Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
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Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True is the third full length album by alternative metal
band Fair to Midland
. It is the band's major label debut after two self-released albums. Fables from a Mayfly was released on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 with its first single
to receive radio play being "Dance of the Manatee
". Through a fan driven grassroots
campaign, the album has sold over 50,000 copies.
Fables from a Mayfly has received largely positive reviews, with IGN
calling it "Easily a frontrunner for album of the year." The album reached #137 on the Billboard 200
, and #2 on Top Heatseekers
.
The international version of the album contain "Orphan Anthem '86," previously featured on inter.funda.stifle
and The Drawn and Quartered EP
, and are missing the instrumentals that appear between listed songs, with the exception of "Ozymandius" after "Say When." It also does not feature the hidden track before Dance of the Manatee
.
. This rendtition is reportedly different lyrically, but does still future a children's choir singing the bridge.
Early versions with guide vocals of "Pour the Coal to'er" and "Musical Chairs" have leaked.
Additional Musicians
Production
Alternative metal
Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...
band Fair to Midland
Fair to Midland
Fair to Midland is an American progressive metal band that formed in 1998 and is based in Dallas, Texas. They are currently signed to E1 Music. According to the band's official website, their name comes from "...an old Texan play on the term 'fair to middling'." The band produced two self-released...
. It is the band's major label debut after two self-released albums. Fables from a Mayfly was released on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 with its first single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
to receive radio play being "Dance of the Manatee
Dance of the Manatee
"Dance of the Manatee" is a song by the American art rock band, Fair to Midland. It was originally the second track on inter.funda.stifle, but was also re-recorded for Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True...
". Through a fan driven grassroots
Grassroots
A grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures...
campaign, the album has sold over 50,000 copies.
Fables from a Mayfly has received largely positive reviews, with IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
calling it "Easily a frontrunner for album of the year." The album reached #137 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, and #2 on Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
.
Track listing
- "Tibet" - (Hidden Track, must rewind CD from beginning to listen)
The international version of the album contain "Orphan Anthem '86," previously featured on inter.funda.stifle
Inter.funda.stifle
-Personnel:Fair to Midland is * Darroh Sudderth — vocals* Clifford Campbell — guitars* Nathin Seals — bass* Brett Stowers — percussion* Matthew Langley — pianos, etc.Additional Musicians...
and The Drawn and Quartered EP
The Drawn and Quartered EP
The Drawn and Quartered EP is an EP by alternative rock band Fair to Midland and their first release on Serjical Strike Records. It contains two songs from the album inter.funda.stifle. It also features live versions of two songs that were recorded at the Granada Theater in Dallas, Texas on May 12,...
, and are missing the instrumentals that appear between listed songs, with the exception of "Ozymandius" after "Say When." It also does not feature the hidden track before Dance of the Manatee
Dance of the Manatee
"Dance of the Manatee" is a song by the American art rock band, Fair to Midland. It was originally the second track on inter.funda.stifle, but was also re-recorded for Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True...
.
Studio outtakes
"Pour the Coal to' er" was considered for release on the European edition of the album, but it was eventually dropped. Subsequently the song, together with "Musical Chairs", was later re-recorded for the band's fourth studio album, Arrows and AnchorsArrows and Anchors
Arrows & Anchors is the fourth studio album by Texas progressive rock band Fair to Midland. After being pushed back from June, the band has announced, via their website, that the album would be released on July 12, 2011 by E1 Music in North America. In Europe, the record was released via Season of...
. This rendtition is reportedly different lyrically, but does still future a children's choir singing the bridge.
Early versions with guide vocals of "Pour the Coal to'er" and "Musical Chairs" have leaked.
Personnel
Fair to Midland- Brett Stowers (drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
) - Cliff Campbell (guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
) - Darroh Sudderth (vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
) - Jon Dicken (bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) - Matt Langley (keysMusical keyboardA musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
)
Additional Musicians
- Viola and violin on "Tall Tales Taste Like Sour Grapes" and "Walls of Jericho" by Claudio Vena
Production
- All songs published by Spreading Love with a Boxing Glove Music
- Album artwork by James Riches
- Produced & Mixed by David Bottrill
- Executive Producer: Serj Tankian
- Protools Editing/Data Management and Assistant to David Bottrill: David Stephan
- Bandtracks recorded at Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, Ontario
- Bandtracks engineered by Ian Bodzasi
- Assisted by Dan Argument
- Drum Tech: Adrian Gorizzan
- Protools Editing Bandtrack: Jag Tanna
- Overdubs recorded at Rattle Box Studios, Toronto
- Mixed at Larrabee North Studios, North Hollywood
- Mix assisted by Katia Lewin
- Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering and DVD
- Management: Esther Creative Group - Tom Sarig, Frank Hill, and Anna Jacobson-Leong
- A&R: Tom Kackey and George Tonikian
- Legal: Ben McLane, Esq. at McLane & Wong
- Booking: The Agency Group - Tim Borror, Josh Kline, and Leah Peterson