Catnip Dynamite Explained

Catnip Dynamite
Type:	studio
Artist:	Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.
Cover:	Catnip_Dynamite_Cover.jpg
Released:	March 19, 2008 (Japan only) February 3, 2009 (worldwide)
Recorded:	2006–2007
Length:	62:00
Label:	Pony Canyon (Japan only) Oglio Records (worldwide)
Producer:	Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.
Prev Title:	The Land of Pure Imagination
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Glamping
Next Year:	2018

Catnip Dynamite is the second solo album by Jellyfish co-founder Roger Joseph Manning, Jr., released in Japan on March 19, 2008. Catnip Dynamite was released outside Japan by Oglio Records on February 3, 2009.^[1]

The music on this album contains some of Manning's song ideas that go back as far as 1985. Manning has described the album as "another roller coaster ride of sonic and emotional ups and downs and distraction in the greatest sense of the word."

Track listing

CD: PCCY-01871

All songs written by Roger Joseph Manning, Jr., except where noted.

1. "The Quickening" – 5:06
2. "Love's Never Half As Good" – 5:36
3. "Down in Front" – 5:23
4. "My Girl" – 4:09
5. "Imaginary Friend" – 5:07
6. "Haunted Henry" – 4:49
7. "Tinsel Town" – 5:23
8. "Turnstile at Heaven's Gate" – 4:40
9. "Survival Machine" – 7:54
10. "Living in End Times" – 5:09
11. "Drive Thru Girl" – 5:15
12. "American Affluenza" – 3:29

CD: Oglio Release

1. "The Quickening" – 5:06
2. "Love's Never Half As Good" – 5:36
3. "Down in Front" – 5:23
4. "My Girl" – 4:09
5. "Imaginary Friend" – 5:07
6. "Haunted Henry" – 4:49
7. "Tinsel Town" – 5:23
8. "Turnstile at Heaven's Gate" – 4:40
9. "Survival Machine" – 7:54
10. "Living in End Times" – 5:09
11. "Drive Thru Girl" – 5:15
12. "Europa and the Pirate Twins" (Thomas Dolby) – 3:37 ^*
13. "You Were Right" – 6:08 ^*
14. "Love Lies Bleeding" (Elton John/Bernie Taupin) – 11:34 ^*

• Live from Fuji Rock, Japan

Personnel

Musicians

• Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – music and lyrics
• Pedal steel guitar on "Tinsel Town" by Dave Pearlman

Production

• Produced by Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.
• Mixed and mastered by John Paterno

Notes and References

1. https://archive.today/20130131203649/http://www.prweb.com/releases/manning/powerpop/prweb1645324.htm PRWeb – Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. Set To Unleash Second Solo Album "Catnip Dynamite"