New Experience Explained

New Experience
Type:	Album
Artist:	Michelle Malone
Cover:	New Experience.jpg
Released:	1988
Studio:	John Keane Studio, Athens, Georgia
Label:	Sky Records
Producer:	John Keane, Michelle Malone
Next Title:	Relentless
Next Year:	1990

New Experience is the debut album by Michelle Malone, released in 1988. The album was critically very well received.^[1] Produced as an independent LP on Sky Records, it led to Malone signing with Arista Records.^{[2] [3]} Among the musicians on the album was R.E.M.'s drummer Bill Berry.^[4] The LP was re-released on CD in 1993 with six new tracks.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Michelle Malone; except where indicated

1. "Circus Circus"
2. "Eastern Pleasures"
3. "All I Can Give You (Is Me)"
4. "Into the Night" (Kristin Hall)
5. "Long Love Century"
6. "Big Black Bag"
7. "Until the Day"
8. "Under the Memphis Sky"
9. "Incident"
10. "The First 24"
11. "Counting Stars"
12. "Sure Thing"
13. "New Day Song"
14. "32 Seconds"
15. "Skull, Cross, Bones, Flesh"

Personnel

• Michelle Malone
• John Keane
• Bill Berry
• Ed Bradley
• Gerard McHugh
• Kyle Pilgrim
• Sandy Garfinkle

Notes and References

1. Billboard - 6 Nov 1999 p.14 "clubs where Malone has developed an ardent following since issuing her critically heralded debut, "New Experience," ..."
2. Billboard - 16 Dec 2000 p.24 "Michelle's first recording, "New Experience" (1987), was released to rave reviews, "
3. SPIN Feb 1989 p.58 "Drummer Bill Berry worked with Atlantan Michelle Malone on her independent LP New Experience (she has just signed with Arista), "
4. Tony Fletcher Remarks: the story of R.E.M. 1993 p.113 "Bill Berry worked with Atlanta singer- songwriter Michelle Malone on her album 'New Experience',"
5. Out - Volume 2 1993 p.37 "On the dyke-rock front, veteran Michelle Malone belts out emotional rockers in her 1988 solo debut. New Experience (Sky Records); now on CD, the album includes six new tracks."