Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (album)
2005 studio album by Tally Hall / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum is the debut studio album by American rock band Tally Hall, originally released on November 12, 2005. Their previous recordings were all independently produced and distributed demos. All of the tracks on the album are finished versions of their demo tracks featured in Complete Demos, with the exception of "Haiku," which is a completely new song. The album gets its name from a museum of mechanized curiosities that is located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The album's cover art is also based on a number of machines located within the museum.
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Released | November 12, 2005 | |||
Recorded | June–October 2005 May–June 2007 (2008 reissue) | |||
Studio | 40 Oz. Sound, Ann Arbor Stratosphere Sound, New York City[1] | |||
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Length | 49:10 50:06 (re-issue) 61:35 (Needlejuice re-issue) | |||
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Producer | Tally Hall Chris Shaw & Tally Hall (re-issue, "The Bidding" and "Just Apathy") | |||
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The album was officially re-released on September 12, 2006, under the Quack! Media label.[3] This re-release coincided with additional publicity on MTV, national distribution in all major retail stores, and various other TV appearances including The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. The music video for "Good Day" was first shown at Tally Hall's two Ann Arbor concerts on September 23, 2006.
Tally Hall was later signed with Atlantic Records, and was approved to re-record Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum at Stratosphere Sound Recording Studios in NYC. The remastered version of the album was released in April 2008, with "Good Day" being released as a single. The album received generally positive reviews.