Beautiful Midnight
Beautiful Midnight was an album released by the now-defunct Matthew Good Band in 1999, as a followup to the 1997 album Underdogs. This would become the band's most successful album, producing four popular singles and music videos, Hello Time Bomb, Load Me Up, Strange Days, and the Future is X-Rated. The success of Beautiful Midnight propelled Good to a celebrity status in Canada he would grow to loathe, and his interactions with the media throughout the promotional cycle for the record were often strained and unpleasant. Beautiful Midnight would be re-released in America on Atlantic with an altered tracklisting that included remixed songs from Underdogs. Good has referred to it as something of a greatest hits. The album did not achieve the kind of success in America as it did in Canada, partly because of a lack of co-operation on Good's part. He has stated that he intentionally sabotaged the band's career stateside by refusing to play along with the media and music industry in the country. A number of songs considered for inclusion on Beautiful Midnight would be relegated to b-side or unreleased status. Flashdance II would end up on Loser Anthems while Pony Boy, recorded for the subsequent album The Audio of Being, would end up remaining on the shelf only to be leaked years later.
Track listing:
(Words by Good, Music as specified) Giant (6:10) {Genn, Good} Hello Time Bomb (3:55) {Genn, Good} Strange Days (4:21) {Genn, Good} I Miss New Wave (3:31) {Genn, Good} Load Me Up (3:40) {Browne, Genn, Good, Priske} Failing The Rorschach Test (4:46) {Genn, Good} Suburbia (5:24) {Genn, Good} Let’s Get It On (5:12) {Genn, Good} Jenni’s song (3:59) {Genn, Good} Going All The Way (5:01) {Genn, Good} A Boy And His Machine Gun (3:45) {Genn, Good} The Future Is X-Rated (4:21) {Genn, Good} Born To Kill (5:42) {Genn, Good} Running For Home (4:37) {Genn, Good}
PersonnelMatthew Good: Vocals, GuitarIan Browne: DrumsRich Priske: Bass GuitarDave Genn: Guitar, KeyboardsNote: Todd Kerns performs backing vocals on "Hello Time Bomb" and "Born To Kill" (not part of MGB)Phone Sex on "The Future is X-Rated" Provided by Natasha WonsiakCheerleading on "Giant" Provided by the Centennial High School Cheerleading Squad (Kristy Holmes, Kimberly Barber, Melanie Barber, Sara Correia, Caroline Croteau, Kristin Sims, Karin Anstey, Tracey Mcdonald, Megan Leigh, Marjolyn Ustaris)Manufactured by Universal Music CanadaDistributed by Universal Music Canada (Canada), Atlantic (US)Engineer by Warne Livesey, Zach BlackstoneRecorded at Greenhouse Studios, Burnaby, British Columbia, CanadaMixed by Steve Kaplan, Warne Livesey, Chris Lord-Alge; at BJG Studios, LondonMastered by Tim YoungLegal: Simkin & Co.Accounting: Davidson & Co.Live Sound: Ken TurtaAssistant to Mr. Good: Christi ThompsonInstrument Tech: Chimo RobichaudA&R: HorshackInside Photography by Jay BlakesbergDesign Concept by Vincent LibbyAlbum Design by Garnet Armstrong, Kiley Redhead
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