Thanks for the Ether

Infobox Album | Name = Thanks for the Ether
Type = Album
Artist = Rasputina


Released = August 6, 1996
Recorded = Sear Sound recording studio, (New York), Jimmy Boyle's House (Los Angeles, California) [http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1089635/a/Thanks+For+The+Ether.htm]
Genre = Alternative rock Cello Rock
Length = 55:45
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Jimmy Boyle, Melora Creager
Reviews =
Last album = "Three (3)" (promo, 1994)
This album = "Thanks for the Ether"
(1996)
Next album = "Three Lil' Nothin's "
(promo, 1996) |

"Thanks for the Ether" is the debut album of Rasputina, released in 1996 with Columbia Records.

Track listing

#"My Little Shirtwaist Fire" – 2:30
#"Stumpside" – 4:01
#"Nozzle" – 1:55
#"Transylvanian Concubine" – 2:47
#"Why Don't You Do Right" (American jazz standard cover song)– 2:21
#"Mr E. Leon Rauis" – 3:26
#"Donner Party" – 2:01
#"Endomorph" – 2:40
#"Brand New Key" (Melanie Safka cover song) – 2:13
#"Crybabies" – 3:21
#"Howard Hughes" – 3:14
#"Sister Sleep" – 2:59
#"Five Fleas" – 1:06
#"Any Old Actress" – 3:54
#"Dig Ophelia" – 2:59
#"Kate Moss" – 1:33
#"Rusty the Skatemaker" – 3:36
#"Trust All-Stars" – 9:09
#*"Vertrauen Alles Sternen" ("Trust All-Stars" in English) (hidden track)

Album details

*Original Release Date: August 6, 1996
*Playing time: 55 min.
*Label: Columbia Records
*Producer: Jimmy Boyle, Melora Creager
*Distributor: Sony Music Distribution
*Recording Type: Studio
*Recording Mode: Stereo
*Rasputina: Melora Creager (vocals, cello), Julia Kent, Carpella Parvo (cello).
*Additional personnel: Norman Block (drums).
*Recorded At: Sear Sound, New York, New York and Jimmy Boyle's House, Los Angeles, California.
*Catalog: #67504 (1CK67504 )
*ASIN: B000002BG4

leeve art

The art in the sleeve of the album is by Melora Creager the main singer and cellist of Rasputina. They are photographs of fabric made to look like pictures of nursery things were sewn on to them.

Miscellanea

Track #9, "Brand New Key," was originally a chart-topping hit in 1971 by American singer/songwriter Melanie Safka.