Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (album)

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum is the debut studio album by American rock band Tally Hall. Their previous recordings were all independently produced and distributed demos. All of the tracks on the album are finished versions of their demo tracks, with the exception of "Haiku," which is a completely new song. The album gets its name from a museum of mechanized curiosities that is located in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

For the museum, see Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum.
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Studio album by
Tally Hall
ReleasedOctober 24, 2005[1]
Recorded2005
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock, progressive rock, Wonky Rock
Length49:10
LabelQuack! Media, Atlantic
ProducerTally Hall
Tally Hall chronology
The Pingry EP
(2005)		 Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
(2005)		 Good & Evil
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The album was officially re-released on September 12, 2006 under the Quack! Media label.[2] This re-release coincided with additional publicity on MTV, national distribution in all major retail stores, and various other TV appearances including The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.[2] The music video for "Good Day" was first shown at Tally Hall's two Ann Arbor concerts on September 23, 2006.

Tally Hall was later signed with Atlantic Records, and was approved to re-record Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum at Stratosphere Sound Recording Studios in NYC. The first single ("Good Day") from the new version of the album was released on February 26, 2008. The re-recorded version of the album was released on April 1, 2008. This release also included a vinyl LP pressing of the album.

Track listing (2005)

All tracks are written by Rob Cantor, Joe Hawley, Andrew Horowitz, and Zubin Sedghi (respectively, as denoted). Violinist Jeremy Kittel contributed strings to the album.

  1. "Good Day" (Andrew Horowitz) – 3:24
  2. "Greener" (Rob Cantor) – 3:42
  3. "Welcome to Tally Hall" (Joe Hawley, Cantor, Zubin Sedghi) – 5:04
  4. "Taken for a Ride" (Horowitz) – 4:40
  5. "The Bidding" (Hawley) – 2:29
  6. "Be Born" (Cantor) – 3:09
  7. "Banana Man" (Hawley) – 4:08
  8. "Just Apathy" (Cantor) – 3:12
  9. "Spring and a Storm" (Hawley) – 4:43
  10. "Two Wuv" (Horowitz) – 3:41
  11. "Haiku" (Cantor) – 2:57
  12. "The Whole World and You" (Horowitz) – 1:44
  13. "13" (unlisted) (Hawley) – 0:13
  14. "Ruler of Everything" (Hawley) – 4:13
  15. "Hidden in the Sand" (hidden track) (Hawley) – 1:51

Track listing (2008)
  1. "Good Day" (Andrew Horowitz) - 3:26
  2. "Greener" (Rob Cantor) - 3:43
  3. "Welcome to Tally Hall" (Joe Hawley, Cantor, Zubin Sedghi) - 5:10
  4. "Taken for a Ride" (Horowitz) - 4:43
  5. "The Bidding" (Hawley) - 2:40
  6. "Be Born" (Cantor) - 3:10
  7. "Banana Man" (Hawley) - 4:09
  8. "Just Apathy" (Cantor) - 3:11
  9. "Spring and a Storm" (Hawley) - 4:47
  10. "Two Wuv" (Horowitz) - 3:43
  11. "Haiku" (Cantor) - 3:02
  12. "The Whole World and You" (Horowitz) - 1:44
  13. "13" (Hawley) - 0:13
  14. "Ruler of Everything" (Hawley) - 4:32
  15. "Hidden in the Sand" (Hawley) - 1:53

iTunes bonus tracks
  • 16. "Mucka Blucka" (Hawley) - 1:38
  • 17. "Dream" (Horowitz) - 1:49

References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. Article about Tally Hall, including video clip of band's segment that was featured on MTV "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-05-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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