# Happiness (Lisa Germano album)

Happiness is the second album by Lisa Germano. Released by Capitol Records in 1993, it was re-released by 4AD Records the following year. A music video was produced for the single "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses."

## Track listing

All tracks written by Lisa Germano, except 5 written by Germano/Joyce, and 10 written by Lee Hazlewood. The title of track 2 was changed to "The Dresses Song" on all subsequent re-releases of this album, while 10 and 11 have been omitted completely. Track 11 was made available on Germano's self-released compilation, Rare, Unusual or Just Bad Songs (2002), but track 10 remains unreleased elsewhere.
* "Around the World"
* "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses"
* "Happiness"
* "Bad Attitude"
* "Sycophant"
* "Miamo-Tutti"
* "Energy"
* "Cowboy"
* "Puppet"
* "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
* "Breathe Acrost Texas"
* "Everyone's Victim"
* "The Darkest Night of All"

## Personnel

* Kenny Aronoff – drums (tracks 7, 9)
* Malcolm Burn – guitar (3, 7, 10), keyboards (4, 5, 9), bass guitar (10)
* Bill Dillon – guitar (1, 3, 4, 9), bass guitar (12)
* Daryl Johnson – bass guitar (1, 3, 4), djembe (1), drums (12)
* Ronald Jones – drums (1, 3, 4, 12)
* Jay Joyce – guitar (2, 9, 12), keyboards (1), bass guitar (3, 5)
* John Keane – pedal steel (8), guitar (9)
* Giles Reaves – drums (2)
* Toby Myers – bass guitar (7, 9)
* Produced by Malcolm Burn.
* Recorded at Kingsway Studio in New Orleans; additional recording done at Champagne Studio in Nashville, September Studio in Indianapolis, and Germano's home.
* Engineered by Malcolm Burn, Mark Howard, Wayne Lorenz, John Keane, and Trina Shoemaker. Additional engineering by Giles Reaves, Mike Griffith, Paul Mahern, and Mark Hood.
* Mixed by Malcolm Burn and Wayne Lorenz at Kingsway, except 7 mixed by Paul Mahern at Pinebrook Studio in Alexandria, IN.
* Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in New York City.
* Cover photograph by Bob Lanois, coloring by Jim Merrill.
* Rear cover drawing by Haley Goethals.
* Design by Jeff Fey.

## Inconsiderate Bitch

The Inconsiderate Bitch EP is the third solo release by Lisa Germano, and her first for the 4AD label. It was one of a series of limited-edition "temporary releases" by 4AD, meant to supplement concurrent releases by the same act; in this case, Inconsiderate Bitch acted as a "teaser" for the label's re-release of Happiness, while also serving as an introduction of Germano to her new label's audience. While preparing and resequencing the album for its re-release, 4AD founder and then-president Ivo Watts-Russell and engineer John Fryer (who had worked on Watts-Russell's This Mortal Coil project) also created this suite of alternate remixes, with the exception of "(Late Night) Dresses", a version of "You Make Me Wanto Wear Dresses" (later retitled "The Dresses Song") remixed by the original producer, Malcolm Burn.

## Track listing

* "Happiness"
* "Energy"
* "Puppet"
* "Sycophant"
* (Late Night) Dresses
All songs were written by Lisa Germano, except track 4 written by Germano/Joyce. Tracks 2-5 were later added to an edition of Happiness re-released by 4AD in 1999, but have since been removed for subsequent editions. Track 1 remains available only on this CD; with a running time of 8:17, it is considerably extended compared to the two album versions.

## Personnel

Same as above, except:
* Mixed and compiled by Ivo Watts-Russell and John Fryer, except track 5 mixed by Malcolm Burn.
* Mixed at Blackwing Studios in London.
* Cover image by Cathy Fenwick.
* Photography by Andrew Catlin.
* Design by Vaughan Oliver and Chris Bigg at v23.
Professional ratings :
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| Source | Rating |
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| Robert Christgau | |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B |
Three months after releasing the Inconsiderate Bitch EP, Germano's new label, 4AD, reissued her second album, Happiness, with a resequenced track listing, two new songs replacing two from the original, and radically different artwork.

## Track listing
### 1994 4AD reissue

* "Bad Attitude"
* "Destroy the Flower"
* "Puppet"
* "Everyone's Victim"
* "Energy"
* "Cowboy"
* "Happiness"
* "The Earth"
* "Around the World"
* "Sycophant"
* "Miamo-Tutti"
* "The Dresses Song"
* "The Darkest Night of All"
All songs were written by Lisa Germano, except track 10 written by Germano/Joyce. Tracks 2 and 8 did not appear on the original Capitol version of the album; track 12 was previously titled "You Make Me Wanto Wear Dresses". A later edition of Happiness, re-released by 4AD in 1999, contained tracks 2-5 from the Inconsiderate Bitch EP added to the end as bonus tracks, but have since been removed for subsequent editions.
A music video for the song "Puppet" was produced and can be viewed on the MUZU TV website.

## Personnel

Same as above, except:
* Jay Joyce – bass (2)
* Michael Radovsky – drums (2)
* Track 2 was produced by Jay Joyce.
* Track 10 was produced by Malcolm Burn and Jay Joyce.
* Track 2 was engineered by Mike Griffith at Champagne Studios in Nashville, and mixed by Jay Joyce and Mike Griffith.
* Track 8 was engineered by Giles Reaves at Bloodsucker Studios.
* Track 3 was remixed by Malcolm Burn and Trina Shoemaker.
* Design by Vaughan Oliver and Adrian Philpott; images by John Weber.