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{{Unreferenced|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| Name = Alaska
| name = Alaska
| Cover = Thesilverseas_alaska.jpg
| type = studio
| Type = studio
| artist = [[The Silver Seas]]
| Artist = The Silver Seas
| cover = Thesilverseas_alaska.jpg
| Released = July 8, 2013 (Europe); July 9, 2013 (North America)
| alt =
| released = July 8, 2013 (Europe); July 9, 2013 (North America)
| recorded = December 3–7, 2012
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| Genre = [[Pop-rock|pop-rock]]
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| studio = Middletree Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
| Length = 37:22
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| genre = [[pop-rock]]
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| Label = self-released (North America); The Lights Label/EMI (Europe)
| Producer = [[Joe Pisapia]]
| length = 37:22
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| label = self-released (North America); The Lights Label/EMI (Europe)
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| Last album = ''[[Château Revenge!]]'' <br /> (2010)
| producer = [[Joe Pisapia]]
| This album = ''Alaska'' <br /> (2013)
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| prev_title = [[Château Revenge!]]
| Next album =
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = [[Moonlight Road]]
| next_year = 2018
}}
}}


'''''Alaska''''' is the fourth studio album by [[the Silver Seas]], released in July 2013. Frontman Daniel Tashian described it as the band's "country" record, explaining in a press release that they "tried to play well, crisply, economically, like country musicians. There is plenty of [producer Joe Pisapia's] steel guitar. The songs are about distance. Distance between places, weather, people, ideas. It's about somewhere you would never stumble on; you have to deliberately go to Alaska. I've never been there, I don't know if I will ever go, but I have a beautiful idea of what it's like." He added, "They say it takes an outsider to describe a place accurately; Joe's from New Jersey and I was born in Connecticut. Sometimes I see my friends go from relationship to relationship, looking for this place they see in their minds, but reality always falls short somehow ... Sometimes it's best to leave certain things to the imagination."<ref>{{cite web|title=NLMGT/The Lights Label|url=https://soundcloud.com/northernlightsmgt/sets/the-silver-seas-alaska|website=SoundCloud|accessdate=11 July 2015}}</ref>
'''''Alaska''''', the fourth album by [[the Silver Seas]], was released in the summer of 2013. Frontman Daniel Tashian described it as the band's "country" record, explaining in a press release that they "tried to play well, crisply, economically, like country musicians. There is plenty of [producer [[Joe Pisapia]]'s] steel guitar. The songs are about distance. Distance between places, weather, people, ideas. It's about somewhere you would never stumble on; you have to deliberately go to Alaska. I've never been there, I don't know if I will ever go, but I have a beautiful idea of what it's like." He added, "They say it takes an outsider to describe a place accurately; Joe's from New Jersey and I was born in Connecticut. Sometimes I see my friends go from relationship to relationship, looking for this place they see in their minds, but reality always falls short somehow ... Sometimes it's best to leave certain things to the imagination."<ref>{{cite web|title=NLMGT/The Lights Label|url=https://soundcloud.com/northernlightsmgt/sets/the-silver-seas-alaska|website=SoundCloud|accessdate=11 July 2015}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
<small>Tracks 1-10 written by Daniel Tashian except where noted.</small>
All songs written by Daniel Tashian, except where noted.

