Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories

by Ann Magnuson

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1.	Falling For An Actor 04:29	info	buy track
2.	Art Professor 02:23	info	buy track
3.	Disassociation 03:07	info	buy track
4.	I Met An Astronaut 06:29	info	buy track
5.	Sky's a-Cryin' 04:16	info	buy track
6.	The Picture On My Dentist's Wall 05:05	info	buy track
7.	Hey There Little Miss Pussy Pants 02:52	info	buy track
8.	Full Of Fuck 05:10	info	buy track
9.	Just A Guy 03:55	info	buy track
10.	Whatever Happened To New York? 03:27	info	buy track
11.	Old Enuf 2 B Yer Mom 04:35	info	buy track
12.	Is This Heaven? 03:07	info	buy track
13.	Cynical Girl 05:29	info	buy track
14.	What Is Pretty? 08:06	info	buy track

credits

released August 16, 2019

Produced and Arranged by Kristian Hoffman

Musicians on all tracks (except where otherwise noted):
Joe Berardi: drums, percussion
David Bongiovanni: guitar
Ernesto Garcia: bass guitar
Kristian Hoffman: keys, percussion, “Dentist’s Wall” drum loop
Heather Lockie: strings
Pierre Smith: guitar

With:
Ann Magnuson: piano (“Prelude in E Minor” by Fredric Chopin) on “Art Professor” & acoustic guitar on “Astronaut”

DJ Bonebrake: drums on “Is This Heaven”, vibes on “Astronaut” and “Sky’s a-Cryin’”, skull tube on “Astronaut”

Jonathan Lea: all guitars on “Disassociation”, “Astronaut” & “Sky’s a-Cryin’”; electric sitar, banjolin and mandolin on “Dentist’s Wall”, electric 12-string guitar and mandolin on “Old Enuf”; additional electric guitar on “…New York?” and additional feedback guitar on “Falling for an Actor.”

Earle Mankey: acoustic guitar solo on “Old Enuf”

David Weiss: saw on “Sky’s a-Cryin’”

Lisa Jenio: flute on “…New York?”

Alexander Rannie: harp & harp arrangement on “What is Pretty?”

Backing vocals:
Ann Magnuson & Kristian Hoffman on all tracks except: “Disassociation”: Ann Magnuson, Kristian Hoffman, Lisa Jenio
“Just a Guy”: Abby Travis, Lisa Jenio, Ann Magnuson
“Full of Fuck” & “Cynical Girl”: The Chapin Sisters & Weba Garretson “Whatever Happened to New York?”: Rufus Wainwright

Basic tracks recorded at Earle Mankey’s Studio engineered by Earle Mankey except basic tracks for “Disassociation” & “Summer Place” recorded at Catasonic Studio engineered by Mark Wheaton

All other recording done at Catsonic Studio engineered by Mark Wheaton

All songs mixed by Mark Wheaton except “…New York?” mixed by Earle Mankey

Mastering: Brad Vance at Red Mastering

All songs written by Ann Magnuson & Kristian Hoffman except where otherwise noted:
Tracks 1,3,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14 © Magnuson/Hoffman Pink Fleece Music BMI/Gothic Novelty Music ASCAP administered by Wixen Music
Tracks 2 & 4 © Magnuson Pink Fleece Music/BMI
Track 5 (“Sky’s a-Cryin’”) written by Ann Magnuson & Tom Judson
© Magnuson/Judson Pink Fleece Music BMI/Hey, Music! BMI
Track 12 (“Is This Heaven?”) by Ann Magnuson (text © 1997 Ann Magnuson)/Music “Theme From a Summer Place” by Max Steiner WB Music Group

Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories © 2006 Ann Magnuson All Rights Reserved
Pink Fleece Music administered by Pacific Electric Music Publishing

Special Thanks: John Bertram, Justin Tanner, Gene Knudsen Hoffman, Rufus Wainwright, Paula Quijano, Matthew Amato, Joanne Carsano, Jonathan Craven, Weba Garretson, Claudia Billen, Blake Bertuccelli, Roddy Bottum, Mountain Stage WV, Alexander Rannie, PAPER magazine, Candace Cain, Center Theater Group, Abby Travis, Peleg Top, Sam Zeller, Steve Stanley, J. Keith van Stratten, Randall Wixen, Carol Cetrone, Lili Fini Zanuck, Tom Hanks and Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott.
Photography by Rocky Schenck
Hair & Make-up by Judi Lewin
Styling by Bob Blackman
Bouquets by Gillyflowers

Original CD Digipak Design by Andrew Campbell
Original CD Booklet Design by Doug Prinzivalli

Please visit:
www.annmagnuson.com
www.kristianhoffman.com
www.rockyschenck.com

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Ann Magnuson Los Angeles, California

Actress, singer, writer, musician, artist, psychedelic dreamer and life-lover. Inducted into the 2018 Class of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame!

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