''Chase Park'' is the fifth studio album from

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, released on September 4, 2009. The recording is the first from the band released independently on the

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The Kraft Records. Lead songwriters Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris began writing for the album after they ceased touring for ''

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'' in 2006 and the track "Future Forward" debuted on the 2005 live album '' Magnapop Live at Maxwell's 03/09/2005''. The album was initially distributed digitally through online retailers without a physical format release in 2009. In the 2009 Georgia floods, Morris lost much of her musical equipment, Magnapop memorabilia, and the first

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pressing of ''Chase Park''. Atlanta musicians—including former Magnapop bandmate Tim Lee and

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—threw a

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to assist her in replacing her losses on December 15, 2009. On March 30, 2010, the album was put out on

with an additional track: the

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". ''

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''s positive review of the album called the music "unpretentious and disarming."

Track listing

All songs written by Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris, except where noted 2009 digital version #"Bring It to Me" – 2:13 #"Straight to You" – 2:42 #"Q-Tip" – 1:58 #"Lions and Lambs" – 2:29 #"Blue Cheer" – 2:59 #"Feedback Blues" – 3:24 #"Looking for Ghosts" – 3:10 #"Bangkok" – 3:18 #"Evergleam" – 3:00 #"Future Forward" (Hopper, Morris, and Scott Rowe) – 2:46 #"Need More" – 3:34 2010 Compact Disc version #

" ( Janet English,

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, and Damian Whitty) – 1:53 The rest of the track listing is identical to the digital release.

Personnel

Magnapop * Linda Hopper –

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* Ruthie Morris –

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* Scott Rowe –

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* Chad Williams –

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and photography Additional personnel * Guy Burwell – illustration *Karin Heckl – design *

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–

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and mixing *Sandra Lee Phipps – photography *Carl Saff – mastering

References

External links

Magnapop's homepageChase Park Transduction homepage
{{Authority control 2009 albums Albums produced by Brian Paulson Magnapop albums Self-released albums