A Family Album

A Family Album
Studio album by
The Verve Pipe
ReleasedOctober 6, 2009 (2009-10-06)
RecordedBig Sky Recording, Ann Arbor, MI, Hess Street Studios, Lansing, MI
Length28:59
ProducerDonny Brown
The Verve Pipe chronology
A Homemade Holiday
(2007) 		A Family Album
(2009) 		Are We There Yet?
(2013)
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A Family Album is a children's album by The Verve Pipe. It is the first children's album by the band and was released in 2009 on Big Sky Recording.[1]

Track listing

All songs produced by Donny Brown.

All tracks are written by Brian Vander Ark and Donny Brown, except as noted.[2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wake Up" 2:17
2."We Had to Go Home" 3:03
3."Complimentary Love" 2:51
4."Be Part of the Band" 3:17
5."When One Became Two" 2:09
6."Cereal" 3:30
7."Only One of You"Brian Vander Ark, Donny Brown, Edward Groves3:01
8."Suppertime!" 2:21
9."Worrisome One" 2:23
10."Go to Sleep Now" 4:07

Personnel

The Verve Pipe

Band members Brian Vander Ark, Donny Brown and John Connors play throughout. A host of additional musicians contributed to the album.[3]

Additional musicians

  • Keith Axtell – rhythm guitar and licks on "Only One of You"
  • Mark Byerly – trumpet and background vocals on "We Had to Go Home"
  • Gary Clavette – clarinet on "We Had to Go Home"; saxophone on "Cereal"
  • Ben Keeler – opening electric guitar on "Be Part of the Band"
  • Nathanael Koenig – cowbell on "Wake Up"
  • Stephanie, Gabrielle & Brooke Krieger, Susan & Elizabeth Rohn – cheerleaders on "Wake Up" and "Be Part of the Band"
  • Mark Miller – acoustic guitar on "Wake Up"; electric guitar on "Complimentary Love" and "Worrisome One"
  • Motor City Horns (Mark Byerly, trumpet; John Rutherford, trombone; Keith Kaminski, alto and tenor sax) – horns on "Complimentary Love"
  • Paul Mundo – trombone on "We Had to Go Home" and "Only One of You"
  • Steve Pinckney – electric guitar on "Go to Sleep Now"
  • Andy Reed – acoustic and electric guitar on "Be Part of the Band"; ethereal keys and samples on "Go to Sleep Now"
  • Kay Rinker-O'Neil – flute on "When One Became Two"; opera voice on "Cereal"
  • Emily Rust – "Come and Get It!!" on "Suppertime!"
  • Randy Sly – keyboards on "Complimentary Love" and "Be Part of the Band"; organ on "When One Became Two", "Cereal" and "Worrisome One"; piano and electric piano on "Only One of You"
  • Tracy Sonneborn – french horn on "Go to Sleep Now"
  • Scott VanDell – electric guitar on "We Had to Go Home" and "Be Part of the Band"
  • Cathy Waldron – bassoon on "When One Became Two"

Additional production

  • Engineered by Geoff Michael, Chris DuRoss and Donny Brown
  • Additional engineering:
    • Mark Miller at Harvest Music and Sound
    • Andy Reed at Reed Recording Co.
    • Mark Byerly at Longview Sound
    • Al McAvoy
  • Additional editing by Ryan Wert and Jon Frazer
  • Mixed by John Holbrook at The Den, Kinderhook, NY
  • Mastered by Glenn Brown at GBP Studios, East Lansing, MI
  • Julie Magsig – horn arrangement for "We Had to Go Home" and "Complimentary Love"
  • Management: Doug Buttleman at Artist In Mind
  • Administration: Mara Wish Buttleman
  • Booking: Adam Bauer at Fleming Artists
  • Art direction and design: Kate Cosgrove

References

  1. ^ Catherine Meyer (March 20, 2024). "Replay: Rock 'n' Roll with The Verve Pipe's 'A Family Album'". The Loyola Phoenix. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  2. ^ "Local rockers Verve Pipe turn out 'A Family Album' for kids and adults alike". MLive. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  3. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "A Family Album". AllMusic. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
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