COMMERCIAL SUICIDE BY COLIN STACK
Featuring The Fever String Quartet, The Leftovers, The Jordan Winds, and The New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra.
     Produced by Colin Stack.
   *Produced by Caleb Morgan.  
** Produced by Colin Stack, Sean Rush, and Michael Singer.
     All songs engineered and mixed by Colin Stack except "Her Street"(engineered and mixed by Sean Rush), and "False Alarms"
(engineered and  mixed by Calebe Morgan).
     Cover by Erin E. Conley (Connie).  Graphic art and CD layout by Kirk Anderson
     Mastered by Colin Stack at Stacktone Productions in Red Hook N.Y
    All music and lyrics by Colin Stack except for "False Alarms"
(Music by Caleb Morgan and Colin Stack.  Lyrics by Colin Stack).
    All orchestral arrangements composed and arranged by Colin Stack
    Copyists: Thaddeus Bell, Gabriel Schlaffer, DeVon Gray, Brian Shaheen, Joanne Chen,
        Sean Rush, and Colin Stack.
    
1.  COOL GUY (Featuring the Fever String Quartet)
Joanne Chen-violin.  Lloyd Wesley Luke-violin. Gabriel Schlaffer-viola.  Laura Jenson-cello.  Colin Stack-unconventional voice.

2.  Prelude/CONFESSION/postlude
Both the prelude and postlude were performed by The Jordan Winds conducted by William Jrury. 
Excerpts taken from "Imagination  Overdrive" composed by Colin Stack.  "Confession" conducted by Colin Stack.
David McGrory- piano.  Richard Stone-clarinet.  Devin Seastone-trumpet. Dawn Gingrich-violin.
Sarah Dowdy-trombone. Mike Anklewicz-baritone saxophone. Gabriel Schlaffer-viola. Brenden Kane-string bass. 
Aye- vibraphone and glockenspiel.  Michael Singer- aux. glockenspiel.
Colin Stack-voice.

3.  HER BIG DEAL, TEN MINUTES OF HUMOR FOR ME
Conducted by Marcin Bella.  Leslie Walters-clarinet.  Laura Umbro-bassoon.  Mike Anklewicz- alto saxophone. 
Michael Winograd- baritone saxophone.  Andrew Simmons- trumpet.  Jeffrey C. Means- snare, timpani, and crash cymbal. 
Steven C. Crawford- vibraphone, xylophone, and chimes. Hugh G. Balzac-violin. Joyce Leonard-violin.  
Gabriel Schlaffer-viola. Yohan Ko-cello.  Colin Stack-voice.

4.  COMMERCIAL SUICIDE
Thaddeus Bell-piano.  Chip Hubble-drums.  Colin Stack- lead and backing vocals, bass, and  electric guitars.

5.  AT MY LOCAL DRUGSTORE
Marc Riordan-Drums.  Adam Platt-Grand Piano and Organ.  Martin Near-bass.  Colin Stack- lead and backing vocals, and rickenbacker 12-string.

6.  THOSE IMPRESSIONABLE DAYS (Featuring The Leftovers)
Conducted by Colin Stack.  Amy Advocat-clarinet.  Michael Winograd-clarinet, solos.  Michael Miller-bass clarinet.  Svetlana Tsoneva-violin.  
Daniel Bennett-alto saxophone.  James Mullen-tenor saxophone.  Adam Roberts-baritone saxophone.  Devin Seastone-trumpet.
Layci Guyon-glockenspiel and vibaphone.  Colin Stack-voice.

7.  THAT OLD BRICK BUILDING No.2 (Featuring Fever String Quartet)
Joanne Chen-violin.  Heather Johnson-violin.  Gabriel Schlaffer-viola.  Laura Jensen-cello. Colin Stack-unconventional voice and electric guitar

8.  MY DROOLING MIND
Richard Stone- tenor sax.   Vedran Mehinovic-blues piano on the verses.  Kirk "Big Daddy K" Anderson-drums.  Michael Inofuentes-trumpet.
Colin Stack-electric and acoustic 6 &12 string guitars, lead guitar, bass, piano on the chorus', organ, glockenspiel, chimes, lead and backing vocals.

9.  Intro/SOMEWHAT MELANCHOLY
The introduction was performed by The NEC Symphony Orchestra conducted by  Steven Lipsit. "Somewhat Melancholy"  was performed by
The Leftovers conducted by Colin Stack.
Amy Advocat-clarinet.  Michael Winograd-clarinet.  Michael Miller-bass clarinet.  Svetlana Tsoneva-violin. 
Daniel Bennett-alto saxophone.  Harry Cherrin-tenor  saxophone.  Timothy Sciascia-baritone saxophone. 
Kenny  "The Man"-trumpet.  Layci Guyon-glockenspiel.
                            
