How Does Your Garden Grow?

For other uses, see How Does Your Garden Grow? (disambiguation).

How Does Your Garden Grow? is an album by the American alternative rock trio Better Than Ezra, released in 1998 via Elektra Records.^[2] It was the band's second album with drummer Travis Aaron McNabb.^[3]

How Does Your Garden Grow?
Studio album by Better Than Ezra
Released	August 25, 1998
Recorded	January 19 – March 30, 1998
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	58:25
Label	Elektra
Producer	Malcolm Burn
Better Than Ezra chronology
Friction, Baby (1996) How Does Your Garden Grow? (1998) Closer (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album peaked at No. 128 on the Billboard charts. The first single, "One More Murder", peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Modern Rock charts, while the second single, "At the Stars", peaked at No. 17.^[4] The 1998 The X-Files film features "One More Murder" on its soundtrack album.

Following the release of How Does Your Garden Grow?, Elektra dropped the band.

In 2013, the album was re-released on DVD-Audio in 5.1 surround sound.^[5]

Production

The album was produced by Malcolm Burn.^[6] It was recorded at the band's Fudge Studios, in New Orleans.^[7] The album cover is subtitled "A Series of Nocturnes".^[8]

Critical reception

The Washington Post called the album "clever, consistent and deftly eclectic."^[6]

AllMusic wrote that "the new ambition in the music (even if it isn't adventurous) and the catchier, more emotional songwriting is enough to elevate How Does Your Garden Grow? to the status of Better Than Ezra's best album."^[1]

Track listing

All tracks by Kevin Griffin

1. "Je ne m'en Souviens pas" – 4:43
2. "One More Murder" – 4:39
3. "At the Stars" – 3:43
4. "Like It Like That" – 2:44
5. "Allison Foley" – 3:45
6. "Under You" – 4:56
7. "Live Again" – 4:24
8. "Happy Day Mama" – 3:22
9. "Pull" – 2:58
10. "Particle" – 6:04
11. "Beautiful Mistake" – 4:35
12. "Everything in 2's" – 3:47
13. "New Kind of Low: Low / Coma" – 5:17
14. "Waxing or Waning?" – 3:21

Personnel

• Kevin Griffin – Guitar, Vocals, Rhodes, Piano, Chamberlin, VCS3
• Tom Drummond – Bass, Pedal Steel, MetaSynth, VCS3
• Travis Aaron McNabb – Drums, Percussion, Beat Box, VCS3, Optigan

Additional personnel

• Anthony Dagradi – Flute
• Mark Mullins – Trombone
• Brian Graber – Trumpet
• James Arthur Payne – Guitar, Vocals
• Karl Berger – Vibraphone

References

1. "How Does Your Garden Grow? - Better Than Ezra | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
2. "Better Than Ezra Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
3. "Better Than Ezra Discuss Ex-Drummer's Legal Suits". MTV News. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017.
4. Whitburn, Joel (October 9, 2008). "Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981-2008". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
5. "10 Questions With Kevin Griffin". BMI.com. 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
6. "BETTER THAN EZRA 'HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?' ELEKTRA". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
7. "CNN - Better Than Ezra break new ground on third album - March 8, 1999". www.cnn.com.
8. "Happy Anniversary: Better Than Ezra, How Does Your Garden Grow? | Rhino". www.rhino.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.