Mad Flavor Explained

Mad Flavor
Type:	Album
Artist:	Lida Husik
Cover:	Lida Husik - Mad Flavor.jpg
Released:	August 10, 1999
Recorded:	WGNS Studios, Washington, D.C.
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	58:42
Label:	Alias^[1]
Producer:	Charles Bennington, Geoff Turner
Prev Title:	Faith in Space
Prev Year:	1998

Mad Flavor is an album by the singer-songwriter Lida Husik.^[2] It was released in 1999 through Alias Records.^[3]

Critical reception

The Boston Phoenix wrote that "in the absence of strong songs Mad Flavor is merely a beautiful listen that doesn't leave much of a lasting taste."^[4] San Francisco Examiner wrote that while Husik's "voice is as lazily melodic as ever, her reliance on electronica-flavored bells and whistles here is more annoying than groundbreaking."^[5]

Personnel

Musicians

• Jerry Busher – drums and percussion on "Jupiterstar" and "State of the Empire"
• Brandon Finley – drums on "Cactus Garden Days" and "Trash Out Tonight"
• Lida Husik – vocals, instruments
• Hilary Soldati – cello on "Jupiterstar"
• Seb Thompson – drums on "Dynamite"
• Gregory "El Flaco" Woods – percussion on "Dynamite", "Trash Out Tonight", "Glo Stick" and "We Saw"

Production and additional personnel

• Charles Bennington – production, programming, drum machine, saxophone on "State of the Empire"
• Geoff Turner – production, keyboards on "Trash Out Tonight" and "State of the Empire"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lida Husik. Alias Records.
2. Web site: Lida Husik | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Reviews. CMJ New Music Monthly. November 21, 1999. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
4. Web site: Music: Boston Phoenix CD Reviews (The Boston Phoenix . 10-11-99). weeklywire.com.
5. LIDA HUSIK, Mad Flavor . The San Francisco Examiner . August 8, 1999.