''Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment'' is the third studio album from the American

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band,

Bad Astronaut Bad Astronaut is an American indie/alternative rock band founded in 2000 by Joey Cape, singer from Lagwagon. In Bad Astronaut, Joey Cape explores a style of alternative rock, with lyrics often about deep and intricate personal matters. The ba ...

. It was released in November, 2006, on

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and follows '' Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem'' from 2002 and ''

Acrophobe Bad Astronaut is an American indie/alternative rock band founded in 2000 by Joey Cape, singer from Lagwagon. In Bad Astronaut, Joey Cape explores a style of alternative rock, with lyrics often about deep and intricate personal matters. The band ...

'' from Feb 2001 on Honest Don's. Due to the death of drummer

Derrick Plourde Derrick William Plourde (October 17, 1971 – March 30, 2005) was an American drummer, musician and artist. Born in Goleta, California, he was active from 1989 until his death in 2005. Although best known as a former member of Lagwagon, Plou ...

, it is Bad Astronaut's final album. It is also the only Bad Astronaut release to feature all original material. The song "Violet" was originally released by Joey Cape as a solo acoustic track on his split LP with

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singer Tony Sly. "Minus" was also previously released as a Cape solo track on the Fat Wreck Chords compilation PROTECT: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children.

Track listing

#"Good Morning Night" – 3:53 #"Ghostwrite" – 3:56 #"Beat" – 5:31 #"Stillwater, California" – 4:01 #"One Giant Disappointment" – 2:59 #"Minus" – 3:08 #"Best Western" – 3:56 #"San Francisco Serenade" – 4:33 #"Autocare" – 4:01 #"Violet" – 1:59 #"Go Humans" – 1:49 #"The 'F' Word" – 8:02 #"The Thirteenth Step" – 2:19

Trivia

The song "Ghostwrite" contains several allusions to legendary Southern California punk band

T.S.O.L. T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty) is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California. Although most commonly associated with hardcore punk, T.S.O.L.'s music has varied on each release, including such styles as deathrock, ...

, including the lines "True sounds of liberty/Straining through my voice" and "Posing

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Credits

Joey Cape Randal Joseph Cape (born November 16, 1966) is an American singer and musician. Active since 1989, Cape is best known as the frontman of the California punk rock band Lagwagon. Cape released his first solo album, ''Bridge'', in 2008. His seco ...

– lead vocals, bass * Angus Cooke – cello, percussion, bass, guitar, vocals * Sean McCue – guitar * Thomas Flowers – banjo, guitar, mandolin *

– drums * Todd Capps – keyboards * Jonathan Cox – loops * Produced and engineered by Angus Cooke, Joey Cape, and Thomas Flowers * Engineered by

Ryan Greene Ryan Greene is an American record producer, sound engineer, former owner of Crush Recording Studios in Scottsdale, Arizona and founder of Area 52 Entertainment in Los Angeles, California. In an over 25-year-long career he has worked with many ar ...

* Additional Mixing

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External links

Fat Wreck Chords album page
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Allmusic Guide entry AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the datab ...

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