10. TWO PEOPLE IN A BROKEN CAR
Marc Riordan-drums.  Colin Stack-grand piano, string bass, and voice.

11. AMY
The introduction was performed by The NEC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steven Lipsit.
Colin Stack-grand piano and voice.

12. A PRODUCT OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
Rebecca Stokes-violin.  Llyod Wesley Luke-violin.  Gabriel Schlaffer-viola.  Nicholas Juul-cello.  Colin Stack-unconventional voice.

13. LIT IN NEON
Conducted by Colin Stack.  Margret Niks-flute.  Tiffany Preston-oboe.  Christopher Bush-clarinet. 
Kelly Schurr-french horn.  Ben Anderson-bassoon.  Michael Singer-vibraphone, glockenspiel, timpani, cymbals, and xylophone.
 Veronica Gan-violin.  Gabriel Schlaffer-violin.  Amanda Wilson-viola.  
Cheori Kim-cello.  Benjamin Levy-string bass.  Colin Stack-voice.

14. SINCERE REACTIONS
Chip Hubble-drums.  Adam Platt-grand piano.  Martin Near-bass.  Colin Stack-electric guitar and vocals.

15. ** HER STREET
The introduction was  performed by The NEC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steven Lipsit.
Michael Singer-bongo and floor drum.  Colin Stack-grand piano, bass, korg 01/W, and voice.

16. CLASSIC BEAUTY, WHAT A GREAT LADY
Daniel Mutlu- conductor of wind quintet.  Ann Choomack-flute.  Sarah Boyle-oboe.  Leslie Weber-clarinet.
 Patricia Schmitt-French horn.Jennifer Stokes-bassoon.  Sandy Parakilas-drums. 
Colin Stack-vocals, grand piano, and string bass.

17. SILLY SAY GOODBYE (featuring Fever)
Heather Johnson-violin.  Joanne Chen-violin.  Gabriel Schlaffer-viola.  Erika Nelson-cello.  Colin Stack-unconventional voice.

18. PURPLE TIE
Jonathan N. Kupper-conductor. Joanne Chen-violin.  Heather Johnson-violin.  Eylem Basaldi-violin.  Amanda Burr-violin.  Ethan Pernela-viola.  
Gabriel Schlaffer-viola.  Erika Nelson-cello.  Benjamin Levy-string bass.  Colin Stack-voice.

19. * FALSE ALARMS
Calebe Morgan-murk, elgar, computer editing.  Michael Singer-bongos and frame drum.  Colin Stack-voice.

All songs copyright (c) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Stacktone Music.  All rights reserved.
All orchestrations recorded at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts.  Various grand piano and vocal sessions recorded in Blum Hall at Bard College in Annandale, New York.  All other sessions were recorded at Colin's house in Milan New York.  Most of the songs were recorded on an analog Tascam 8-track portastudio. The songs were then mixed directly to a harman/kardon CDR2. Some songs were mixed directly to Pro-tools and Studio Vision.

This album is dedicated to my dream team: Gabe, Kirk, Thads,  Kupe, Connie, Sean,  and Brian.   Thanks for everything guys!!

Special thanks to the cast and crew of  Commercial Suicide  , to Michael Gandolfi, Malcome Peyton,  F. John Adams, Roeda Bernard, Caleb Morgan for his wonderful electronic arrangement of "False Alarms." Thanks  to  Jonathan Kupper, Marcin Bela,  and Daniel Mutlu for conducting the chamber orchestras and assisting with the sessions,   William Jrury and Steven Lipsit for conducting and leading the large ensembles.  Thanks to Kevin Stack (my dad),  Ann Kauzlarich (my mom),  my grandparents (Joe and Evelin), The Leftovers, and the original Fever String Quartet.

Eight years ago my ears stumbled across something very incredible when I heard Randy Newman's 1968 self-titled debut for the first time.  After listening to that album over and over again,  I knew that I wanted to score my own  record of pop-art songs.    These sessions document six of the best years of my life.   I can't thank the musicians credited on these songs enough for  bringing to life what would only be tiny little dots on lots and lots of manuscript paper.   Keep an eye out for them, you most certianly will be seeing and hearing from them again as they are some of the best
musicians out there today! --Colin