American band Ivy has recorded material for six studio albums, one extended play (EP), and for various compilation albums and soundtracks. Formed in 1994, the musical trio consists of Dominique Durand, Andy Chase, and Adam Schlesinger. After releasing the EP Lately with Seed Records in 1994, the band recorded their debut album, Realistic, which was released in 1995. A pop album,[1] lead single "Get Enough" was named a "Single of the Week" by British newspaper Melody Maker.[2] After a brief hiatus, the band released their second album, Apartment Life, in 1997 after signing with Atlantic Records.[3] In order to make the pop-influenced album, the group collaborated with a number of high-profile musicians, including Chris Botti, Lloyd Cole, James Iha, and Dean Wareham.[4] The album was, however, a commercial disappointment for their record label, who dropped Ivy while they were touring.[5] [6] Two songs from Apartment Life ("I Get the Message" and "This Is the Day") received further attention after being included on the official soundtrack to the 1998 film, There's Something About Mary.[7] Ivy signed to Nettwerk to release Long Distance in 2000;[8] the album incorporated music from multiple genres, such as guitar pop,[9] trip hop,[10] and new wave.[11] The third single released, "Edge of the Ocean", became Ivy's first song to enter a musical record chart, peaking at number 160 in the United Kingdom.[12] Due to its popularity, Ivy considers it to be their signature song.
Their fourth album, Guestroom, was released in 2002 by Minty Fresh Records, featuring cover songs from artists like the Blow Monkeys, the Ronettes, Serge Gainsbourg, and Steely Dan. The "minimal" production was accompanied by a variety of instruments,[13] such as synths and acoustics.[14] In the Clear (2005) is the group's fifth album and second with Nettwerk. Featuring elements of pop, disco, and rock music,[15] [16] it takes influence from early 1960s songs and was compared to material released by Pet Shop Boys and Blondie.[17] Following a six-year hiatus and the birth of Durand and Chase's first child, the group returned with 2011's All Hours after Durand's fear that their extended absence would cause their fans to lose interest.[18] Musically an electronic pop album, it was backed by the release of three commercial singles ("Distant Lights", "Fascinated", and "Lost in the Sun").[19] Unlike their previously released albums, Durand did not receive any writing credits on All Hours, but the entire record was still written and produced by Chase and Schlesinger. The trio has writing credits on several other albums. They recorded covers of Joe Raposo's "Sing" for the 2002 children's album For the Kids and Vince Guaraldi's "Christmas Time Is Here" for Nettwerk's holiday album Maybe This Christmas Tree (2004). Producer Peter Nashel also had Ivy record "I'll Be Near You" for the soundtrack to the 2005 film Bee Season.
All songs recorded by Ivy, except where noted.
| Writer(s) | Album | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | "15 Seconds" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Realistic | 1995 | [20] |
| scope=row | "Ba Ba Ba" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | [21] |
| scope=row | "Back in Our Town" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger James Iha | Apartment Life | 1997 | |
| scope=row | "Baker" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | |
| scope=row | "Be My Baby" | Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich Phil Spector | Guestroom | 2002 | [22] |
| scope=row | "Beautiful" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Realistic | 1995 | |
| scope=row | "" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | |
| scope=row | "Blame It on Yourself" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | [23] |
| scope=row | "By Myself" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | 1995 | ||
| scope=row | "Can't Even Fake It" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Lately | 1994 | [24] |
| scope=row | "Christmas Time Is Here" | Lee Mendelson Vince Guaraldi | Maybe This Christmas Tree | 2004 | [25] |
| scope=row | "Clear My Head" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | In the Clear | 2005 | [26] |
| scope=row | "" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | All Hours | 2011 | [27] |
| scope=row | "Corners of Your Mind" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | In the Clear | 2005 | |
| scope=row | "Cruel" | Paddy McAloon | Guestroom | 2002 | [28] |
| scope=row | "Decay" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Realistic | 1995 | |
| scope=row | "Digging Your Scene" | Dr. Robert | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "Disappointed" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "Distant Lights" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | All Hours | 2011 | |
| scope=row | "Don't Believe a Word" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Realistic | 1995 | |
| scope=row | "Drag You Down" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | 1994 | [29] | |
| scope=row | "Dying Star" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Realistic | 1995 | |
| scope=row | "Edge of the Ocean" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "Everybody Knows" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | All Hours | 2011 | |
| scope=row | "Everyday" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Realistic | 1995 | |
