Feeling Strangely Fine

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Feeling Strangely Fine
File:Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine.jpg
Studio album by Semisonic
Released March 24, 1998
Recorded April–August 1997
Genre Alternative rock, power pop
Length 50:31
Label MCA
Producer Nick Launay
Semisonic chronology
Great Divide
(1996)Great Divide1996		 Feeling Strangely Fine
(1998)		 All About Chemistry
(2001)All About Chemistry2001
Singles from Feeling Strangely Fine
  1. "Closing Time"
    Released: March 10, 1998
  2. "Singing in My Sleep"
    Released: 1998
  3. "Secret Smile"
    Released: June 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Entertainment Weekly B[2]
NME 5/10[3]
Q 4/5 stars[4]
Robert Christgau (dud) [5]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[6]

Feeling Strangely Fine is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Semisonic. It is the follow up to the band's debut album Great Divide recorded at Seedy Underbelly Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band had over 60 new songs in mind as they went into the recording process and had three specific requirements when they decided they wanted to record a new album. First, they didn't want to record any demotapes beyond simple guitar and vocal basement sketches meaning the album versions would be the first band recordings of the songs. Second, they wanted no deadline for the finished masters. Third, the trio wanted to create tracks for the album in various hi- and lo-tech settings around Minneapolis, and use their computers to meld the different sounds together. Nick Launay was brought in to produce the album and the band recorded twenty songs over the course of four months. They pared those down to sixteen, mixed them, and used the best twelve for the finished record.[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Dan Wilson unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Closing Time" – 4:33
  2. "Singing in My Sleep" – 4:30
  3. "Made to Last" – 5:02
  4. "Never You Mind" (Wilson, Jacob Slichter) – 4:24
  5. "Secret Smile" – 4:39
  6. "DND" – 4:11
  7. "Completely Pleased" – 3:19
  8. "This Will Be My Year" (Slichter) – 4:32
  9. "All Worked Out" – 2:52
  10. "California" – 5:29
  11. "She Spreads Her Wings" (John Munson) – 3:06
  12. "Gone to the Movies" – 3:52
Bonus track (Japanese edition)
  1. "Sculpture Garden"

Personnel

Semisonic
  • John Munson – bass guitar (all tracks), background vocals (all tracks except 11), lead vocals (track 11), additional guitar (track 2), all guitars (track 11), wah wah guitar (track 12), trembly guitar (track 4), stereo Moog (track 8), Moog (tracks 5,7), slide guitar solo (track 6), drive-by Moog bass (track 10), piano (track 1), earthquake loops (track 10), volcano loops (track 10)
  • Jacob Slichter – drums (all tracks), background vocals (all tracks), conducting (tracks 1,5,6,12), piano (tracks 8,9,11), string arrangement (tracks 1,5,12), Rhodes piano (track 3), Wurlitzer piano (tracks 2), mellotron (track 11), stereo Moog (track 8), earthquake loops (track 10), volcano loops (track 10), flute arrangement (track 5)
  • Dan Wilson – lead vocals (all tracks except 11), background vocals (track 11), guitar (all tracks except 11), piano (tracks 3,4,7), string arrangement (tracks 5,6), Rhodes piano (track 5), synth whistle (track 4), drum loops (track 6), flute arrangement (track 5)
Additional personnel
  • Bruce Allard – strings (tracks 1,5,6,12)
  • Mary Bahr – strings (tracks 1,5,6,12)
  • Carolyn Boulay – strings (tracks 1,5,6,12)
  • Troy Gardner – strings (tracks 1,5,6,12)
  • Josh Koestenbaum – strings (tracks 1,5,6,12)
  • Matt Wilson – lead guitar (track 4)

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[7] Gold 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Platinum 350,000[9]
United States (RIAA)[10] Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Childers, David M.. Feeling Strangely Fine at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
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  3. ↑ http://www.nme.com/reviews/1177
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  11. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-02
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