''Lawnball'' is the fifth studio album by American

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, released on July 20, 2004, by Globe Records. Outside of the covers included on the album, all of the original songs were written by Paul Rogers.

Overview

Following the 2002 EP ''

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'', ''Lawnball'' marked the first TDA studio album to feature a reduced six-piece line-up following the departures of original members Linda "Big Lou" Seekins, Patty Brady, Art Peterson and Clyde Forsman. With Paul Rogers now the sole singer-songwriter of the band, ''Lawnball'' had a noticeably different musical style than TDA's previous albums, placing a primary emphasis on rock and pop songs with

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influences, while the prominence of the accordions were slightly downplayed and accompaniment from

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s added for a fuller studio sound. The title of the album refers to what's also known as a

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Track listing

Personnel

;Those Darn Accordions *Paul Rogers - accordion, vocals, piano, acoustic guitar *Suzanne Garramone - accordion, vocals *Susie Davis - accordion, vocals, vocal arrangements *Carri Abrahms - accordion, vocals *Bill Schwartz - drums, percussion, vocals *Lewis Wallace - electric bass ;Additional musicians *Adam Gabriel -

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*Joel Jaffe - percussion (track 6) *Nik Phelps - trumpet *Jim Rothermel - clarinet

References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Those Darn Accordions albums