How to Be Shy

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How to Be Shy
How to be shy.jpg
Studio album by
Shy Nobleman
ReleasedDecember 19, 2001
Recorded2001
GenreIndie rock, psychedelic pop
Length38:10
Label
ProducerShy Nobleman,
Shy Nobleman chronology
How to Be Shy
(2001) 		Beautiful Life
(2005)
Singles from Beautiful Life
  1. "Lonely Boy"
  2. "Sad Song Happy Song"

How to Be Shy is the debut studio album by Israeli indie rock artist Shy Nobleman, released on December 19, 2001.

Nobleman's backing band on the record is Israeli psychedelic rock band Rockfour. The album was produced by Shy Nobleman himself, and Rockfour singer Baruch Ben Yitzhak.

The album became very successful in Israel and worldwide, becoming a Top 10 album in Israel and being named "One of the 10 best albums of 2001" by Rolling Stone magazine.[citation needed] Becoming an instant classic in the Israeli indie rock scene, the album brings musical influences from various genres such as psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, blues, folk and 60's pop.

Two singles were released from the album: "Lonely Boy" and "Sad Song Happy Song".

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."No More"4:05
2."Lonely Boy"3:25
3."Power Pop Symphony"4:06
4."Cats"1:56
5."Don't Want to Say Goodnight"4:09
6."Sad Song Happy Song"2:57
7."Spring B# (Stevie Winwood)"3:20
8."Mr. Kluger"3:31
9."Fireworks Tonight"3:28
10."Nightmare"3:31
11."Really Have to Go"3:43
Total length:38:10

Personnel[]

  • Shy Nobleman - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
  • - lead guitar, bass, backing vocals
  • - bass, backing vocals
  • - keyboards
  • - drums, percussion
Additional personnel
  • Rob Whitmore - bass
  • Roy Hadas - bass
  • Kfir Kaper - brass instruments
  • Tom Lewis - brass instruments
  • Barak Ravid - brass instruments
  • Uri Baum - brass instruments
  • The Kaleidoscope Quintet - strings
  • Eli Lulai - backing vocals
  • Nan Wisse - backing vocals
  • Asaf Talmudi - string arrangement
  • Eran Sahar - string arrangement
Production
  • Shy Nobleman - production
  • Baruch Ben Yitzhak - production
  • Ronan Tal - engineering
  • Liam Watson - engineering
  • Gadi Pugatsch - engineering
  • Oren Ben Simon - cover art
  • Hadar Kaplan - cover art

References[]

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