# "Alaska" – 3:05
# "Alaska" – 3:05
# "I'm the One" – 3:34
# "I'm the One" – 3:34
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# "Sea of Regret" – 4:03
# "Sea of Regret" – 4:03
# "A Night on the Town" – 3:30
# "A Night on the Town" – 3:30
# "Karaoke Star" – 3:09
# "Karaoke Star" (Tashian, [[Angelo Petraglia]]) – 3:09
# "Wolfie" – 3:27
# "Wolfie" – 3:27
# "Wild Honey" – 3:50
# "Wild Honey" – 3:50
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* David Gehrke: drums, percussion
* David Gehrke: drums, percussion
* Jason Lehning: piano, organ, iPhone
* [[Jason Lehning]]: piano, Wurlitzer, organ, vibraphone, iPhone
* Joe Pisapia: bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals, keyboards, sonic treatments
* [[Joe Pisapia]]: bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, keyboards, vocals
* Daniel Tashian: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, iPad, Prophet 8, baritone guitar, mandolin
* Daniel Tashian: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, mandolin, piano, Prophet '08 synthesizer, vibraphone, iPad, Logic Pro strings<ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web|title=Alaska: Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/alaska-mw0002542261/credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref>
* Jonathan Trebing: electric guitar on "Roxy," "A Night on the Town," and "I'm the One"
* Jonathan Trebing: electric guitar on "I'm the One," "Roxy," and "A Night on the Town"<ref>{{cite web|title=February 22, 2014|url=https://www.facebook.com/thesilverseas/|website=Facebook|accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref>
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* Jim DeMain: mastering (Yes Master Studios, Nashville, Tenn.)
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* Greg Goodman: engineering (Middletree Studios, Nashville, December 3-7, 2012)
* Joe Pisapia: mixing


==Production notes==
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[[Category:2010 albums]]
Engineered by Greg Goodman and Joe Pisapia, mixed by Pisapia, and mastered by Jim DeMain at Yes Master Studios. Artwork and design by Sam Smith.<ref>{{cite book|title=Alaska (CD liner notes)|date=2013|publisher=The Silver Seas/The Lights Label}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:2013 albums]]
[[Category:The Silver Seas albums]]

Latest revision as of 17:09, 20 November 2024

Alaska
Studio album by
The Silver Seas
ReleasedJuly 8, 2013 (Europe); July 9, 2013 (North America)
RecordedDecember 3–7, 2012
StudioMiddletree Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genrepop-rock
Length37:22
Labelself-released (North America); The Lights Label/EMI (Europe)
ProducerJoe Pisapia
The Silver Seas chronology
Château Revenge!
(2010) 		Alaska
(2013) 		Moonlight Road
(2018)

Alaska, the fourth album by the Silver Seas, was released in the summer of 2013. Frontman Daniel Tashian described it as the band's "country" record, explaining in a press release that they "tried to play well, crisply, economically, like country musicians. There is plenty of [producer Joe Pisapia's] steel guitar. The songs are about distance. Distance between places, weather, people, ideas. It's about somewhere you would never stumble on; you have to deliberately go to Alaska. I've never been there, I don't know if I will ever go, but I have a beautiful idea of what it's like." He added, "They say it takes an outsider to describe a place accurately; Joe's from New Jersey and I was born in Connecticut. Sometimes I see my friends go from relationship to relationship, looking for this place they see in their minds, but reality always falls short somehow ... Sometimes it's best to leave certain things to the imagination."[1]

Track listing

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All songs written by Daniel Tashian, except where noted.

  1. "Alaska" – 3:05
  2. "I'm the One" – 3:34
  3. "Lights Out" – 4:21
  4. "As the Crow Flies" – 4:11
  5. "Roxy" (Tashian, Josh Rouse) – 4:17
  6. "Sea of Regret" – 4:03
  7. "A Night on the Town" – 3:30
  8. "Karaoke Star" (Tashian, Angelo Petraglia) – 3:09
  9. "Wolfie" – 3:27
  10. "Wild Honey" – 3:50

Personnel

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  • David Gehrke: drums, percussion
  • Jason Lehning: piano, Wurlitzer, organ, vibraphone, iPhone
  • Joe Pisapia: bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, keyboards, vocals
  • Daniel Tashian: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, mandolin, piano, Prophet '08 synthesizer, vibraphone, iPad, Logic Pro strings[2]
  • Jonathan Trebing: electric guitar on "I'm the One," "Roxy," and "A Night on the Town"[3]

Production notes

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Engineered by Greg Goodman and Joe Pisapia, mixed by Pisapia, and mastered by Jim DeMain at Yes Master Studios. Artwork and design by Sam Smith.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "NLMGT/The Lights Label". SoundCloud. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Alaska: Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ^ "February 22, 2014". Facebook. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  4. ^ Alaska (CD liner notes). The Silver Seas/The Lights Label. 2013.
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