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Creator 
Studio album by The Lemonheads Released 1988 (original LP)
1992 (extended CD reissue, with three live bonus tracks)Genre Punk rock, alternative rock Label Taang! Producer Tom Hamilton The Lemonheads chronology Hate Your Friends
(1987)Creator
(1988)Lick
(1989)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Creator is the second album by American alternative rock band The Lemonheads. It was issued twice, as an LP in 1988, and as a CD in 1992, which included three bonus live tracks, recorded at the radio station VPRO in The Netherlands. It is one of only three albums to feature the full original lineup of Evan Dando, Ben Deily, and Jesse Peretz.
When the band first formed, Deily and Dando would swap instruments, playing guitar and singing on tracks each wrote himself, and drums for songs the other wrote. The first "official" Lemonheads drummer, Doug Trachten, was brought in for their first album Hate Your Friends. On Creator, John Strohm of the band Blake Babies plays drums on all of the original tracks, while Mark Natola playes drums for the two live bonus songs at the end of the CD reissue. Also, by the time the live tracks were recorded--during the European tour supporting the Lemonheads' final TAANG! album, "Lick" (1989)--Deily had left the band to complete his degree at Harvard College: the lead guitar on those tracks (and the voice of the "band" during the interview segment) is provided by "Lick"-era lead guitarist Corey Loog Brennan.
Track listing
All songs written by Ben Deily, except where indicated.
- "Burying Ground"
- "Sunday"
- "Clang Bang Clang" (Dando)
- "Out" (Dando)
- "Your Home is Where You're Happy" (Charles Manson)
- "Falling"
- "Die Right Now" (Dando)
- "Two Weeks in Another Town"
- "Plaster Caster" (Gene Simmons)
- "Come to The Window"
- "Take Her Down"
- "Postcard"
- "Live Without"
- "Luka" (Suzanne Vega)*
- Interview with the Lemonheads*
- "Mallo Cup" (Dando)*
Note: Tracks marked with a * are live bonus tracks, recorded in 1989 at VPRO in The Netherlands and issued on the 1992 CD release.
Personnel
- Evan Dando - guitar, vocals
- Ben Deily - guitar, vocals, keyboard
- Jesse Peretz - bass
- John Strohm - drums
- Corey Loog Brennan - lead guitar on 14 & 16
- Mark Natola - drums on 14 & 16
Note: Generally, Dando and Deily would sing lead vocals on songs each wrote. In addition, Dando sings lead on three cover songs on the album: the Kiss song "Plaster Caster", "Your Home is Where Your Happy", originally released on the 1970 Charles Manson album Lie: The Love & Terror Cult, and the Suzanne Vega song "Luka".
References
The Lemonheads Evan Dando • Vess Ruhtenberg • Devon Ashley • P. David Hazel
Ben Deily • Corey Loog Brennan • John Strohm • Doug Trachten • Jesse Peretz • Juliana Hatfield • Nic Dalton • Dave Ryan • Patrick Murphy • Karl Alvarez • Bill StevensonStudio albums Hate Your Friends (1987) • Creator (1988) • Lick (1989) • Lovey (1990) • It's a Shame About Ray (1992) • Come on Feel the Lemonheads (1993) • Car Button Cloth (1996) • The Lemonheads (2006)Cover albums Varshons (2009)EPs and other releases Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners (1986) • Create Your Friends (1989) • Favourite Spanish Dishes (1990) • Patience and Prudence (1991) • The Best of the Lemonheads: The Atlantic Years (1998)Singles "Luka" • "Different Drum" • "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now" • "It's a Shame About Ray" • "Mrs. Robinson/Being Around" • "Confetti" • "Into Your Arms" • "It's About Time" • "Big Gay Heart" • "The Great Big No" • "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You" • "It's All True" • "The Outdoor Type" • "Galveston/Balancing Act" • "Become the Enemy"Related articles Categories:- The Lemonheads albums
- 1988 albums
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