''Romance Without Finance'' is the first studio album by singer-songwriter

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. It was released on November 15, 2011. The album's sound draws from Katzman's influences which include rock, soul, folk and pop. Katzman is the composer and performs on several instruments. Music videos of two tracks, "Hard For You" and "Brooklyn", were released in 2012. The name of the album is derived from an old jazz song by

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, the full phrase being "romance without finance is a nuisance". The album debuted at #5 on the

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Singer-Songwriter albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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– writer, performer, engineer, producer, vocals * Devin Kerr – engineer, mixing, mastering, producer, percussion, backing vocals (track 2), rhodes (track 4), piano (track 8) *

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– lyrics (track 6) * Joe Dart – fender bass (tracks 2, 8, 9) * Woody Goss –

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(tracks 4, 8) * Joey Dosik – piano (tracks 4, 7),

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(track 9) * The West Deuce Kitchen Choir – Tyler Duncan, Jae Gerhart, Mike Shea, Hannah Winkler, Julian Allen (tracks 7, 9) * Good Hertz Studio – recording * Tyler Duncan – additional mixing * Annlie Huang – assistant engineer * Ron Torella – piano technician * Christine Hucal – photography * Jack Stratton – graphic design

References

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