Normal as the Next Guy

Edit links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Normal as the Next Guy
Studio album by
the Knack
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2001
GenrePop, power pop
LabelSmile Records
ProducerRichard Bosworth
The Knack chronology
Zoom
(1998) 		Normal as the Next Guy
(2001) 		Re-Zoom
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]

Normal as the Next Guy is the sixth and final studio album by American rock band

Get The Knack, and higher than any other Knack studio album.[3]

Normal as the Next Guy was the Knack's first release on

Smile Records.[3][4] Pat Torpey and David Henderson play drums on Normal as the Next Guy, instead of original Knack drummer Bruce Gary.[5] Fieger has described the album as "us doing whatever we want."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Les Girls" (Doug Fieger) - 3:21
  2. "Disillusion Town" (Berton Averre, Doug Fieger) - 4:14
  3. "Girl I Never Lied to You" (Monty Byrom, John Corey) - 3:35
  4. "Normal as the Next Guy" (Berton Averre, Doug Fieger) - 3:21
  5. "Spiritual Pursuit" (Doug Fieger) - 2:17
  6. "It's Not Me" (John Bossman, Doug Fieger) - 2:57
  7. "One Day at a Time" (Berton Averre, Doug Fieger) - 4:46
  8. "Seven Days of Heaven" (Doug Fieger, Hannah Mancini, Sergej Pobegaijlo) - 4:45
  9. "Dance of Romance" (Berton Averre, Doug Fieger) - 3:35
  10. "Reason to Live" (John Bossman, Doug Fieger) - 4:20
  11. "A World of My Own" (John Bossman, Doug Fieger) - 4:15
  12. "The Man on the Beach" (Berton Averre) - 4:14

Personnel

  • Doug Fieger — lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, Mellotron, Vox organ, percussion
  • Berton Averre — lead guitar, backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, Mellotron, synth horns
  • Prescott Niles — bass, six-string bass
  • David Henderson — drums
  • Pat Torpey — drums
  • John Amato — saxophone (track 1)
  • Art Fein — accordion (track 1)
  • John Jorgenson — guitar solo (track 11)
  • Justin Rocherolle — percussion (track 12)

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^
    allmusic
    . Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8
    .
  4. Billboard Magazine
    . January 19, 2002. p. 10.
  5. ^ "The Knack". Smile Records. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  6. ISBN 978-0-595-37007-8
    .
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Normal_as_the_Next_Guy&oldid=1173478805"