''Phonographic Memory'' is the first album by the

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group The Alice Rose, released November 10, 2006, on Emerald Wood Records. The album was recorded between February and August, 2006, at Congress House Studio in

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, with producer

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and engineer Ned Stewart. The record's 10 songs, written by the lead vocalist JoDee Purkeypile, draw heavily from 1960s' rock and 1980s'

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influences. Shortly after the record's release, the song ''"West"'' was named

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's "Song of the Day" on November 27, 2006. Two years later, the song was used in the soundtrack to the award-winning independent horror film ''

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'', directed by Toby Wilkins, released in October 2008. Guitarist Colin Slagle 2006

Track listing

#"Light Up" 3:32 #"Save Me" 2:43 #"Lamplight" 3:44 #"Ocean" 3:47 #"Saints" 3:29 #"All Over Your Body" 3:43 #"Wisteria" 3:18 #"

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" 3:05 #"Stop" 3:19 #"This Night" 3:24 *All songs written by JoDee Purkeypile (2006 Emerald Wood Music, ASCAP)

Notes

*A number of outtakes came from the album's sessions, and have yet to be re-recorded. *The album's cover art was hand drawn by the drummer Chris Sensat's aunt, Alice Bourque. *Two different variations of the album's inner sleeve exist. The first pressing has a group photograph by the photographer Jeremy Green, while the second pressing has recording session portraits by Chris Sensat. *The songs "Save Me" and "Wisteria" are the band's first uses of a

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, which was later used extensively on their subsequent recordings. *JoDee Purkeypile, Sean Crooks and Chris Sensat had recorded an album with their first band, PigGie Hat, at Congress House Studio in 1998.

Personnel

*JoDee Purkeypile: lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar ("All Over Your Body", "Wisteria", "West"), piano ("Lamplight", "Saints"), percussion *Sean Crooks: bass guitar, backing vocals, percussion *Chris Sensat: drums, percussion *Brendan Rogers: organ, piano, Mellotron, percussion *Colin Slagle: lead guitar, acoustic guitar

Production credits

*Produced by Mark Hallman and The Alice Rose *Recorded February–August 2006 at Congress House Studio, Austin, Texas. *Engineer: Ned Stewart *Mixed and mastered by Mark Hallman at Congress House Studio.

References

{{Authority control 2006 debut albums