Reasons in the Sun
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{{Infobox album
| name = Reasons in the Sun
| type = Album
| artist = Glen or Glenda
| cover = Glen or Glenda - Reasons in the Sun.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1998|4|21}}
| recorded = {{Start date|1997}}
| venue =
| studio = Noise New Jersey
{{small|(Jersey City, NJ)}}
| genre = Experimental rock
| length = 60:21
| label = Shimmy Disc{{cite web |title=Nasty Girl |url=https://www.salon.com/2000/07/26/starlite/ |website=Salon |date=26 July 2000 |access-date=23 October 2021}}
| producer = Kramer
| chronology = Kramer
| prev_title = Money Feeds My Music Machine
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = The Sound of Music
| next_year = 1999
}}
Reasons in the Sun is the first and only studio album by Glen or Glenda.{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title=Alternative Rock |date=2000 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |page=784}} It was released in 1998 by Shimmy Disc. It is a collaboration between musician and producer Kramer and vocalist Tammy Lang.{{cite web |title=Kramer Vs. Kramer |url=https://mycitypaper.com/articles/051498/ice.shtml |website=Philadelphia City Paper |access-date=23 October 2021}}{{cite book |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |page=123 |edition=2nd}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Kramer and Tammy Lang, except where noted
| title1 = Dorothy
| length1 = 3:39
| title2 = Reason
| length2 = 2:49
| title3 = Suzanne
| note3 = Leonard Cohen cover
| writer3 = Leonard Cohen
| length3 = 3:15
| title4 = Asphodel
| length4 = 4:13
| title5 = Fair Verona
| length5 = 4:26
| title6 = Dizzy
| note6 = Tommy Roe cover
| writer6 = Tommy Roe, Freddy Weller
| length6 = 4:18
| title7 = Daphne
| length7 = 2:48
| title8 = Needles and Pins
| note8 = The Searchers cover
| writer8 = Sonny Bono, Jack Nitzsche
| length8 = 3:35
| title9 = I Love You Anyway
| length9 = 1:57
| title10 = My Bubblegum Is Pink
| length10 = 3:31
| title11 = William's Cotton Ride
| length11 = 3:10
| title12 = When Joey Gets Eyes
| length12 = 3:54
| title13 = Insatiable Sue
| length13 = 4:05
| title14 = I'm No Angel
| length14 = 2:54
| title15 = The Eunuchorn
| length15 = 2:39
| title16 = The Shepard
| length16 = 3:27
| title17 = The Ring Cycle
| length17 = 5:41
}}
Personnel
Adapted from Reasons in the Sun liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Reasons in the Sun |others=Glen or Glenda |year=1998 |type=booklet |publisher=Shimmy Disc |location=New York City}}
Glen or Glenda
- Kramer – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, flute, tape, percussion, production, engineering
- Tammy Lang – vocals, tambourine
Additional musicians
- Deni Bonet – violin, viola (4, 5, 10, 12, 16, 17)
- David Licht – drums, percussion (1, 12)
- Billy Ficca – drums (11)
- Tess Mattisson – backing vocals (14)
- Mark McCarron – guitar (8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17)
Production and design
Release history
class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
United States
| 1998 | CD | SHM-5136 |
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/Glen-or-Glenda-Reasons-In-The-Sun/release/1299256 Reasons in the Sun] at Discogs (list of releases)
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