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How Does Your Garden Grow?

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Review

Rightly suspecting that the days of grunge and alt-rock were finished in the late '90s, Better Than Ezra wisely decided to revamp their trademark post-grunge sound for their third album, How Does Your Garden Grow? That they chose to revamp in the most predictable way -- mainly electronica and trip-hop, but with a touch of space rock and Brit-pop on the side -- may mean they're not innovators, but it does suggest that they are canny cultural watchers, and they turn out to be as adept in fusing all these elements together as they were in blending jangle pop and grunge. That may mean that Garden doesn't have the thrill of discovery anywhere in its grooves, but it's nevertheless well crafted and smartly performed. It also happens to boast the best set of songs that Kevin Griffin and company have yet written, even if there are a couple of tracks that sink under the weight of their own ambitions. Still, the new ambition in the music (even if it isn't adventurous) and the catchier, more emotional songwriting is enough to elevate How Does Your Garden Grow? to the status of Better Than Ezra's best album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Je Ne M'En Souviens Pas (Lyrics) Better Than Ezra (4:43)
One More Murder (Lyrics) Kevin Griffin Better Than Ezra (4:39)
At the Stars (Lyrics) Better Than Ezra (3:43)
Like It Like That (Lyrics) Better Than Ezra (2:44)
Allison Foley Better Than Ezra (3:45)
Under You (Lyrics) Kevin Griffin Better Than Ezra (4:56)
Live Again (Lyrics) Kevin Griffin Better Than Ezra (4:24)
Happy Day Mãmã (Lyrics) Kevin Griffin Better Than Ezra (3:22)
Pull (Lyrics) Kevin Griffin Better Than Ezra (2:58)
Particle (Lyrics) Kevin Griffin Better Than Ezra (6:04)
Beautiful Mistake (Lyrics) Kevin Griffin Better Than Ezra (4:35)
Everything in 2's (Lyrics) Kevin Griffin Better Than Ezra (3:47)
New Kind of Low: Low/Coma (Lyrics) Kevin Griffin Better Than Ezra (5:17)
Waxing or Waning? (Lyrics) Kevin Griffin Better Than Ezra (3:21)

Credits

Karl Berger (Strings), Karl Berger (Arranger), Karl Berger (Vibraphone), Robert Berry (Sculpture), Malcolm Burn (Strings), Malcolm Burn (Producer), Malcolm Burn (Engineer), Malcolm Burn (Vibraphone), Malcolm Burn (Mixing), Joe Gastwirt (Mastering), Brian Graber (Trumpet), Travis Aaron McNabb (Percussion), Travis Aaron McNabb (Drums), Travis Aaron McNabb (Beat Box), Travis Aaron McNabb (Optigan), Travis Aaron McNabb (VCS 3 Synthesizer), Jack Joseph Puig (Mixing), Better Than Ezra (Main Performer), Mark Mullins (Trombone), Tom Drummond (Synthesizer), Tom Drummond (Bass), Tom Drummond (Pedals), Tom Drummond (VCS 3 Synthesizer), Jim De Barros (Art Direction), Jim De Barros (Design), Anthony Dagrade (Flute), Nina Schultz (Photography), Suzanne Kapa (Mixing), James Arthur Payne (Guitar), James Arthur Payne (Vocals), Katey Stewart (Photography), Kenny Corbett (Assistant Engineer)
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
Studio album by Better Than Ezra
Released August 25, 1998
Recorded January 19 - March 30, 1998
Genre Alternative
Length 58:25
Label Elektra
Producer Malcolm Burn
Professional reviews
Better Than Ezra chronology
Friction, Baby
(1996)		 How Does Your Garden Grow?
(1998)		 artifakt
(2000)

How Does Your Garden Grow? is a 1998 album by American alternative rock trio Better Than Ezra. It was the band's third album, and their second with drummer Travis Aaron McNabb. It was released on August 25, 1998 by Elektra Records.

The style and content of the album overall is oriented with the night, with the album cover carrying the footnote "A Series of Nocturnes". Though critically-acclaimed, the album was a relative failure commercially, only peaking at #128 on the Billboard charts. The first single, "One More Murder" scraped the bottom end of the Billboard Modern Rock charts, while the second single, "At the Stars," performed better, becoming a Modern Rock and Adult Top 40 hit (and later covered by Howie Day). A third single, "Like it Like That," failed to chart.

One More Murder was featured on 2 NBC TV Dramas. Homicide: Life On The Street and Third Watch.

The album's title is most likely derived from the nursery rhyme, "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary".

Following the release of How Does Your Garden Grow?, Elektra dropped the band.

Track listing

  1. "Je ne m'en souviens pas" – 4:43
  2. "One More Murder" – 4:39
  3. "At the Stars" – 3:43
  4. "Like It Like That" – 2:44
  5. "Allison Foley" – 3:45
  6. "Under You" – 4:56
  7. "Live Again" – 4:24
  8. "Happy Day MãMã" – 3:22
  9. "Pull" – 2:58
  10. "Particle" – 6:04
  11. "Beautiful Mistake" – 4:35
  12. "Everything in 2's" – 3:47
  13. "New Kind of Low a.) Low b.) Coma" – 5:17
  14. "Waxing or Waning?" – 3:21

Personnel

  • Kevin Griffin - Guitar, Vocals, Rhodes, Piano, Chamberlin, VCS3
  • Tom Drummond - Bass, Pedals, Metasynth, VCS3
  • Travis Aaron McNabb - Drums, Percussion, Beat Box, VCS3, Optigan

Additional Personnel

  • Anthony Dagradi - Flute
  • Mark Mullins - Trombone
  • Brian Graber - Trumpet
  • James Arthur Payne - Guitar, Vocals
  • Karl Berger - Vibraphone
v • d • e
Better Than Ezra
Kevin Griffin · Tom Drummond  · Michael Jerome
Travis McNabb · Cary Bonnecaze · Joel Rundell
Studio albums
Surprise · Deluxe · Friction, Baby · How Does Your Garden Grow? · Closer · Before the Robots · Paper Empire
Live albums
Compilations
Artifakt · Greatest Hits
Singles
"Good" · "In the Blood" · "Rosealia" · "King of New Orleans" · "Desperately Wanting" · "One More Murder" · "At the Stars" · "Extra Ordinary" · "A Lifetime" · "Our Last Night" · "Juicy" · "Absolutely Still" · "Just One Day"
Videos and DVDs
Related articles
Discography

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