''Phantom Planet is Missing'' is the debut album of the American band

Phantom Planet Phantom Planet is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1994. The band consists of Alex Greenwald (vocals, rhythm guitar), Darren Robinson (lead guitar), Sam Farrar (bass guitar) and Jeff Conrad (drums). The band is best known fo ...

. It was released in 1998 on

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Track listing

Trivia

* "Sleep Machine" is about

Alex Greenwald Alexander Greenwald (born October 9, 1979) is an American musician, actor, and record producer. He is the lead vocalist of the California rock band Phantom Planet. Life and career Greenwald was born in Los Angeles, California, to a family of J ...

's television. * "So I Fall Again" appears on

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. This song went up to #25 on some charts. * "Can't Take It" was written about the band itself and their struggles in the music business in general. * "Lisa (Does It Hurt You)" features Jacques Brautbar's iconic quote: "just leave it." This quote is also the slogan of the Jacques Brautbar Fanclub (JBFC).

Personnel

;Phantom Planet *

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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of th ...

Sam Farrar Sam John Farrar (born June 29, 1978) is an American musician. He is best known as a member of the pop rock band Maroon 5, in which he plays several instruments, most notably bass guitar. A frequent collaborator with the band since the 1990s, he ...

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

, backing vocals *Darren Robinson – lead guitar *

Jacques Brautbar Jacques Brautbar (born March 14, 1979) is an American composer, photographer, producer, writer and guitarist, formerly of rock band Phantom Planet. He left the band in 2004, after their self-titled third album, to pursue a career in photogr ...

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Rest Easy" *

Jason Schwartzman Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician. Schwartzman made his film debut in Wes Anderson's 1998 film '' Rushmore'', and has gone on to appear in six other Anderson films: ''The Darjeeling Limited'' (20 ...

– drums ;Additional musicians *

Patrick Warren Patrick Warren (born March 26, 1957) is an American musician, composer, and record producer. He is known for his work on the films ''Magnolia'', ''Fifty Shades of Grey'', ''Boogie Nights'' and ''Red State'', as well as the television series '' ...

- keyboards ;Production *

Mark Endert Mark Endert is a Grammy award winning American music producer, mixer, arranger and musician. Biography From the early 1990s to the present, Endert is credited on albums spanning a wide array of musical genres with sales totaling more than 90 mil ...

, Lee Pop, Phantom Planet, Paul Fox – production *Ed Thacker;

– mixing *John Dunne. – photographer *

, Lee Popa, Phantom Planet, Ed Thacker. - engineering

References

Phantom Planet albums 1998 debut albums Albums produced by Paul Fox (record producer) Geffen Records albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub