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Raised in New York and Montclair, N.J., Schlesinger formed Fountains of Wayne, named for a lawn ornament store in Wayne, N.J., in 1995 with his classmate from Williams College Chris Collingwood. It speaks well of this performance that Fountains of Wayne's set pokes around in a few gray areas; its four songs showcase a band with tremendous narrative g.

Fountains of Wayne is the self-titled debut studio album by the American rock band Fountains of Wayne. It was released on TAG Recordings, Scratchie Records, and Atlantic Records in 1996.

Background[edit]

College friends Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger had formed two failing bands before reconvening in Manhattan, where Collingwood managed to write future Fountains of Wayne songs 'Joe Rey', 'Leave the Biker' and 'Radiation Vibe' in a half a day, then met with Schlesinger over drinks in order to start another band. According to Collingwood, 'Basically, we started all this by writing a bunch of titles on bar napkins and trying to get the other guy to laugh. We'd get drunk and just sit there writing and laughing. We wound up with a list of hundreds of titles. Then we'd decide between the two of us who was going to take which song, and then meet the next night and see what we'd come up with.' Eventually it took a week to write the songs that were included on their debut album.^[1]

Recording[edit]

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Fountains of Wayne was recorded when the band was just a duo, before the recruitment of drummer Brian Young and guitarist Jody Porter to the band. (Young and Porter are listed as bandmembers on later reissues of the record, but not on the original release.) Collingwood and Schlesinger provide all the instrumentation on the recording, except for the bass guitar parts, which were performed by guest bassist Danny Weinkauf, ex-The Belltower.^[2] Schlesinger and Porter had also been members of The Belltower, and Weinkauf later played with Lincoln before joining They Might Be Giants.^[3] Dominique Durand of the band Ivy, of which Schlesinger is also a member, provided backing vocals on 'Survival Car'.^[2]

In 2016, Schlesinger explained the recording process: 'On the recording, I was playing drums, Danny was playing bass and Chris was playing guitar. Then Chris and I would take turns doing some overdubs on guitar or a little keys. After we made the record, Danny decided to do other stuff (he’s now been touring and recording with They Might Be Giants for many years), and that’s when we found Jody and Brian and switched the line-up around, and I started playing bass.'^[4]

The album's recording took a week and cost 5,000 dollars, with more money spent on mixing.^[5] According to Collingwood, 'It was deliberate that we were going to write the album and record it quickly, before we had time to think about anything. Prior to this, Adam and I had both been careful, serious songwriters, in the vein of Simon & Garfunkel. We were much more careful about the arrangements and everything. But when we decided to make this record quickly and spontaneously, we figured that since doing it so fast was such a stupid idea, the band needed a stupid name as well.'^[1]

Cover[edit]

The album's cover photo of a little boy clutching a rabbit and posing like a superhero was shot by Nick Waplington. It was also used for the album cover of Plastic Jewels by the UK band Flamingoes, which came out in the US two weeks before this album.^[6] According to Chris Collingwood, 'This English photographer licensed the photograph to both bands. Worse than that, he was directly asked by us if he had licensed it to anybody else and he said no. So, basically, the guy's a complete asshole. We're changing the cover in Europe, but we're keeping it the same in the States. It's just too good a picture.'^[1]

Release[edit]

The album was met with moderate commercial success and favorable reviews. Songs from it were featured on MTV's120 Minutes program.

A reissue of the vinyl was released on Yep Roc records.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger.

Credits[edit]

• Chris Collingwood – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Adam Schlesinger – vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums
• Danny Weinkauf – bass guitar
• Dominique Durand – backing vocals on 'Survival Car'
• Engineered by Gary Maurer
• Mastered by Greg Calbi
• Produced by Adam Schlesinger
• Recorded in January and April 1996 at The Place, New York City
• Mixed by Chris Shaw at Greene Street Recording, New York City, June 1996 (except 'Sink to the Bottom')

Assisted by Eric Tew

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• • 'Sink to the Bottom' mixed by Adam Schlesinger and Gary Maurer
• Mastered at Masterdisk, New York City

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcSimons, Ted (May 1, 1997). 'Wayne's World'. Phoenix New Times. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
2. ^ ^ab'Fountains of Wayne at Discogs'. Discogs.com. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
3. ^'This might be a wiki – Danny Weinkauf'. tmbw.net (They Might Be Giants knowledge base). Retrieved August 22, 2011.
4. ^Lambeth, Sam (April 13, 2016). 'Interview: Fountains of Wayne'. Louder Than War. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
5. ^Thompson, Stephen (June 6, 2001). 'Fountains of Wayne'. AV Club. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
6. ^'Allmusic review of Plastic Jewels'. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
7. ^Abebe, Nitsuh. 'Fountains of Wayne – Fountains of Wayne'. AllMusic. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
8. ^Kot, Greg (November 15, 1996). 'Fountains of Wayne: Fountains of Wayne (Scratchie/Tag)'. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
9. ^Larkin, Colin (2011). 'Fountains of Wayne'. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN0-85712-595-8.
10. ^Flaherty, Mike (November 1, 1996). 'Fountains of Wayne'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
11. ^Sweeting, Adam (May 16, 1997). 'Fountains of Wayne: Fountains of Wayne (Atlantic)'. The Guardian.
12. ^Christgau, Robert (August 19, 2011). 'Fountains of Wayne'. MSN Music. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
13. ^Schreiber, Ryan. 'Fountains of Wayne: Fountains of Wayne'. Pitchfork. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
14. ^'Fountains of Wayne: Fountains of Wayne'. Q (129): 132. June 1997.
15. ^Pearlman, Nina (2004). 'Fountains of Wayne'. In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 307–08. ISBN0-7432-0169-8.
16. ^Himmelsbach, Erik. 'Review: Fountains of Wayne'. Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on April 14, 2001. Retrieved October 30, 2020.

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