Elva (album)
Elva is the fourth album by the San Diego-based rock band Unwritten Law, released in 2002 by Interscope Records. With it the band moved away from their previously established punk rock formula and towards a more accessible hard rock sound. The band found success with the song "Seein' Red", which reached #1 on US modern rock charts.
Elva was the band's first album with bassist Pat "PK" Kim. It features guest appearances by Tony Kanal of No Doubt, Josh Freese of The Vandals, and Neville Staple of The Specials. The two "Raleigh Soliloquy" tracks are recordings of the rants of Raleigh Theodore Sakers. Previous recordings of his rants numbered soliloquies I-III had appeared on the Sublime album Robbin' the Hood. After the closing track "Evolution" there is a phone message to singer Scott Russo from Blink-182 singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge, a close friend of the band who had grown up with them in their home town of Poway.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Scott Russo, except where noted.
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"Mean Girl" (lyrics: Ben Rosen, Russo) | Ben Rosen | John Shanks |
3:06 |
2. |
"Up All Night" | Scott Russo | Michael Happoldt, Unwritten Law |
3:03 |
3. |
"Sound Siren" | Russo | Shanks |
2:50 |
4. |
"How You Feel" | Russo | Happoldt, Unwritten Law |
2:45 |
5. |
"Blame It on Me" | Rob Brewer, Russo, Wade Youman | Shanks |
2:36 |
6. |
"Seein' Red" | Russo | Happoldt, Unwritten Law |
3:47 |
7. |
"Nick and Phil" (no music; spoken word by Nicholas Wright and Phil Jamieson) | | |
0:38 |
8. |
"Hellborn" | Youman, Russo | Shanks |
3:19 |
9. |
"Geronimo" | Russo, Steve Morris, Youman, Brewer, Pat Kim | Shanks |
3:29 |
10. |
"Rescue Me" | Russo | Happoldt, Unwritten Law |
4:01 |
11. |
"Actress, Model..." (lyrics: John Brinton Hogan, Russo) | John Brinton Hogan | Shanks |
3:09 |
12. |
"Raleigh (Soliloquy, Pt. V)" (no music; spoken word by Raleigh Theodore Sakers) | | |
0:14 |
13. |
"Babalon" | Russo | Happoldt, Unwritten Law |
4:08 |
14. |
"Raleigh (Soliloquy, Pt. VI)" (no music; spoken word by Sakers) | | |
0:42 |
15. |
"Rest of My Life" | Russo | Josh Abraham |
2:43 |
16. |
"Elva" | Russo, Nicholas Wright, Phil Jamieson | Happoldt, Unwritten Law |
4:08 |
17. |
"Evolution" | Russo, Morris, Youman, Brewer, Kim | Shanks |
5:35 |
Total length: |
50:13 |
Personnel
- Unwritten Law
- Additional musicians
- Nicholas Wright - Guitar on "Elva"
- Josh Freese - drums on "Up All Night"
- John Shanks - additional guitar on "Sound Siren," slide guitar on "Actress, Model..."
- Miguel - upbeat guitar on "How You Feel," lead guitar on "Seein' Red"
- Marshall Goodman - percussion on "Up All Night" and "Hellborn"
- Michael Fisher - Indian percussion on "Babalon"
- The Allday Singers - group vocals on "Babalon"
- Tony Kanal - bass guitar on "Rest of My Life"
- Neville Staples - DJ vocal on "Evolution"
- Raleigh Theodore Sakers - spoken vocals on tracks 12 & 14
- Artwork
- Steven R. Gilmore – Sleeve design, layout, art direction, line drawings (based on original drawings by Wade Youman)
- Wade Youman and Marc B. – Art direction
- Mark Baldswin – Cover paintings
- Dean Karr – Photography
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- Production
- John Shanks and Miguel – Producers
- Josh Abraham – producer and mixing of "Rest of My Life"
- Mark DeSisto and Tobias Miller – engineers
- Dan Chase, Tal Herzberg, and Baraka – Pro Tools
- Eddie Ashworth – additional engineering
- Mike McMullen and Jerry Moss – assistant engineers
- David J. Holman – mixing
- Mixed at Cactus Studio Hollywwod
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Management
- Bill Silva, Les Borsai – Managers for Bill Silva Management
- Andy Somers, Val Wolfe & Melody King – Booking Agents for The Agency Group
- Mark Williams & Tom Whalley – A&R
- John Branca, Mitch Tenzer & Heather Hathwell-Ziffren – Legal for Britteham, Branca & Fischer, LLP
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Charts
- Album
Singles
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- Scott Russo
- Jonny Grill
- Chris Lewis
- Wade Youman
- John Bell
- Rob Brewer
- Tony Palermo
- Steve Morris
- Pat Kim
- Kevin Besignano
- Derik Envy
- Dylan Howard
- Ace Von Johnson
- Shannon Woods
- Craig Winters
- Chris Mussey
- Eric Barth
- Jeff Brehm
- Matt Rathje
- Jason Hill
- Vince "Sloppo"
- Donald Stone
- Nathan Rooney
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