Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 is the fifth album by Michael Penn

Michael Penn

Michael Penn is an American singer, songwriter and composer. He is the eldest son of actor/director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of actors Sean Penn and the late Chris Penn.-Career:...

, originally released independently in 2005 on Mimeograph Records (Penn's United Musicians

United Musicians

United Musicians is an independent music collective founded by Aimee Mann, Michael Penn and Michael Hausman. According to UM's Web site, it is "founded on the principle that every artist should be able to retain copyright ownership of the work he or she has created and that this ownership is the...

 label) and distributed through SpinART Records

SpinART Records

spinART Records is a now-defunct New York City-based independent record label that released recordings by artists such as The Apples in Stereo, Clem Snide, Frank Black and Michael Penn....

. Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division. It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records under the leadership of Jerry Shulman, Richard Bauer, Gary Pacheco and Amy Herot to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated...

 licensed the album for a 2007 reissue that included bonus tracks and a video.

The album's themes are framed by Penn's fascination with events taking place in 1947, which he describes as "the year everything changed." It is named for a Raymond Lark painting Penn had initially intended to use as the album's cover.

Track listing

All songs by Michael Penn

1. "Walter Reed"
2. "Denton Road"
3. "Room 712, The Apache"
4. "Pretending"
5. "The Transistor"
6. "Mary Lynn"
7. "18 September"
8. "The Television Set Waltz"
9. "You Know How"
10. "A Bad Sign"
11. "O.K."
12. "On Automatic"
13. "(P.S.) Millionaire" (not listed in liner notes)

Legacy reissue bonus disc

Tracks 1-6 are live performances from a KCRW

KCRW

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 appearance

1. "Walter Reed"
2. "Bad Sign"
3. "Denton Road"
4. "I Can Tell"
5. "Me Around"
6. "O.K."
7. Video for "Walter Reed"
8. "Down by the Riverside" (hidden track)

Personnel

• Michael Penn - dulcimer, bass, guitar, percussion, piano, Hammond organ, vocals
• Aimee Mann
  Aimee Mann
  Aimee Mann is an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and bassist.-Early life:Aimee Mann grew up in Bon Air, Virginia, graduated from Open High School in 1978 and attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out to sing with her first punk rock band, the Young Snakes...
  
   - bass, vocals
• Michael Bland
  Michael Bland
  Michael Bland is best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for 7 years....
  
  - drums
• Julian Coryell - slide guitar
• Danny Frankel - drums
• Buddy Judge - harmony vocals
• Gary Louris - harmony vocals
• Patrick Warren - piano, Fender Rhodes, pianette
• Jebin Bruni - piano, pianette
• Dave Palmer - piano
• Sheldon Gomberg - upright bass
• Justin Rocherolle - drums

External links

• Official site; includes audio samples and lyrics
• Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 media kit