This Little Empire Explained

This Little Empire
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Zed
Cover:	Zed_-_This_Little_Empire_cover_art.jpg
Released:	November 11, 2003 (NZ) August 23, 2004 (US)
Recorded:	Radiostar Studios
Genre:	Rock
Length:	42:42
Prev Title:	Silencer
Prev Year:	2000

This Little Empire is the second studio album by New Zealand rock band Zed. It was produced by Sylvia Massy Shivy and Zed at Radiostar Studios in Weed, California, and engineered by Rich Veltrop and assisted by Josh Kiser. Unlike the band's debut 2000 release, Silencer, This Little Empire was predominantly produced for the American market, with a US edition and a New Zealand edition released. The track listing for the US edition contains tracks taken from their debut album. The album was released to the New Zealand market on November 11, 2003; and released internationally on August 23, 2004, via Interscope Records.

Chart performance

This Little Empire debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums chart on November 9, 2003. It spent three weeks within the top ten and peaked at #4. The album spent a total of 13 weeks on the chart.^[1]

Personnel

Zed

• Nathan King – vocals, guitar
• Ben Campbell – bass, vocals
• Andrew "Andy" Lynch – guitar, vocals, engineering
• Adrian Palmer – drums, percussion

Production

• Sylvia Massy Shivy – producer
• Rich Veltrop – engineering
• Josh Kiser - assistant engineer
• Clint Murphy – additional engineering
• Rivers Cuomo – composer
• Brian Wilson – composer
• Roger Christian – composer
• C. Brooks – composer
• M. Barus – composer
• Clif Norrell – mixing
• Robert Orton – mixing (track 2)
• Martin Kierszenbaum – additional production (track 2)
• Malcolm Welsford – producer, engineering, mixing (track 5)
• George Marino – mastering (track 5)

Additional personnel

• Martin Kierszenbaum – A&R director
• Andrea Ruffalo – A&R co-ordinator
• Robert Hayes – management
• A. Kim Guggenheim – legal representative
• Steve Strange – agent
• Kevin Soh – concept, art direction and design
• Simon Oosterdijk – concept, art direction and design
• Aaron K. – photography
• Karen Inderbitzen-Waller – styling

Credits for This Little Empire adapted from liner notes.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: This Little Empire - Zed - Top 40 Albums. muzic.net.nz. 29 July 2012.
2. This Little Empire (CD liner notes). Zed. Interscope Records. 2003.