Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment
| Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment | ||||
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Indie Rock | ||||
| Length | 50:07 | |||
| Label | Fat Wreck Chords | |||
| Producer | Joey Cape Angus Cooke Thomas Flowers | |||
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Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment is the third studio album from the American
Acrophobe from Feb 2001 on Honest Don's. Due to the death of drummer Derrick Plourde
, 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
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., including the lines "True sounds of liberty/Straining through my voice" and "Posing Weathered Statues."
Credits
- Joey Cape – lead vocals, bass
- Angus Cooke – cello, percussion, bass, guitar, vocals
- Sean McCue – guitar
- Thomas Flowers – banjo, guitar, mandolin
- Derrick Plourde – drums
- Todd Capps – keyboards
- Jonathan Cox – loops
- Produced and engineered by Angus Cooke, Joey Cape, and Thomas Flowers
- Engineered by Ryan Greene
- Additional Mixing Jamie McMann
