Earth is the second album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on A&M Records in 1989.
Details In 1996, Sweet provided backing vocals for Kris McKay in a cover of his own song, "How Cool", on her album, Things That Show.
Track listing All songs written by Matthew Sweet, except where noted "Easy" - 4:21 "When I Feel Again" - 3:36 "Wind and the Sun" - 3:39 "Children of Time (Forever)" - 3:49 "Love" (Sweet, Fred Maher) - 4:42 "Vertigo" (Sweet, Maher) - 4:32 "Underground" - 3:36 "The Alcohol Talking" (Sweet, Maher) - 3:15 "Vixen" - 3:21 "How Cool" - 2:35 "Having a Bad Dream" - 3:27
Personnel Matthew Sweet – vocals, programming, rhythm guitars (1, 2, 4–11), bass (1, 3, 5–11), lead guitar (2), all guitars (3) Fred Maher – programming Richard Lloyd – lead guitar (1, 2, 8), rhythm guitars (4, 6, 9), middle lead guitar (7) Gary Lucas – lead guitar (5), slide guitar (5), wah wah guitar (6), dobro (11) Robert Quine – rhythm guitars (5, 10), lead guitar (6), electric guitar (11) Ric Menck – drum samples, additional programming (2) Trip Shakespeare – backing vocals (1–10) Leah Kunkel – backing vocals (2, 3, 5–10), BGV coordinator Lana Delve – backing vocals (8) Kate Pierson – backing vocals (9)
Production David M. Allen – producer, recording Fred Maher – producer, drum sample recording, mixing (11) Matthew Sweet – producer, mixing (11) David Leonard – drum sample recording, mixing (1–10) Scott Litt – drum sample recording Bill Esses – second engineer Jeff Abikzer – recording assistant Keith Freedman – recording assistant Lori Fumar – mix assistant Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY) Harris Savides – photography Richard Frankel – art direction, design Rick Smith – management
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