Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "What I Am" 4:54
2. "Little Miss S." 3:37
3. "Air of December" 5:54
4. "The Wheel" 3:53
5. "Love Like We Do" 3:13
6. "Circle" 3:11
7. "Beat the Time" 2:58
8. "She" 5:06
9. "Nothing" 4:49
10. "Now" 6:00
11. "Keep Coming Back" 2:42
12. "I Do" (Hidden track) 2:00
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Band Members / Musicians
Edie Brickell - vocals
Kenny Withrow - guitar
Brad Houser - bass guitar
Brandon Aly - drums
John Bush - percussion
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Robbie Blunt - guitar
Chris Whitten - drums
Paul "Wix" Wickens - keyboards
John Henry - background vocals
Both Chris Whitten and Paul "Wix" Wickens were/are members of Paul McCartney's band; Whitten from 1989-1990 and Wickens from 1989-present
Producer: Pat Moran
Engineer: Pat Moran
Mastering: George Marino
Design: Terry Robertson
Cover illustration: Edie Brickell
Photography: Bob Cook
Tracks 6 & 8 published by Geffen Music-Withrow Publishing-Edie Brickell Songs
Tracks 11 & 12 published by Geffen Music-Edie Brickell Songs
All Other Tracks Published By Geffen Music-Strangemind Productions-Enlightened Kitty-Withrow Publishing-Edie Brickell Songs
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars is the debut album by the American alternative rock band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, released in 1988. The album went 2x platinum in the United States.
"What I Am" was the lead single and big hit from the album, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. The follow-up single, "Circle," was about strained relationships. Although described by author Brent Mann as "the perfect follow up single to 'What I Am'" and which "had 'smash' written all over it," it stalled at #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 and fared slightly better on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, reaching #32. Another song from the album, "Little Miss S." was inspired by Edie Sedgwick and reached #38 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #14 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians is an alternative rock jam band that originated in Dallas, Texas, in the mid-1980s. The band is widely known for their 1988 hit "What I Am" from the album Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars. Their music contains elements of rock, folk, blues, and jazz. Following the 1990 release of their second album Ghost of a Dog, lead singer Edie Brickell left the band and married singer-songwriter Paul Simon. In 2006, she and the band launched a new web site and released a new album, Stranger Things.
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Band Members / Musicians
Brandon Aly – drums
Edie Brickell – vocals, guitar
John Walter Bush – percussion
John Bradley Houser – bass guitar, woodwinds
Kenneth Neil Withrow – guitar
Carter Albrecht – keyboards, electric guitar, harmonica, vocals (died 2007)
Wes Burt-Martin – guitar
Matt Chamberlain – drums
Eric Presswood – guitar
Chris Wheatley – keyboards
Chris Whitten – drums
Paul "Wix" Wickens – keyboards
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Discography Full
1988 Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars
1990 Ghost of a Dog
1999 The Live Montauk Sessions
2006 Stranger Things
2018 Rocket
2021 Hunter and the Dog Star
