The Bottom Half
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Bottom Half
| type = Album
| artist = Umphrey's McGee
| cover = UmphBottom.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 3, 2007
| recorded = 2005–2006 in Chicago, IL
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Progressive rock
| length = 51:01
| label = SCI Fidelity
| producer = Umphrey's McGee and Kevin Browning
| prev_title = Safety In Numbers
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Live at the Murat
| next_year = 2007
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000746822|last=Whitman|first=Andy|title=Bottom Half|accessdate=March 18, 2015}}
| noprose=yes
}}
The Bottom Half is the fifth album from progressive rock group Umphrey's McGee recorded during the band's 2005/2006 sessions of their previous studio effort Safety in Numbers. The first disc contains complete songs that were initially left off the Safety in Numbers album, while the second disc features demos, outtakes, and b-sides from the sessions. Like the previous album, the artwork was done by Storm Thorgerson. The first single from the album is "Bright Lights, Big City," written by Mother Vinegar frontman Karl Engelmann, who is also a member of Ali Baba's Tahini with Umphrey's guitarist Jake Cinninger.
The album was released on April 3, 2007.
Track listing
=Disc One=
{{Track list
|title1 = The Bottom Half
|length1 = 5:49
|title2 = Bright Lights, Big City
|length2 = 3:43
|title3 = Great American
|length3 = 3:11
|title4 = Higgins Sir
|length4 = 0:28
|title5 = Higgins
|length5 = 6:51
|title6 = Memories of Home
|length6 = 4:21
|title7 = Atmosfarag
|length7 = 4:38
|title8 = Red Room
|length8 = 3:35
|title9 = Intentions Clear
|length9 = 4:55
|title10 = Home
|length10 = 3:28
|title11 = Divisions
|length11 = 10:02
}}
=Disc Two=
- Words (a capella version)
- Great American / Believe the Lie
- Believe the Lie
- Time Eater
- Never Cease
- Rocker
- Ready Noodles
- Higgins (instrumental version)
- The Heart of Rock 'N' Roll
- Fresh Start
- The Browning Special
- Ocean Billy
- Intentions Clear
- What Else?
- Alex's House
- End of the Road
- Red Room Disco
- Rocco
- WWS
- The Weight Around
- Liquid
- Atmosfarag
- Words (chorus)
- Memories of Home
- Browning Family Creed
- Biscuits & Gravy
- Words (Intro)
- Words (Instrumental)
Artwork
The sleeve's designer Storm Thorgerson said: "This design was originally rejected by Jane's Addiction (the fools!) and was resurrected at short notice by a band called Umphrey's McGee from Chicago, God bless 'em. We had completed the design despite rejection from Jane's, and UM needed something in a hurry and thought this suitable for their humour and album title, The Bottom Half."{{cite book|author1=Storm Thorgerson and Peter Curzon|title=Taken by Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson|date=2007|publisher=Vision On|isbn=978-1846096679}}
Chart performance
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!align="center"|Chart !align="center"|Provider(s) !align="center"|Peak !align="center"|Certification !align="center"|Sales/ |
| align="left"|Billboard Top Heatseekers (U.S.){{cite web |title=Umphrey's McGee Chart History (Heatseekers Albums) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/umphreys-mcgee/chart-history/tln/ |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=13 June 2020}}
|align="left" rowspan="5"|Billboard |align="center"|7 |align="center" rowspan="5"|Not certified |align="center" rowspan="5"|N/A |
| align="left"|Billboard Top Independent Albums (U.S.){{cite web |title=Umphrey's McGee Chart History (Independent Albums) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/umphreys-mcgee/chart-history/ind/ |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=13 June 2020}}
|align="center"|22 |
Personnel
- Brendan Bayliss - guitar, vocals
- Jake Cinninger - guitar, Moog, synthesizers, vocals
- Joel Cummins - keyboards, vocals
- Ryan Stasik - bass guitar
- Kris Myers - drums, vocals
- Andy Farag - percussion
- Béla Fleck - banjo
- Chris Hoffman - cello
- Joshua Redman - saxophone
References
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