Semi-Gloss (album) explained

Semi-Gloss
Type:	Album
Artist:	Semi-Gloss
Cover:	Semi-Gloss album cover.JPG
Released:	June 3, 1997
Recorded:	Studio .45, Hartford, Connecticut
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	45:21
Label:	Dirt Records (DIRT 034)
Prev Title:	Teenie
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	The Falling Kind
Next Year:	2000

Semi-Gloss is the 1997 self-titled debut studio album by Semi-Gloss.

A different recording of the song "Morning Takes the Night" appears on the band's previous EP, Teenie. The song "Eight Million Strong" appears on Teenie; the version on Semi-Gloss is a remix.

The album cover design was inspired by the 1956 Blue Note recording Volume One by Sonny Rollins.

Track listing

All songs written by Jordy Mokriski except where noted.

1. "Sans Expliquer" (Mokriski, Verena Wiesendanger) – 6:01
2. "The Sunburn Song" – 5:45
3. "Eight Million Strong" (David Kinnoin, Mokriski) – 3:24
4. "Free" – 3:17
5. "Summer Fields" – 4:01
6. "A Reason Why" – 3:26
7. "Latenight Stroll" – 3:25
8. "Groupie's Lament" – 5:35
9. "Whistlin' Girl" – 2:34
10. "Morning Takes the Night" – 5:43
11. "The Majestic" (Candice Belanoff, Mokriski) – 3:33

Personnel

• Jordy Mokriski - guitar, vocals
• Verena Wiesendanger - lead vocals, keyboards, percussion; whistling on track 9
• Gregory Graf - bass
• Jason Harmon - drums
• Dave Berger - drums on track 7

External links

• Dirt Records 1997 press kit