How It Feels to Be Something On is the third studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by American alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Sunny Day Real Estate

Sunny Day Real Estate

Sunny Day Real Estate is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. In the 1990s, the group expanded upon the grunge style that was popular in the local scene to make a more melodic sound. While not the first band to be classified as emo, they were instrumental in establishing the genre. In...

, and the first since their 1997 comeback. It was released September 8th, 1998. Noteworthy is the use of the words "darium" and "mondrary" which do not exist in the English language.

Track listing

1. "Pillars" – 4:57
2. "Roses in Water" – 3:42
3. "Every Shining Time You Arrive" – 4:13
4. "Two Promises" – 4:39
5. "100 Million" – 5:38
6. "How It Feels to Be Something On" – 3:57
7. "The Prophet" – 5:13
8. "Guitar and Video Games" – 4:09
9. "The Shark's Own Private Fuck" – 4:03
10. "The Days Were Golden" – 5:08

Recording Sessions

The album was recorded between March 10, 1998 and April 26, 1998. Some tracks with alternate mixes have surfaced on the Internet. Most don't differ much from the released versions, however, "Roses in Water" features an extended ending.

Personnel

• Jeremy Enigk
  Jeremy Enigk
  Jeremy Enigk is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist known for being the front man of the Seattle band Sunny Day Real Estate.-Biography:...
  
   – Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
• William Goldsmith
  William Goldsmith
  William Goldsmith is an American drummer best known for being the drummer of the popular Seattle Alternative band Sunny Day Real Estate and for his tenure as the drummer of the alternative rock band Foo Fighters...
  
   – Percussion, Drums
• Dan Hoerner
  Dan Hoerner
  Dan Hoerner is the guitarist and former lead vocalist for the band Sunny Day Real Estate. However, the band was not yet named Sunny Day Real Estate at the time he was lead vocalist....
  
   – Guitar, Vocals, Cover Design
• Nick Barber
• Caleb Wilson - Track Supervisor
• Chip Butters – Assistant Engineer, Assistant
• Greg Calbi – Mastering
• Steve Culp – Assistant Engineer, Assistant
• Eric Janko – Assistant Engineer, Assistant
• Adam Kasper – Mixing
• Jeff Palmer – Bass
• Pat Sample – Mixing Assistant, Assistant
• Chris Thompson – Artwork
• Aaron Warner – Assistant Engineer, Assistant
• Greg Williamson – Producer, Engineer, Mixing

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1998	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...	3
1998	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...	132