Maybe It's Me Explained

Maybe It's Me
Type:	Album
Artist:	Treble Charger
Cover:	TrebleChargerMaybeItsMe.jpg
Released:	May 13, 1997 (CAN) July 29, 1997 (U.S.)
Recorded:	ViK. Recordings
Genre:	Alternative rock, indie rock
Label:	Smokin' Worm (Canada)  74321-47023-2 ViK. Recordings (Canada) RCA (US)
Producer:	Lou Giordano
Prev Title:	Self Title
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Wide Awake Bored
Next Year:	2000

Maybe It's Me is Treble Charger's third album, released in 1997. The album featured three hit singles: "Friend of Mine", "How She Died" and a re-recorded version of "Red" (from NC17).

The album was a major breakthrough for Treble Charger. It was also their most well received album, and gave the band their first entry into the top 10 Canadian Indie Rock bands. The album also reached gold status in Canada, with sales of over 50,000 copies.^[1]

A live version of the song "Scatterbrain" was featured on MuchMusic's live compilation album, Much at Edgefest '99.

Track listing

All songs written by Treble Charger.

1. "Friend of Mine" – 3:46
2. "How She Died" – 3:18
3. "Stupid Thing to Say" – 3:09
4. "Kareen" – 4:22
5. "Red" – 4:41
6. "Fade" – 4:06
7. "Ever She Flows" – 3:54
8. "Forever Knowing" – 4:13
9. "Mercury Smile" – 3:37
10. "Christ is on the Lawn" – 4:23
11. "Scatterbrain" – 3:50
12. "Takes Me Down" – 3:18
13. "Left Feeling Odd" – 3:16

Credits

• Treble Charger – Art Direction
  • Greig Nori – Synthesizer, Guitar, Vocals, Slide Guitar, Farfisa Organ
  • Rosie Martin – Synthesizer, Bass guitar, Piano, Vocals (background), Farfisa Organ, Pedals
  • Bill Priddle – Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (background), Mellotron
  • Mike Levesque – drums for tracks 1-6, 8, 11-12
  • Morris Palter – Drums for tracks 7,9, 10 and 13
  • Trevor MacGregor – Drums (only for the music videos. Credited as a member of the band in the booklet/insert.)
• Colleen Allen – Saxophone (tenor)
• Stephen Donald – Trombone
• Matthew Ellard – Assistant Engineer
• Lou Giordano – Producer, guitar, mixing
• Jed Hackett – Assistant Engineer
• Helios – Art Direction, Design, Photography, Illustrations
• Jack Hersca – Assistant Engineer
• Ted Jensen – Mastering
• Pete Karam – Assistant Engineer
• Tom Lord-Alge – Mixing
• Sarah McElcheran – Trumpet
• Michael Murphy – Art Direction
• Dave Tedesco – Assistant Engineer
• Roberto Toledo – Assistant Engineer

In pop culture

• "How She Died" was featured on Halloween, an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

References

1. Web site: Gold Platinum Database: Treble Charger. Canadian Recording Industry Association. 2011-08-05. 2012-03-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20120323092311/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=Treble%20Charger&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist. dead.