Notably, Daly co-wrote seven songs on the album with Adams Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha contributed guitar and co-wrote a song ex- Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson added guitar and dobro and producer Johns played several instruments. Originally planned to be a double-album entitled Happy Go Bye Bye, the music recorded was intended to be a departure from the band's previous alt-country sound, prominently featuring Adams on piano, with classic pop arrangements featuring strings and horns. Ethan Johns, son of legendary producer Glyn Johns, was tapped to produce the album. Recording and release īy early 1999, Whiskeytown band members Ryan Adams, Caitlin Cary, and Mike Daly had started recording their follow-up to Strangers Almanac at an abandoned church in Woodstock, New York, called Dreamland Studios. Plus, he saw the recording of the album as Whiskeytown "falling into this very slow and sleepy finality". He felt it reflected the album's themes of being lovesick and succumbing to love. It was bootlegged heavily and gained a reputation as a great "lost" record from fans, before getting released by Lost Highway Records as something of an appetizer for Ryan Adams' 2001 album Gold.Īdams chose the album title Pneumonia for symbolic reasons.
The album sat on the shelf for nearly two years and it was said that over 100 songs were recorded during the 3 years. The album is noted for its troubled history which saw the band lose its record deal in the midst of the merger between Polygram and Universal Music Group, and the already volatile band fell apart as a result.
Pneumonia is the third and final studio album by the alternative country band Whiskeytown, released on on Lost Highway Records. Dreamland Studios & House of Blues Studios
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