261:, which were recorded in ten days and two and a half weeks, respectively, at Todd Rundgren's Utopia Sound Studios in Lake Hill, New York. Berg explained the difference in recording processes: "We did the first record with Todd (Rundgren) in three weeks. Whereas the record we did with Ed almost took three months. That was the first difference. The second was that Todd really went for the live thing. We all played together, and everything went down at the same time live, except for the vocals and guitar solos. Ed, on the other hand, is more conventional. That sounds odd ... but the way records are made now is the way Ed makes them, with more sweating on the details."
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559:– via Imgur.com.
328:"Crashing Down" (3:47)
307:"In Her Dreams" (3:18)
304:"Pressing Lips" (3:33)
298:"Nobody But Me" (3:20)
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316:"Bored of You" (3:18)
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439:References
389:Ed Stasium
251:Ed Stasium
118:chronology
109:Ed Stasium
52:March 1993
665:Love Junk
533:29 August
427:Billboard
408:position
346:Personnel
255:Love Junk
227:power pop
610:Moe Berg
514:tpoh.net
472:July 14,
352:Moe Berg
282:Moe Berg
224:Canadian
181:Allmusic
104:Producer
57:Recorded
49:Released
39: by
728:Singles
555:28 July
151:(1995)
142:(1993)
133:(1990)
97:Mercury
551:. ARIA
396:Charts
175:Rating
172:Source
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66:Genre
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