Under the Influence – 21 Years of Flying Nun Records explained

Under the Influence – 21 Years of Flying Nun Records
Type:	studio
Artist:	Various artists
Border:	yes
Released:	May 16, 2002
Recorded:	22 March 2002
Genre:	Indie rock
Producer:	Malcolm Welsford

Under the Influence — 21 Years of Flying Nun Records is a double album that includes tracks by various bands signed or related to the Flying Nun Records label.^[1]

The album was planned as a celebration of the 21st anniversary of Flying Nun Records.^[2] Bands invited to be part of the album were asked to record one or two songs; if two songs, then one should be a cover of a Flying Nun song that influenced or inspired them and the other song should be a new and unreleased song of their own. These were all to be recorded on a single day at York Street Studio on 22 March 2002.

Track listing

CD1

1. "Crazy I Know" – Gerling
2. "Japanese Girls" – Pan Am
3. "Outer Space" – Betchadupa
4. "Gentle Hour" – The Clean
5. "Heavenly Pop Hit" – Garageland
6. "Unnecessary Evil" – The Hasselhoff Experiment
7. "Joe 90" – The D4
8. "Death and the Maiden" – Stephen Malkmus
9. "If I Were You" – Tall Dwarfs
10. "Inner Silenced" – HDU with Shayne Carter

CD2

1. "Friday in the Ground" – Chris Knox
2. "Get Loose" – The D4
3. "Saskatchewan" – Pan Am
4. "Graduation of Frustration" – Garageland
5. "Bad Food and Long Drives" – Betchadupa
6. "Brain That Wouldn't Die" – The Hasselhoff Experiment
7. "Man on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" – HDU with Shayne Carter
8. "Same Old New World" – Graeme Downes
9. "Corridor" – The Clean

Photography and film

The recording session also resulted in a number of spin-off works:

• A photographic exhibition by photographer Fraser Harding http://www.origindesign.co.nz/originart/fraser_harding2/index.html
• A feature-length documentary Heavenly Pop Hits http://nzmusic.org.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/article/pi_articleid/252
• A music video of Stephen Malkmus' rendition of The Verlaines' "Death and the Maiden" http://flyingnun.co.nz/viewartist.cfm?artistID=539

External links

• Flying Nun Records official website
• Gallery of official recording session photos
• Official website of recording session and cover artwork photographer Fraser Harding
• York Street Studios official website
• Radio New Zealand interview about the Flying Nun Records' 21st anniversary

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flying Nun Still Airborne After 21 Years. Billboard - Google Books . 2002-04-27 . 2020-03-13.
2. Book: The Rough Guide to New Zealand - Paul Whitfield - Google Books . 4 October 2010. 9781405385534 . 2020-03-13. Whitfield . Paul . Rough Guides .