SEALED Better Than Ezra VINYL LP Friction Baby HTF disc

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This is indeed a vinyl LP record album of this release. Why the record is so hard to find is beyond me but it is. Don't bleevit? G'head, just TRY to find even a reference to this title on vinyl much less one for sale. Anyway, here it is STILL FACTORY SEALED for your listening or collecting pleasure.

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Friction, Baby is Better Than Ezra's second album. It was released on August 13, 1996. After this album was released, they took the year off in 1997 after touring.

The album's title comes from a television interview with Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. When asked how he and Mick Jagger stayed together for so long, Keith took a long drag from his cigarette and said "friction, baby." This may also be a reference to the fact that the band had replaced its original drummer, Cary Bonnecaze, between the recording of their previous album and this one.

The album produced two hits on the Billboard modern rock charts: "King of New Orleans" and "Desperately Wanting." "Desperately Wanting" also narrowly missed the Billboard Top 40, peaking at #48. The third and fourth singles, "Long Lost" and "Normal Town," failed to chart.

Released

August 13, 1996

Recorded

March 25 - April 27, 1996

Genre

Alternative rock

Length

51:44

Label

Elektra/Swell Cat.# 61944-1

Producer

Don Gehman

Track listing

1. "King of New Orleans" – 4:07
2. "R3wind" – 3:07
3. "Long Lost" – 3:40
4. "Normal Town" – 3:39
5. "Scared Are You?" – 4:06
6. "Return of the Post Moderns" – 2:54
7. "Hung the Moon" – 3:46
8. "Desperately Wanting" – 4:37
9. "Still Life With Cooley" – 3:58
10. "WWOZ" – 4:20
11. "Happy Endings" – 2:43
12. "Speeding Up to Slow Down" – 4:09
13. "At Ch. Degaulle, Etc." – 2:16 or 6:37
    • "Mejor de Ezra" (3:17) starts at 3:20 on later pressings.

On early copies of the album, the hidden track "Mejor de Ezra" is contained in the negative space before Track 1. Later copies of the album tack this secret track onto the end of the album.

All songs were composed by Kevin Griffin.

Personnel

• Kevin Griffin - Guitar, Vocals
• Tom Drummond - Bass
• Travis Aaron McNabb - Drums

 Additional Personnel

• Joan Wasser - Violin
• Peter Holsapple - Piano, Organ, Mandolin
• Anthony Dagrade - Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
• Jamil Sharie - Trumpet
• Mark Mullins - Trombone
• Matthew Perrine - Tuba
• Lawrence Sieberth - Piano