Songs for the General Public is the third studio album by American rock band The Lemon Twigs. It was released on August 21, 2020 by 4AD. It was co-produced by Jonathan Rado of indie rock band Foxygen. The release was due for May 1, 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The album consists of 12 tracks written and performed mostly by brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario.
Critical reception Songs for the General Public received favorable reviews from most music critics. On Metacritic, the album holds an average critic score of 75, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". It scored 7.3/10 on AnyDecentMusic?'s aggregator.
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from Songs for the General Public album liner notes.
The Lemon Twigs Brian D'Addario – vocals, ARP synthesizer, bas-dessus, cello, composer, drums, DX-7, E-Bow, guitar, Minimoog, mix control, piano, Prophet-5, string arrangements, woodwind arrangement Michael D'Addario – vocals, ARP Strings, bass, bells, cello, composer, drums, guitar, mix control, piano, string arrangements, tambourine, vocal arrangement, woodwind arrangement, Wurlitzer
Additional musicians Jonathan Rado – synthesizer Sean Dancy – vocal arrangement Michael Alampi – flute Maite Christi Francios – vocals Yolando Dancy – vocals Kanisha Moten – vocals Kaitlin Wolfberg – violin Daryl Johns – drums Vittorio Mura – baritone saxophone Santosh Sharma – tenor saxophone Elijah Shiffer – saxophone
Production Brian D'Addario – producer Michael D'Addario – producer, engineer Jonathan Rado – additional production, engineer Kevin Basko – engineer Rias Reed – engineer Carl Bespolka – assistant engineer Andrew Hunt – assistant engineer Greg Calbi – mastering Joe Nino-Hernes – lacquer cut
Artwork Michael D'Addario – art direction, layout Alison Fielding – art direction, layout Michael Hili – photography Jayme Paradiso – hair Jessica McFarland – wings
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