Released in 2000, My Favourite Headache is Geddy Lee’s first solo album. Featuring 11 tracks, this album was recorded in a variety of locations including Toronto, Vancouver and Seattle.
Credits
Produced by
Geddy Lee
Ben Mink
David Leonard
Mixed and Engineered by
David Leonard
Additional recording
Dennis Tougas
B. Mink
G. Lee.
Assistant Engineer
Sam Hofstedt
Studio X / Seattle
Assistant Engineers
Sheldon Zaharko (he sleeps with a chainsaw)
Runner - Jason Van Ewyk
The Factory Studios – Vancouver
Assistant Engineers
Chris Stringer
Tom Heron
Jeff Elliot
Runner - Kirk McNally
Reaction Studios – Toronto
Mixing
Joel Kazmi
Ian Bodzasi
Metalworks Studios
Mastered by
Howie Weinberg
Edited by
Roger Lian
Hard Disk Recording/Computer Programming
Daniel Seguin
Ed Wilson
Pre-Production Assistant
Carl Petzelt
Technical Contributions
Saved by Technology
Marc Charpentier
Roger Salvesen
Russel Nash
George Leger
Coll Audio
Morrie Eaman
Rene Spooner
Russ Ryan
Reely Unique Rentals
Joel Singer
Audio Technica USA
Liner Notes
Musicians
Geddy Lee | Basses, Voices, Piano, Guitar, Programming, Percussion, Whining
Ben Mink | Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Violins and Violas, Programming, Wheezing
Matt Cameron | Drums
Jeremy Taggart – *Drums on “Home On The Strange”
*Jeremy Taggart appears courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
John Friesen – Cellos on “Working at Perfekt”
Ed Wilson – Additional Programming
Chris Stringer – Additional Percussion
Waylon Wall – Steel Guitar on “Window”
Pappy Rosen – Backward vocals on “Slipping”
Duke – Dog
Lyrics – Geddy Lee, Music – Geddy Lee and Ben Mink
String Arrangements – Ben Mink and Geddy Lee
For lyrics, check out www.myfavoriteheadache.com
Recorded during the spring and summer of 2000.
Produced by Geddy Lee, Ben Mink and David Leonard
Mixed and engineered by David Leonard
Matt Cameron’s drums recorded by Adam Kasper.
Additional recording by Dennis Tougas, B. Mink, G. Lee.
Recorded at The Peasant’s Tent – East and West, Toronto and Vancouver
Studio X / Seattle, Assistant Engineer – Sam Hofstedt
The Factory Studios – Vancouver, Assistant Engineer – Sheldon Zaharko (he sleeps with a chainsaw) / Runner – Jason Van Ewyk
Reaction Studios – Toronto, Assistant Engineers – Chris Stringer, Tom Heron, Jeff Elliot / Runner – Kirk McNally
Mixed at Metalworks – Mississauga, Ontario, Assistant Engineers – Joel Kazmi, Ian Bodzasi
Mastered by Howie Weinberg, edited by Roger Lian at Masterdisk, NYC.
Hard Disk Recording and Computer Programming Assistance – Daniel Seguin, Ed Wilson
Pre-Production Assistant – Carl Petzelt
For their Technical Contributions:
Saved by Technology, Toronto | Marc Charpentier, Roger Salvesen, Vancouver | Russel Nash, George Leger, Los Angeles
Coll Audio Toronto | Morrie Eaman, Rene Spooner, Vancouver | Russ Ryan, Toronto
Reely Unique Rentals, Vancouver | Joel Singer, Audio Technica USA
Management – Ray Danniels for SRO Management Inc., Toronto
Design – Steve Mykolyn and Fuel Design Inc., Toronto
Photography – Michael Graf, Andrew MacNaughtan
THANKS AND I MEAN THANKS:
To Nancy, Julian and Kyla
For their encouragement, patience and patience!!
To Ben and David for so many hours (you bad boys you)!
Ben would like to thank in no small way – Ingrid, Izzy and Lucie
For their time and positive energy:
Val Azzoli, Ray Danniels, Pegi Cecconi, Liam Birt, Anna LeCoche, Randy Rolfe, Sheila Posner, Shelley Nott, Cynthia Barry, Karen Jones, Warren Seyffert, Jill Berliner
For their generosity of spirit:
Matt and April, Adam and J.J, Amy, Cailey and Parker Bruce Leonard, Greg Keplinger, Jeremy Taggart, Ed Wilson, Jason Sniderman, Robbie Higgins, Daniel R. for “supra”, JL, Martin Laba, The good people at Studio X, Ormond Jobim and the equally good people of Reaction Studios, Alex Andronache at Metalworks and of course (my soul brothers) Lerxst and Pratt!
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