Kids in Philly explained

Kids in Philly
Type:	Album
Artist:	Marah
Cover:	MarahAlbum_kids.jpg
Released:	21 March 2000
Recorded:	Above Frank's Auto, South Philadelphia, October 1999
Genre:	Rock, Alternative country
Length:	37:17
Label:	Artemis Records
Producer:	Paul Smith
Prev Title:	Let's Cut The Crap & Hook Up Later on Tonight
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Float Away With the Friday Night Gods
Next Year:	2002

Kids in Philly is the second studio album by the band Marah, released in 2000. The songs draw from musical influences including Bruce Springsteen, Mummer string bands, Phil Spector and roots rock, while the album's lyrics are rooted in the band's Philadelphia home. Kids in Philly garnered widespread critical praise for its energetic abandon, lyrical sincerity and depth, and unabashed pilfering of numerous musical influences.^[1]

Reviews of subsequent Marah albums would make comparisons with Kids in Philly so often that Dave Bielanko would lament it as "my old albatross" on 2010's Life is a Problem.

Track listing

1. "Faraway You" – 3:30
2. "Point Breeze" – 2:14
3. "Christian Street" – 3:21
4. "It's Only Money, Tyrone" – 3:26
5. "My Heart Is The Bums On The Street" – 2:19
6. "The Catfisherman" – 3:55
7. "Round-Eye Blues" – 4:11
8. "From The Skyline of a Great Big Town" – 3:31
9. "Barstool Boys" – 2:57
10. "The History of Where Someone Has Been Killed" – 4:05
11. "This Town" – 3:38

Personnel

• Dave Bielanko: Organ, Najo, Guitar, Piano, Chimes, Xylophone
• Serge Bielanko: Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion, Xylophone
• Jeff Clarke: Bagpipes
• Michael Hood: Trombone
• Bruce Langfeld: Organ, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Piano
• Danny Metz: Banjo, Bass
• Paul Smith: Organ, Guitar, Percussion, Electric Piano, Mixing
• Ronnie Vance: Percussion, Drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marah: Kids In Philly. The A.V. Club. March 29, 2002. July 1, 2015. Klein. Joshua.