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No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories The World Is Grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away - Mew / Columbia Audio CD 2009 / 88697199422
UPC 886971994223
No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry They Washed Away // No More Stories, The World Is Grey, I'm Tired, Let's Wash Away, often shortened down to No More Stories..., is the fifth studio album by the Danish band Mew. It was released in Scandinavia on 17 August, the United Kingdom on 24 August, the United States on 25 August, and Japan on 26 August 2009.
No More Stories... is produced by Rich Costey who also produced their breakthrough album Frengers, and is the band's first album as an official three-piece after bass player Johan Wohlert left to spend time with his family, before rejoining the band prior to the release of + -.
According to lead vocalist Jonas Bjerre, this album is happier, "dancier", and more upbeat than its predecessor, And the Glass Handed Kites, which had a dark theme of fear.
Bjerre explained the unusually long title of the album to Gaffa: "We originally wanted a short title for the album but we couldn't find sufficiently redemptive words. The final title is the lyrics to the short intermezzo 'Hawaii Dream', and when Bo [Madsen] suggested that we used the complete text as a title it didn't take him long to convince Silas [Utke Graae Jørgensen] and myself. It was like finding the missing piece in a puzzle".
The opening track, "New Terrain", if played backwards reveals another song entitled "Nervous" which is added as a bonus track to the vinyl edition of the album. The lyrics were posted as a poem on their Danish record company Evil Office's website.
Tracklist:
| 1 | New Terrain
Marimba, Kalimba, Percussion [Additional] – Mathias Friis-Hansen |
3:15 |
| 2 | Introducing Palace Players
Bass – Damon Tutunjian, Choir – Anne Christine Berggren, Anni Mogensen, Lianna Quarshie, Nanna Secker Larsch, Keyboards [Additional] – Dr. Nick Watts |
4:46 |
| 3 | Beach
Bass – Bastian Juel, Keyboards [Additional] – Dr. Nick Watts |
2:46 |
| 4 | Repeaterbeater
Bass – Bastian Juel |
2:34 |
| 5 | Intermezzo 1
Bass – Bastian Juel |
0:28 |
| 6 | Silas The Magic Car
Bass – Bastian Juel, Choir [Children's] – Emily Holbek Piercy, Fannie Cecile Privat Klint, Fritjof Krabbe Nørretranders, Maria Emilia Bruun, Mathilde Savery Lorentzen, Mia-Marie K. Olesen, Roselil Ingemann Hansen, Sally Moreno Risell, Solveig Alberte Wiig Honoré, Vera Kwederis |
4:02 |
| 7 | Cartoons And Macramé Wounds
Bass – Bastian Juel, Choir – Anne Christine Berggren, Anni Mogensen, Lianna Quarshie, Nanna Secker LarschKeyboards [Additional] – Dr. Nick Watts |
7:19 |
| 8 | Hawaii Dream
Bass – Bastian Juel |
1:48 |
| 9 | Hawaii
Bass – Bastian Juel, Marimba, Kalimba, Percussion [Additional] – Mathias Friis-Hansen, Percussion [Additional African] – Sellasi Dewornu |
5:02 |
| 10 |
Vaccine
Bass – Bastian Juel, Marimba, Kalimba, Percussion [Additional] – Mathias Friis-Hansen |
5:09 |
| 11 | Tricks Of The Trade
Arranged By [Strings, Piano And Piccolo/Flute Arrangements] – Nico Muhly |
4:29 |
| 12 | Intermezzo 2
Bass – Bastian Juel |
1:03 |
| 13 | Sometimes Life Isn't Easy
Bass – Bastian Juel, Choir [Children's] – Emily Holbek Piercy, Fannie Cecile Privat Klint, Fritjof Krabbe Nørretranders, Maria Emilia Bruun, Mathilde Savery Lorentzen, Mia-Marie K. Olesen, Roselil Ingemann Hansen, Sally Moreno Risell, Solveig Alberte Wiig Honoré, Vera Kwederis, Saxophone – Steve Coleman, Vocals [Additional] – Mari Helgerlikova |
5:21 |
| 14 | Reprise
Bass – Bastian Juel, Keyboards [Additional] – Dr. Nick Watts |
5:33 |
- Engineer – Ben Liscio, Charlie Stavish, Joshua (6), Noah Goldstein
- Management – Alan Mintz, Red Light Management, Will Botwin
- Mastered By [Assisted By - Universal Mastering Studios] – Mark Santangelo (tracks: 1,3 to 5, 8 to 13)
- Mastered By [Gateway Mastering] – Bob Ludwig (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 14)
- Mastered By [Universal Mastering Studios] – Vlado Meller (tracks: 1,3 to 5, 8 to 13)
- Mixed By – Charlie Stavish (tracks: 1), Rich Costey
- Musician [Mew Is] – Bo Madsen, Jonas Bjerre, Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen
- Photography By [Booklet] – Ari Marcopoulos
- Producer – Mew, Rich Costey
- Sleeve – M/M (Paris)
- Songwriter [All Songs Written By] – Mew
Mew
- Jonas Bjerre – vocals, electric guitars, synthesizers, harmonium, piano, acoustic guitar
- Bo Madsen – electric guitars, acoustic guitar
- Silas Graae – drums, percussion, African percussion, drum programming
Additional
- Bastian Juel – bass on all songs except "New Terrain", "Introducing Palace Players" and "Tricks of the Trade"
- Damon Tutunjian – bass on "Introducing Palace Players"
- Dr. Nick Watts – additional keyboards on "Introducing Palace Players", "Beach", "Cartoons and Macramé Wounds" and "Reprise"
- Nico Muhly – string, piano and piccolo/flute arrangements on "Tricks of the Trade"
- Mathias Friis-Hansen – additional percussion on "New Terrain", Kalimba on "Hawaii" and "Vaccine", and marimba on "Vaccine"
- Steve Coleman – alto saxophone on "Sometimes Life Isn't Easy"
- Mari Helgerlikova – additional vocals on "Sometimes Life Isn't Easy"
- Sellasi Dewornu – additional African percussion on "Hawaii"
- Choir on tracks "Introducing Palace Players" and "Cartoons and Macramé Wounds"
- Anne Christine Berggren
- Anni Mogensen
- Nanna Secker Larsch
- Lianna Quarshie
- Children's choir on "Silas the Magic Car" and "Sometimes Life Isn't Easy"
- Mia-Marie Olesen
- Maria Bruun
- Fannie Klint
- Solveig Honore
- Mathilde Lerentzen
- Emily Piercy
- Roselil Hansen
- Fritjof Nørretranders
- Sally Risell
- Vera Kwederis
- Rich Costey - record producer, mixing
- Bob Ludwig - mastering on tracks 2, 6, 7, 14
- Ari Marcopoulos - photography
- Vlado Meller - mastering
- M/M Paris - album cover art and design
- Charlie Stavish - engineering, mixing
- Mark Santangelo - recording assistant
- Alan Mintz and Will Botwin - management
- Noah Goldstein and Ben Liscio - mixing