| scope=row | "Fascinated" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | All Hours | 2011 | |
| scope=row | "Feel So Free" (Ivy featuring Scott McCloud) | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | In the Clear | 2005 | |
| scope=row | "Four in the Morning" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | In the Clear | 2005 | |
| scope=row | "Get Enough" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Realistic | 1995 | |
| scope=row | "Get Out of the City" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | |
| scope=row | "Hideaway" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "How's Never" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | All Hours | 2011 | |
| scope=row | "I Don't Know Why I Love You" | Guy Chadwick | Guestroom | 2002 | |
| scope=row | "I Get the Message" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | |
| scope=row | "I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive" | Edwyn Collins | Lately | 1994 | |
| scope=row | "I Hate December" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Lately | 1994 | |
| scope=row | "I Know My Way" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | In the Clear | 2005 | [30] |
| scope=row | "I Still Want You" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | All Hours | 2011 | |
| scope=row | "I Think of You" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "I'll Be Near You" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Bee Season: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 2005 | [31] |
| scope=row | "I've Got a Feeling" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | |
| scope=row | "I've Got You Memorized" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | In the Clear | 2005 | |
| scope=row | "In the Shadows" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Realistic | 1995 | |
| scope=row | "It's All in Your Mind" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | [32] |
| scope=row | "Keep Moving" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | In the Clear | 2005 | |
| scope=row | "Kite" | Nick Heyward | Guestroom | 2002 | |
| scope=row | "L'Anamour" | Serge Gainsbourg | Guestroom | 2002 | |
| scope=row | "Let's Go to Bed" | Laurence Tolhurst Robert Smith | Guestroom | 2002 | |
| scope=row | "Let's Stay Inside" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "Lost in the Sun" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | All Hours | 2011 | |
| scope=row | "Lucy Doesn't Love You" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "Make It So Hard" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | All Hours | 2011 | |
| scope=row | "Midnight Sun" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "Never Do That Again" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | |
| scope=row | "No Guarantee" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Realistic | 1995 | |
| scope=row | "Nothing but the Sky" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | In the Clear | 2005 | |
| scope=row | "Ocean City Girl" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | In the Clear | 2005 | |
| scope=row | "One More Last Kiss" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "Only a Fool Would Say That" | Donald Fagen Walter Becker | Guestroom | 2002 | |
| scope=row | "" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | 1995 | [33] | |
| scope=row | "Over" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Realistic | 1995 | |
| scope=row | "Point of View" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Realistic | 1995 | |
| scope=row | "Quick, Painless and Easy" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | |
| scope=row | "Say Goodbye" | Shivika Asthana Keith Gendel Tony Goddess | Guestroom | 2002 | |
| scope=row | "She Really Got to You" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | All Hours | 2011 | |
| scope=row | "Sing" | Joe Raposo | For the Kids | 2002 | [34] |
| scope=row | "Sleeping Late" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | [35] |
| scope=row | "Streets of Your Town" | Robert Forster Grant McLennan | Guestroom | 2002 | |
| scope=row | "Suspicious" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | All Hours | 2011 | |
| scope=row | "Sweet Mary" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | |
| scope=row | "Tess Don't Tell" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | In the Clear | 2005 | |
| scope=row | "These Are the Things About You" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | |
| scope=row | "Thinking About You" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | In the Clear | 2005 | |
| scope=row | "This Is the Day" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Apartment Life | 1997 | |
| scope=row | "Twisting" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Lately | 1994 | |
| scope=row | "Undertow" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "We Try" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | 2012 | [36] | |
| scope=row | "While We're in Love" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "Wish It All Away" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Lately | 1994 | |
| scope=row | "World Without You" | Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | All Hours | 2011 | |
| scope=row | "Worry About You" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger | Long Distance | 2000 | |
| scope=row | "You Don't Know Anything" | Dominique Durand Andy Chase Adam Schlesinger Chris Collingwood | Apartment Life | 1997 | |