Artificial Heart

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Artificial Heart
Artist: Jonathan Coulton
Tracks: 18[1]
Release date: September 2, 2011

Artificial Heart is Jonathan Coulton's eighth studio album. The CD packaging was designed by graphic designer Sam Potts.

History

In 2010, Coulton announced that his long hiatus from recording new material was coming to an end. His new album, titled Artificial Heart after one of the album tracks, was produced by John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants. Flansburgh helped to push Coulton outside his comfort zone, and as a result Artificial Heart features many firsts. Not only is it the first Coulton album to be produced by someone else, it's the first to be recorded in an "actual studio" (owned by Flansburgh's collaborator Patrick Dillett, who gets an engineering credit), and the first to be written for (and recorded by) a full band. The album was recorded between September 2010 and June 2011. Coulton began performing live versions of some tracks in July 2010, often with his new band.

Track Listing

  1. Sticking It To Myself
  2. The Stache
  3. Dissolve
  4. Nemeses
  5. Alone at Home
  6. Today With Your Wife
  7. Good Morning Tucson
  8. Down Today
  9. Now I Am An Arsonist
  10. Sucker Punch
  11. Artificial Heart
  12. Untitled Song About Marriage
  13. Still Alive
  14. Je Suis Rick Springfield
  15. Nobody Loves You Like Me

Personnel

Availability

The album is due to be released on September 2, 2011. The initial release will be available as part of a "premium superfan pack" with as-yet-unannounced extras, also designed by Sam Potts.

References

Citations

  1. blog commentFor the record (ha ha), there are two other tracks on the album with guest lead vocalists, but there are 18 songs and the rest of them are sung by me.