The Bird And The Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future Album

Tracklist

1	Baby	3:50
2	Witch	3:55
3	Diamond Dave Backing Vocals – Greg Kurstin	3:14
4	Birthday	3:48
5	My Love	3:46
6	What's In The Middle Backing Vocals – Alex Lilly, Greg Kurstin, Willow GeerGuitar – Mike Andrews	3:21
7	You're A Cad	3:10
8	Love Letter To Japan Backing Vocals – Alex Lilly, Willow GeerLyrics By [Translation For] – Kazumi Someya	4:07
9	Lifespan Of A Fly Backing Vocals – Alex Lilly, Willow Geer	3:14
10	Phil Drums – Joey Waronker	0:10
11	Ray Gun Backing Vocals – Greg Kurstin	4:42
12	Fanfare Drums – Joey Waronker	0:29
13	Polite Dance Song Backing Vocals – Alex Lilly, Megan Geer-Alsop, Willow GeerDrums – Joey WaronkerGuitar – Gus Seyffert	3:47
14	Meteor	3:21

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
50999 2 34556 10	The Bird And The Bee	Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future ‎(2xLP, Album)	Blue Note	50999 2 34556 10	US	2009
EKJP-0263, 50999 6 96186 2 8	The Bird And The Bee	Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future ‎(CD, Album)	Blue Note, Blue Note	EKJP-0263, 50999 6 96186 2 8	South Korea	2009
50999 2 34556 2 7	The Bird And The Bee	Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future ‎(CD, Album, Club)	Blue Note	50999 2 34556 2 7	US	2009
TOCP-70643	The Bird And The Bee	Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future ‎(CD, Album)	Blue Note	TOCP-70643	Japan	2009
SDS-1507, B0027887-01	The Bird And The Bee	Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future ‎(2xLP, Album, Dlx, Ltd, RE, RM, Blu)	Slow Down Sounds, Universal Music Enterprises	SDS-1507, B0027887-01	US	2019

Credits

• A&R – Eli Wolf
• A&R [A&R Administration] – Keith Karwelies
• Art Direction, Design – Carla Leighton
• Creative Director [Creative Direction] – Gordon H Jee
• Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Programmed By – Greg Kurstin
• Management – Adrienne Butcher, Darren Gilmore
• Management [Artist Development Management] – Perry Greenfield
• Mastered By – Gavin Lurssen
• Photography – Autumn De Wilde
• Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Greg Kurstin
• Vocals – Inara George
• Written-By – Greg Kurstin, Inara George

Notes

Jewel case with clear tray
Printed in the EU

Barcodes

• Barcode: 50999-2-34556-27
• Label Code: LC0010
• Matrix / Runout: www.takt.eu 2100001613556 2345562
• Mastering SID Code: IFPILK97
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 9R80
• Rights Society: bel BIEM

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Blue Note Label Group
• Copyright (c) – The Blue Note Label Group
• Recorded At – Echo Studio, Los Angeles, CA
• Mastered At – Lurssen Mastering
• Made By – www.takt.eu – 2100001613556

Video

Album

Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future is the second studio album by American indie pop duo The Bird and the Bee, released on January 27, 2009 by Blue Note Records. The album contains the two lead-off tracks from the duo's last two studio EPs: Polite Dance Song from Please Clap Your Hands and Birthday from One Too Many Hearts. All tracks are written by Greg Kurstin and Inara George, except where noted. The Bird and the Bee. Main page. Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future. The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future 2009. To favorites 3 Download album. Listen album. Indie Pop. More By The Bird and the Bee. Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1 A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates. Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future. Please Clap Your Hands - EP. The Bird and The Bee are an indie popelectronica duo from Los Angeles, California consisting of Inara George the Bird on vocals and Greg Kurstin the Bee who does the majority of the producing, engineering and mixing as well as providing all instrumentation apart from Inara's fuzz bass contributions. Their debut EP, Again and Again and Again and Again, was released on October 2006 and their self titled debut album was released January 2007 on Blue Note Records. Since they have released a further 3 EP's followed by the LP, Ray Guns are not Just the Future in January 20 read more. Those in the market for fast songs will find a few here, most notably Love Letter to Japan and Meteor, but the album's true gems are its slightly slower numbers: the elegiac My Love, Birthday, Polite Dance Song, and the stringed splendor of Baby. Your Score. 0 out of 10. While the duo borrows a bit too obviously from its influences at times, the albums detailed production and stylistic shifts reward multiple listens, resulting in a pop album with surprising depth. Read full review. NOW Magazine. Theres not a lot to get excited about, but its a catchy enough confection that should work well in gadget commercials, which was likely the whole point. Released January 27, 2009. Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future Tracklist. Fanfare Lyrics. Come as You Were Lyrics. About Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future. Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future Q&A. On album number two Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future, George's winning coo remains charmingly aloof, while Kurstin's exotic space-age jazz production has stayed decidedly eccentric. In other words, it's basically more of the same. The difference, of course, is the loss of the element of surprise. Rather than spend some of that accumulated capital and go farther afield, as with most sequels the pair has instead played it safe, if always pleasantly so. Yet while the results are sonically impeccable, they're also only intermittently compelling. Completa la tua Collezione su The Bird And The Bee. However, while listening to Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future, the second full-length LP from L. duo The Bird and the Bee, I couldnt help but think that this might be one of those albums that would go in the Legitimate Music category , if I believed in such a thing. In much the same way Kelly Clarksons Since U Been Gone found validation amongst the masses and the elite, I hear bona fide merit in the breezy pop of Ray Guns. The albums strength might also be its biggest weakness: for the most part, Kurstin and George dont attempt to be philosophical about love or life