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, released on 19 October 2009 in the UK. Apart from one track Geffen produced himself, the album was produced by David Andrew Sitek (

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) and Ken Nelson (

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). The band also features contributions from members of Aviv Geffen's side project Blackfield: Seffy Efrati on bass, Tomer Z on drums and Eran Mitelman on keyboards, all performing on the same 3 tracks, as well as

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(guitar). "It's Cloudy Now" was originally written and recorded by Geffen in

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. Blackfield previously performed this English-language version on their debut album '' Blackfield''. However, that version was titled "Cloudy Now" and was credited to Geffen and

Track listings

Personnel

;UK edition musicians *

– lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, mellotron, xylophone, producer on track 11 * David Andrew Sitek – bass, guitars, drums, keys, programming on track 1, producer and mixing on track 1 *Dan Brown– backing vocals on track 1 *

– bass on tracks 2, 6, 8, backing vocals on track 2, additional keyboards on track 5, producer on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12 *

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– drums on tracks 2, 6, 8 *

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– acoustic guitar on tracks 2, 4, guitars on track 5 *

Jamie Muhoberac Benjamin Edward "Jamie" Muhoberac (born September 11, 1965) is an American session keyboardist with numerous credits. He is best known for his work with Seal and Was (Not Was). He is a touring member of New Jersey rock band My Chemical Romance. ...

– keys on track 2, additional keyboards on track 5 *Alex – backing vocals on tracks 2, 4, 8 *

– guitars on tracks 3, 6, 8, acoustic guitars on track 3, backing vocals on track 8 *Eran Mitelman – keyboards on tracks 3, 9, 10 * Seffy Efrati – bass on tracks 3, 9, 10 * Tomer Z– drums on tracks 3, 9, 10 *

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– 12 string guitar on track 4 *Pete Murray – keyboards on track 6 * Louis Jardim – percussion on track 6 *Harel Ben-Ami – guitars on track 9 *Kid – guitars on track 10 *

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– piano on track 11 ;Production * Ken Nelson – producer and mixing on tracks 3, 7, 9, 10 *

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– mixing on track 1 * Robert Orton – mixing on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12 *Mark Phythian – mixing on tracks 3, 7, 9, 10 *Steve Orchard,

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– mixing on track 11 *Steve Fallone – mastering

References

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