Utopia Parkway

Utopia Parkway
Studio album by Fountains of Wayne
Publication (s)	1999
Label (s)	Atlantic Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	14th
running time	45:35
occupation	Tape: Chris Collingwood ( vocals , guitar , keyboard ) Adam Schlesinger ( background vocals , electric bass , guitar , keyboard ) Jody Porter ( backing vocals , guitar ) Brian Young ( drums , percussion ) Guest musicians: Ron Sexsmith ( background vocals ) Garo Yellin ( string instruments ) Conway Kuo ( string instruments ) Ralph Farris ( string instruments ) Kris Woolsey ( clapping )
production	Chris Collingwood Adam Schlesinger
Studio (s)	Stratosphere Sound, NYC The Big House, NYC Room With A Jew, NYC Destructopuss, Northampton, MA
chronology Fountains of Wayne ( 1996 ) Utopia Parkway Welcome Interstate Managers ( 2003 )

Utopia Parkway is the second album by the American band Fountains of Wayne , released in 1999 on Atlantic Records . It was named after a street in the New York borough of Queens .

When Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger separately began working on the lyrics for the album, they both independently came up with the idea of ​​writing about topics that had preoccupied them during their high school years. As on the first album, the songs are provided with funny lyrics or at least to be viewed with a twinkle in the eye, but serious pieces are also included here again, for example A Fine Day For a Parade , which is about a woman who after the loss of two Family members have trouble finding their way back to their lives, or Troubled Times , which is about young love and which has become a fan favorite.

For the first single, Denise , a video was made that was shown frequently on American music television , but did not drive the sales of the album to the desired level. As a result, the band was fired from Atlantic Records and temporarily broke up to devote themselves to other projects for over three years before reuniting.

List of titles

1. Utopia Parkway
2. Red Dragon Tattoo
3. Denise
4. Hat and feet
5. The Valley of Malls
6. Troubled Times
7. Go hippie
8. A Fine Day For a Parade
9. Amity Gardens
10. Laser show
11. Lost in Space
12. Prom theme
13. It must be summer
14. The Senator's Daughter

Singles

The three singles below were extracted from the album . All B-sides were re-released on the 2005 album Out-of-State Plates .

Denise

1. Denise
2. I know you well
3. I'll Do the Driving (Original Version)

Red Dragon Tattoo

1. Red Dragon Tattoo
2. Today's teardrops
3. Nightlight

Troubled Times

Troubled Times was released in two different formats: as a single for the international and as an EP for the Japanese market. In addition to the entire material of the single, this EP contains the two B-sides of the single Red Dragon Tattoo and the track I'll Do The Driving , which can be found on the single Denise , but there in an earlier version. Since this song was recorded in Chris Collingwood's apartment, the voice in the original version sounds a bit muffled. This was edited for republication on the Troubled Times EP.

single

1. Troubled Times
2. You're Just Never Satisfied
3. These Days

EP

1. Troubled Times
2. I'll Do the Driving (Edited Version)
3. You're Just Never Satisfied
4. Today's teardrops
5. Nightlight
6. These Days

Web links

• Official website of the band