Artificial Heart

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

Artificial Heart is Jonathan Coulton's eighth studio album. The CD packaging and related merchandise were 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 They Might Be Giant's long time producer, 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, and released in August 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. Artificial Heart
  3. Nemeses
  4. The World Belongs to You
  5. Today With Your Wife
  6. Sucker Punch
  7. Glasses
  8. Je Suis Rick Springfield
  9. Alone at Home
  10. Fraud
  11. Good Morning Tucson
  12. Now I Am An Arsonist
  13. Down Today
  14. Dissolve
  15. Nobody Loves You Like Me
  16. Still Alive
  17. Want You Gone
  18. The Stache

Credits


Additional Musicians

Availability

Artificial CDs were first made available to the public at PAX Prime 2011, but the official release party is September 2, 2011, at a show in Atlanta. Online pre-orders and digital downloads of the album are available from his website as of August 30, 2011.

In addition to the album itself, the pre-order page offers several merchandise packages featuring t-shirts, posters, USB keys and other extras. The ordering experience features graphics and copy text to match the album's theme, and likely designed by Sam Potts.

References

Artificial Heart
1. Sticking It To Myself · 2. Artificial Heart · 3. Nemeses · 4. The World Belongs to You · 5. Today With Your Wife · 6. Sucker Punch · 7. Glasses · 8. Je Suis Rick Springfield · 9. Alone at Home · 10. Fraud · 11. Good Morning Tucson · 12. Now I Am An Arsonist · 13. Down Today · 14. Dissolve · 15. Nobody Loves You Like Me · 16. Still Alive · 17. Want You Gone · 18. The Stache