Number One of Three explained

Number One of Three
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Body Lovers
Cover:	The Body Lovers - Number One of Three.jpg
Recorded:	BC Studio, Brooklyn, NY Ethel Sound, Atlanta, GA
Genre:	Drone
Length:	73:25
Label:	Atavistic/Young God
Producer:	Michael Gira
Chronology:	The Body Lovers / The Body Haters
Next Year:	1999

Number One of Three is the first studio album of the project The Body Lovers / The Body Haters, released on April 21, 1998, by Atavistic and Young God Records. The album was released under the name "The Body Lovers". Last Sigh Magazine gave the album a positive write-up and said "there are VERY few things I've ever heard quite this enigmatic and beautiful."^[1]

Personnel

Adapted from the Number One of Three liner notes.^[2]

• Michael Gira – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals, musical arrangement, production

Additional musicians

• Bill Bronson – bass guitar, melodica
• Thomas Dodd – Celtic harp
• Kris Force – viola, violin
• Jarboe – backing vocals
• James Plotkin – electric guitar
• Phil Puleo – drums, percussion, bells, dulcimer
• Kurt Ralske – flugelhorn
• Bill Rieflin – piano
• Birgit Staudt – accordion
• Norman Westberg – electric guitar
• Tore Honoré Bøe – effects
• Irene – backing vocals
• Ole Henrik Moe – effects
• Ryland Walker Patterson – backing vocals
• Helge Sten – effects
• Mika Vainio – effects

Technical personnel

• Martin Bisi – engineering, programming, keyboards
• Chris Griffin – engineering
• Mike Moore – assistant engineer
• Clinton Steele – engineering
• Palmer Wood – assistant engineer

Notes and References

1. Kim Ann . Alexander . The Body Lovers: Number One of Three . Last Sigh Magazine . March 13, 1999 . July 26, 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110215232542/http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/bodylovptone.htm . February 15, 2011.
2. Number One of Three . . 1998 . booklet . . Chicago, Illinois.