Of the Blue Colour of the Sky [Extra Nice Edition]

by OK Go

Overview

Internet sensations have a short shelf life, which makes OK Go's extended break after the treadmill-jumping clip for "Here It Goes Again" went viral in 2006 somewhat admirable. They resisted the temptation to knock out another collection of power pop and instead hibernated for a few years, eventually teaming up with Dave Fridmann -- a former member of Mercury Rev best known for his production work with the Flaming Lips -- with the intention of reinvention, resulting in the mildly bewildering Of the Blue Colour of the Sky. Rarely resembling the twitchy punk-pop of nearly five years ago, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky's touchstone isn't Weezer, it's Prince, an about-face the band cheekily acknowledges with the title of their opening track, "WTF." Of course, Prince has been the white weirdos' go-to freak for the better part of two decades now - Ween and Beck are in his debt, R.E.M. and Warren Zevon dirtied up "Raspberry Beret" as the Hindu Love Gods -- so the surprise isn't the choice of inspiration but rather that OK Go chose to return with a record that bears only fleeting traces of the pop immediacy of their first two: when they're not knocking off the Purple One on "White Knuckles," they're on the same space trip as the Lips ("Back from Kathmandu") or gazing inwardly like Beck on Sea Change. This spaciousness expands as the album rolls on, eventually obscuring the immediacy of some of the first half, yet their range is impressive, especially considering their neo-novelty background. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/02/2010
Label:	Paracadute
UPC:	0766929957220
Rank:	185268

Tracks

Disc 1

1. WTF?
2. This Too Shall Pass
3. All Is Not Lost
4. Needing/Getting
5. Skyscrapers
6. White Knuckles
7. I Want You So Bad I Can't Breathe
8. End Love
9. Before the Earth Was Round
10. Last Leaf
11. Back from Kathmandu
12. While You Were Asleep
13. In the Glass

Disc 2

14. Skyscrapers [Bristol Version]
15. Shooting the Moon
16. Louisiana Land
17. This Too Shall Pass [Marching Band Version]
18. Gigantic
19. This Will Be Our Year
20. This Too Shall Pass [Passion Pit Sunday Hangover Remix]
21. Skyscrapers
22. I Want You So Bad I Can't Breathe (If You're Down)
23. Needing/Getting (More Than You Could Know)
24. Back from Kathmandu
25. Shooting the Moon (Over the Moon)
26. Before the Earth Was Round
27. All Is Not Lost (You Will Lose)
28. While You Were Asleep (Break the Sand)
29. Last Leaf
30. Ira Glass in Conversation with OK Go and Dave Fridmann: The Sound of the New Record
31. Ira Glass in Conversation with OK Go and Dave Fridmann: Chatting with Dave
32. Ira Glass in Conversation with OK Go and Dave Fridmann: Dave Defends Distortion
33. Ira Glass in Conversation with OK Go and Dave Fridmann: Recording Last leaf
34. Ira Glass in Conversation with OK Go and Dave Fridmann: Playing Live
35. Ira Glass in Conversation with OK Go and Dave Fridmann: Lyrics

Album Credits

Performance Credits

OK Go   Primary Artist
Mark Mullins   Trombone
Brian Perkins   Handclapping

Technical Credits

Charles Thompson   Composer
Eric Drew Feldman   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Greg Calbi   Mastering
Timothy Nordwind   Group Member
Rob Laufer   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Damian Kulash, Jr.   Mixing,Concept,Engineer,Producer,Group Member
OK Go   Composer,Engineer
Dave Fridmann   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Dan Konopka   Group Member
Passion Pit   Mixing,Producer
Ken Dye   Arranger
Mark B. Christensen   Mastering
Jamie Lincoln Kitman   Management
Paul Boswell   Booking
Frank Riley   Booking
Greg McInerny   Concept
Dave Vettraino   Live Recording
Kimberley Murphy   Composer
Jonathan Menjivar   Editing
Craig Laskowski   Live Recording
Andy Ross   Group Member
Chris White   Composer