In
late May of 2002, Ari Vais released this 17-song album of his pop/rock numbers,
past and present.
The record includes such works as "Beautiful Lesbian" and "My Siamese Twin" from the early Humbert days, all five Vais compositions from the doomed-but-wonderful never-released Humbert swan-song "The Insomniac's Almanac," acoustic and electric songs produced and performed with Fountains Of Wayne's Chris Collingwood, as well as a creamy Fender Rhodes and vocal rendition of the Billie Holliday classic,"God Bless The Child."
Now belligerent, now tender, "Winter Wonderland" never stops being surprising, the hooks never cease to be omnipresent. This is an intelligent pop rock album for intelligent listeners.
Track
Listing
Long Distance Relationship (Is A 4-Letter Word)
Strangel
Pop
Kiss Goodbye - FREE MP3
Accident Airlines
Greyhound
Heroic Audio Display
(Ain't Love Strange?)
Stuck
Beautiful Lesbian
Time Sweats
A Get Well Party
Burnout
1992
My Siamese Twin
Rosie
Feverish & Friendly - FREE
MP3
God Bless The Child
Credits
Ari Vais: vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
Featuring:
Abby Barlow, Chris Collingwood, J Ghaphery, John Gotschalk, Lewis Harris,
Blain Kennedy, Rodd Macleod, Brian Marchese, Henning Ohlenbusch, Paul
Oliveira, Paul Pelis, Joe Rosenthal, Ricky Tubb & Anthony Westcott
Tracks engineered by Chris Collingwood, Jim Fogarty, Gary Maurer, Paul
Oliveira & Tom Richards
Mastered by Zeke Fiddler
All songs written by Ari Vais
Except "Beautiful Lesbian" (Vais/Westcott)
And "God Bless The Child" (Herzog/Holiday)
Photograph
by Marie McMackin
Art Direction / Design by Henning Ohlenbusch
Painting by Ari Vais
Conceived by Tony Westcott