discography

albums

Shot Forth Self Living

Def American Records cat#9 45067-2

tracklisting:

1. One More 9:08 (Laner)
2. Aruca 4:49 (Laner/Zilinskas)
3. Defective 4:10 (Laner)
4. A Short Happy Life 6:39 (Laner/Thompson)
5. 5ive 3:33 (Laner)
6. Sweet Explosion 3:15 (Laner/Putnam/Ruscha/Thompson)
7. Queen of Tension 4:14 (Laner)
8. Miss Drugstore 5:03 (Laner/Zilinskas)
9. Christmas Song 8:33 (Laner)

Produced by Brad Laner. Engineered by Chris Apthorp (except "Aruca" engineered by John Cevetello and Chris Apthorp). Recorded in April, 1992 at Hammer in downtown Chatsworth, California. Art Director & Design: Tom Recchion & Eddie Ruscha.

Band at the time: Jim Goodall: drums, Brad Laner: vocals, guitars, percussion, piano, Jim Putnam: guitars, ham radio, Eddie Ruscha: bass, tapes, Beth Thompson: vocals with Sneaky Pete Kleinow: pedal steel on "A Short Happy Life" and "Christmas Song"

The Buried Life

American Records cat#9 45443-2

tracklisting:

1. The Pink 5:38 (Laner/Putnam/Ruscha)
2. Babydoll 3:10 (Laner)
3. Slut 3:55 (Laner/Thompson)
4. She Knows Everything 4:17 (Laner)
5. Something Goes Wrong 3:13 (Laner)
6. Never Click 6:06 (Laner)
7. Fried Awake 4:47 (Laner/Thompson)
8. Beneath the Sands 4:38 (Laner/Thompson)
9. Emmeline 1:27 (Laner/Thompson/Goodall)
10. I Hear 5:35 (Laner/Thompson)
11. Live it Down 5:35 (Laner)
12. The Earth is Soft and White 7:10 (Goodall/Laner)

Track 10 for Pete Sotos. Jim Goodall: drums, tape recorder, water, etc. Brad Laner: guitars, vocals, piano, noise, etc. Beth Thompson: vocals, tapes, toads, etc. Published by milk alive/virgin music 1993. Produced by Brad Laner between Sept. 1992 and July 1993. Recorded at Hammer in Chatsworth, California.

Her Highness

American Records cat#9 43016-2

tracklisting:

1. All Good Things 5:07 (Laner/Thompson)
2. Wash Me Out 4:21 (Laner)
3. Candy Candy 5:11 (Laner/Thompson/Goodall)
4. I Feel Nothing At All 3:51 (Laner)
5. A Fractured Smile 3:49 (Laner/Thompson/Goodall/Meldal-Johnson)
6. Farther Dub 1:36 (Laner)
7. Farther Down 5:12 (Laner)
8. Aarhus 3:47 (Laner/Thompson/Goodall)
9. Seen the Light Alone 4:57 (Laner)
10. Heads 7:56 (Laner/Thompson/Goodall)

Produced and engineered by Eddie Offord and Brad Laner. Touring band at the time was Brad Laner, Jim Goodall, Beth Thompson, Justin Meldal-Johnson, and Matt Devine.

The Mechanical Forces of Love

Wall Of Sound (available as Double LP and CD - WALLLP031 and WALLCD031)

tracklisting:

1. As You Do 3:38
2. I Smile To My Eyes 3:51
3. Wet On Wet 4:02
4. Best Future 4:13
5. ioi 4:35
6. IM Yrs 4:34
7. Astral Gravy 2:56
8. Good For Me 3:56
9. Negative Capability 3:37
10. Whiz 3:33
11. Sodden Rockets 4:43
12. And Sometimes Y 4:29

Voices Shannon Lee. Instruments and Voices Brad Laner. Assisted by Joey Waronker - drum kit on track 4, Josh Laner - drum kit on track 9, Kid 606 - drum programming on track 11. Produced Engineered, and Mixed by Brad Laner in the Lab of Happy Dreams. Spiritual Advisor Mark Jones. All songs written by Brad Laner/Shannon Lee except tracks 4 and 9 written by Brad Laner. Track 11 written by Brad Laner/Miguel Depedro. Published by Wall of Sound/Sony/ATV Music Publishing. June 2003.