No Ennui

No Ennui
Studio album by Mrs. Fun
Released 1995
Recorded Joe's Recording Studio, Milwaukee, 1994
Genre Jazz
Length 40:20
Label none
Producer Victor DeLorenzo
Mrs. Fun chronology

They Are Not A Trio
(1991)
No Ennui
(1995)
Groove
(1998)
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No Ennui is Mrs. Fun's third album, from 1995. It was produced by Victor DeLorenzo, and recorded by Michael Hoffman at Joe's Recording Studio, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Like all of their albums produced through 1998, it was self-released. The music is a bass-heavy, groove-based free jazz.

The record features guest artists k.d. lang, singing background vocals on "Daughtera" (which was dedicated to Sun Ra), and Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, singing background vocals on "Gossip".

Track listing

  1. "Love You Loud" (DeLorenzo/Connie Grauer, Kim Zick)
  2. "Daughtera" (Grauer)
  3. "Lulu's Walk" (Grauer)
  4. "Why Are Words So Different" (Foyne Mahaffey/Grauer)
  5. "Trinity" (Kathryn Korniloff/Zick)
  6. "Opportunity Lane" (DeLorenzo/Grauer)
  7. "Black Box" (Grauer)
  8. "Epistrophy" (Thelonious Monk/Kenny Clarke)
  9. "Ennui" (Mahaffey)
  10. "Gossip" (DeLorenzo, Grauer, Zick, Jim Eannelli)

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