A Family Album

A Family Album
A Family Album
Studio album by The Verve Pipe
Released	October 6, 2009
Recorded	Big Sky Recording (Ann Arbor, MI); Hess Street Studios (Lansing, MI)
Length	28:59
Producer	Donny Brown
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A Family Album is a children's album and fifth studio album by The Verve Pipe. It was released in 2009 on Big Sky Recording.

Track listing[]

All songs produced by Donny Brown.

All tracks are written by Brian Vander Ark and Donny Brown, except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wake Up"		2:17
2.	"We Had to Go Home"		3:03
3.	"Complimentary Love"		2:51
4.	"Be Part of the Band"		3:17
5.	"When One Became Two"		2:09
6.	"Cereal"		3:30
7.	"Only One of You"	Brian Vander Ark, Donny Brown, Edward Groves	3:01
8.	"Suppertime!"		2:21
9.	"Worrisome One"		2:23
10.	"Go to Sleep Now"		4:07

Band members Brian Vander Ark, Donny Brown and John Connors play throughout. A host of additional musicians contributed to the album.^[1]

Brian Vander Ark – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on tracks 3-6, 8 and 9; classical guitar on "Go to Sleep Now"
Donny Brown – drums, background vocals, percussion, synthesizer; keyboards on "When One Became Two" and "Only One of You"
John Connors – bass
Lou Musa – electric guitar on "Wake Up", "Cereal", "Only One of You" and "Suppertime!"; background vocals on "Wake Up"
Craig Griffith – harmonica on "Be Part of the Band" and "Suppertime!"; background vocals on "Suppertime!"

Keith Axtell – rhythm guitar and licks on "Only One of You"
Mark Byerly – trumpet and background vocals on "We Had to Go Home"
Gary Clavette – clarinet on "We Had to Go Home"; saxophone on "Cereal"
Ben Keeler – opening electric guitar on "Be Part of the Band"
Nathanael Koenig – cowbell on "Wake Up"
Stephanie, Gabrielle & Brooke Krieger, Susan & Elizabeth Rohn – cheerleaders on "Wake Up" and "Be Part of the Band"
Mark Miller – acoustic guitar on "Wake Up"; electric guitar on "Complimentary Love" and "Worrisome One"
Motor City Horns (Mark Byerly, trumpet; John Rutherford, trombone; Keith Kaminski, alto and tenor sax) – horns on "Complimentary Love"
Paul Mundo – trombone on "We Had to Go Home" and "Only One of You"

Steve Pinckney – electric guitar on "Go to Sleep Now"
Andy Reed – acoustic and electric guitar on "Be Part of the Band"; ethereal keys and samples on "Go to Sleep Now"
Kay Rinker-O'Neil – flute on "When One Became Two"; opera voice on "Cereal"
Emily Rust – "Come and Get It!!" on "Suppertime!"
Randy Sly – keyboards on "Complimentary Love" and "Be Part of the Band"; organ on "When One Became Two", "Cereal" and "Worrisome One"; piano and electric piano on "Only One of You"
Tracy Sonneborn – french horn on "Go to Sleep Now"
Scott VanDell – electric guitar on "We Had to Go Home" and "Be Part of the Band"
Cathy Waldron – bassoon on "When One Became Two"

Engineered by Geoff Michael, Chris DuRoss and Donny Brown
Additional Engineering:
- Mark Miller at Harvest Music and Sound
- Andy Reed at Reed Recording Co.
- Mark Byerly at Longview Sound
- Al McAvoy
Additional Editing by Ryan Wert and Jon Frazer

Mixed by John Holbrook at The Den, Kinderhook, NY
Mastered by Glenn Brown at GBP Studios, East Lansing, MI
Julie Magsig – horn arrangement for "We Had to Go Home" and "Complimentary Love"
Management: Doug Buttleman at Artist In Mind
Administration: Mara Wish Buttleman
Booking: Adam Bauer at Fleming Artists
Art Direction and Design:

^ "A Family Album booklet". Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

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