Interrogations and Confessions is the third album from the Chicago-based band Oh My God. It was released on October 7, 2003, by NoVo Records and then on October 28 of the same year on the Lightyear Entertainment label, with a slightly altered track listing.
The songs on this album can be considered to have been written in a much more conventional and structured style than on their previous album, The Action Album!
Track listing All songs by O'Neill/Berkowitz except where noted.
NoVo release "The Unbearable Pageant" – 3:22 "Torture" – 3:09 "Pearls of Wisdom" – 3:06 "Volatile" – 3:22 "February 14th" – 3:32 "Funhouse Mirror Mother" – 3:19 "Our Loves" – 3:10 "Get Steady" – 3:07 "..." – 0:55 "Shine" (Curt Kirkwood) – 2:44 "Rat-Man" – 1:50 "The Obligation of Joy" – 5:40 "Tom" – 7:16 "Rat-Man's Confession" – 17:09
Lightyear release "Get Steady" – 3:05 "The Unbearable Pageant" – 3:22 "Pearls of Wisdom" – 3:07 "Volatile" – 3:22 "February 14th" – 3:32 "Funhouse Mirror Mother" – 3:19 "Our Loves" – 3:11 "Torture" – 3:10 "..." – 0:55 "Shine" (Curt Kirkwood) – 2:46 "The Obligation of Joy" – 5:37 "Tom" – 7:16 "Rat-Man" – 1:51 "Rat-Man's Confession" – 17:13
Personnel Performance Oh My God Billy O'Niell – vocals, bass Iguana – organ, piano, background vocals Bish – drums
Additional musicians Anthony Shaw – background vocals Paul Knegten – percussion Mike Hari – saw Megan Cahill – Rat-Man's temptress Art Auerbach – "neurons in the earthbrain" Doug McBride – programming, backwards acoustic guitar, ebow, tambourine, mouth percussion Noble Hibbs – programming, background vocals Eric Remshneider – cello Matt Lewis – trumpet
Production Joey Donatello – producer, mixing, engineering Doug McBride – producer, mixing, engineering Mike Zirkel – mixing, engineering Paul Knegten – engineering Paul Long – engineering Noble Hibbs – engineering Mark Berlin – additional assistance Joshua Cutsinger – additional assistance Justin Olsen – additional assistance Todd Ostertag – additional assistance Al Sammode – additional assistance Dan Wean – additional assistance
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