art direction, design Gregg Bernstein bass Todd Bell tracks 12, 18, 19 drums Damon Atkinson tracks 1 to 11, 14 to 17 drums Roy Ewing guitar, vocals Chris Broach liner notes Bob Nanna mastered by, sequenced by Braid mastered by, sequenced by Jonathan Pines photography by Andy Mueller photography by Braid photography by Gregg Bernstein photography by Paul Drake photography by Shawn Brackbill photography by Shawn Scallen producer [produced by] Braid producer [produced by] Matt Lunsford vocals, guitar Bob Nanna Copyright (c) Polyvinyl Record Company Phonographic Copyright (p) Polyvinyl Record Company Published By Red Cassette Music Published By Kissed Like This Music Published By This Year Is Better Music Published By Jacob Spencer Music Published By Roy Dean Ewing Music Recorded At Frankenstein Brewery Recorded At The Hideout, Urbana, IL Recorded At Blanket Studio Recorded At Jet City Studios Recorded At Radio Towers Recorded At Inner Ear Studios Recorded At One Two Three Boom Room Recorded At Amadeo Studios Recorded At Sleepless Nights Recorded At Smart Studios Mastered At Private Studios Designed At Hydrafuse.com Track 1: Released on the Ghost Dance double 7 compilation December 1994 on Slave Cut. Tracks 2, 3: Boy narration courtesy of a record from the Urbana Free Library boasting old time radio recordings. Released on the Cover The Earth CD compilation October 1996 on Mud Records. Track 4: Released on the Bread the Edible Napkin CD/double LP compilation (with No Idea Fanzine #12) August 1997 on No Idea. Track 5: Released on the Ground Rule Double CD/double LP compilation APril 1996 on Divot/Action Boy 300. Track 6: Released on the Emo Schmeemo 7 compilation December 1995 on Liberty Park. Track 7: Released on the Direction CD/LP+7 compilation May 1996 on Polyvinyl. Track 8: Released on the Ooh Do I Love You double CD compilation February 1996 on Coreforcare. Tracks 9, 13, 15, 16: Version previously unreleased. Track 10: Released June 1997 on the ABC's Of Punk CD/picture LP+7 compilation on Whirled Records. This more-raptor-in-the-monitor mix previously unreleased. Track 11: Released on the In Words Of One Syllable LP compilation August 1997 on Catchphrase. Track 12: Released on the World Domination In 13 Easy Steps CD compilation August 1997 on Strategem. Track 14: Released on the Punk TV LP compilation July 1995 on Red Dawg. Track 17: Released on the There Is A Light CD compilation October 1997 on Red Jaguire/Grimm Tree. Track 18: Crickets by nature. Released on a split 7/CD with Burning Arlines November 1998 on DeSoto (7) and Polyvinyl (CD). Track 19: Released on the Where Is My Mind (a Tribute To The Pixies) CD/LP compilation June 1999 on Glue Factory / Big Wheel / Doghouse.
Track 1: Recorded October 1993 at Andrew Bedinni's Frankenstein Brewery, Urbana IL. Tracks 2 to 4: Recorded March 1995 at Blanket Studios, Urbana IL. Tracks 5 & 6: Recorded June 1995 at Steve Albini's pad, Chicago IL. Track 7: Recorded April 1995 at Andrew Bedinni's Honeycomb Hideout, Urbana IL. Tracks 8 to 10: Recorded December 1995 at Jet City Studios, El Segundo CA. Track 11: Recorded August 1996 at Blanket Studios, Urbana IL. Track 12: Recorded June 1997 at Radio Towers, Milwaukee WI. Track 13: Concocted summer of 1999 at Inner Ear Studios, Washington DC. Track 14: Recorded 1994 at the One Two Three Boom Room, Urbana IL. Track 15: Recorded spring 1996 at the Amadeo, Urbana IL. Tracks 16, 17: Recorded September 1996 at Blanket Studios, Urbana IL. Track 18: Recorded August 1998 at Sleepless Nights, Madison WI. Track 19: Recorded October 1998 at Smart Studios, Madison WI.
Tracks 1 to 11: Red Cassette Music SESAC / Kissed Like This Music SESAC / This Year Is Better Music SESAC / Roy Dean Ewing Music SESAC Tracks 12, 13: Red Cassette Music SESAC / Kissed Like This Music SESAC / This Year Is Better Music SESAC / Jacob Spencer Music SESAC Track 14: Billy Joel cover. Track 15: Foundations cover. Track 16, 17: Smiths cover. Track 18: Burt Bacharah cover. Track 19: Pixies cover.
Mastered and sequenced at Private Studios Urbana, IL November 1999