (1), programming (1)
- Dan Brown: backing vocals (1)
- Trevor Horn: bass (2, 6, 8), backing vocals (2), additional keyboards (5)
- Ash Soan: drums (2, 6, 8)
- Phil Palmer: acoustic guitar (2, 4), guitars (5)
- Jamie Muhoberac: keys (2), additional keyboards (5)
- Alex: backing vocals (2, 4, 8)
- Steven Wilson: guitars (3, 6, 8), acoustic guitars (3), backing vocals (8)
- Eran Mitelman: keyboards (3, 9, 10)
- Seffy Efrati: bass (3, 9, 10)
- Tomer Z: drums (3, 9, 10)
- Roger McGuinn: 12 string guitar (4)
- Pete Murray: keyboards (6)
- Louis Jardim: percussion (6)
- Harel Ben-Ami: guitars (9)
- Kid: guitars (10)
- Mike Garson: piano (11)