Tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists 2734241 225238122 2008-07-12T17:01:06Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{lowercase|title=tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists}} {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Ted Leo and the Pharmacists]] | Cover = Ted_Leo_-_tej_leo.jpg | Released = [[September 21]], [[1999]] | Recorded = [[1997]]–[[1998]] | Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | Length = 50:19 | Label = [[Gern Blandsten Records]] | Producer = | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]]'' {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8t63mpch9fco link] | Last album = | This album = '''''tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists'''''<br />(1999) | Next album = ''[[The Tyranny of Distance (album)|The Tyranny of Distance]]''<br />(2001) |}} '''''tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists''''' is the debut album by the [[Washington, D.C.]] [[rock (music)|rock]] band [[Ted Leo and the Pharmacists]], released in [[1999]] by [[Gern Blandsten Records]]. Though considered the band's first album, it is actually a solo effort by [[Ted Leo]] with some contributions by Jodi V.B. of [[The Secret Stars]]. The following year Leo would assemble a backing band including V.B., which he named The Pharmacists. The album is largely experimental and blends rock music with elements of [[dub music|dub reggae]], with many instrumental tracks, samples, and audio experimentation. This is exemplified in the various tracks entitled "(version:)," which are versions and remixes of "Release Form," a song originally written by V.B. for The Secret Stars. The track "(version: to decline to take a shower)," for example, consists of Leo singing the song while showering. In other instances Leo samples himself, such as "Walking Through," which contains a sample of "Congressional Dubcision," and "Out of Step '88!," which samples a radio interview that Leo did for campus radio station [[WFVI]] at the [[University of Notre Dame]]. ==Track listing== #"Call Off the Invasion/Flydocious Invasion" #*<small>Contains samples of "On Warmer Music" and "All My Kin" by [[Chisel (band)|Chisel]] and "Nightingale" by [[The Secret Stars]]</small> #"The Pharmacist v. The Secret Stars (version: to decline)" #"Walking Through" #*<small>Contains samples of "Zealots" by [[The Fugees]] and "Roxanne Roxanne" by [[UTFO]]</small> #"The 'Nice People' Argument" #*<small>Contains samples of "Major General Despair" by [[Crass]] and "Never Do What You Are Told" by [[Chumbawumba]]</small> #"Mr. Annoyatron Brown" #"The King of Time" #"(version: to decline to make some tea)" #"Soon Dubward" #*<small>Contains samples of "Soon Forward" by [[Gregory Isaacs]]</small> #"Set You Free" #"The Northeast Corridor" #"Lui Prima Mobile" #"Friends and Bands" #"Head in the Freezer" #"(version: to decline to take a shower)" #*<small>Contains samples of "New Martini" by [[Karate (band)|Karate]]</small> #"Congressional Dubcision" #"(version: whisper: courage)" #*<small>Contains samples of "Roxane Roxane" by [[UTFO]]</small> #"Sm 11:11/The Trumpet of the Martians" #"'(none)'" #*<small>Contains samples of "Orpheus and Eurydice/Nexus of the Echoplexus" by [[Piss Karaoke]]/[[Silent Emcee]]</small> #"Out of Step '88!" ==Performers== *[[Ted Leo]] - [[vocals]], [[guitar]], [[bass guitar|bass]], [[drums]], mixing, engineering, sampling, other instrumentation *Jodi V.B. - backing vocals ==Album information== *Record label: [[Gern Blandsten Records]] *Tracks 1, 2, 7, 11, 16, & 19 recorded January 1997 at Radium City Studios in [[Washington, D.C.]] *Tracks 3–5, 8, 9, 15, 17, & 18 recorded January 1998 at Radium City Studios in [[Bloomfield, New Jersey]] *Tracks 6, 10, & 13 recorded February 1998 at Radium City Studios in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] *Tracks 12 & 14 recorded January 1997 at Radium City Studios in Washington, D.C. *Design concept by Ted Leo *Layout by Deanna Pineda and Furnace Mfg. [[Category:1999 albums]] [[Category:Debut albums]] [[Category:Ted Leo and the Pharmacists albums]]