A Family Album

Released

October 6, 2009

Recorded

Big Sky Recording (Ann Arbor, MI)
Hess Street Studios (Lansing, MI)

Length

28:59

Donny Brown

A Homemade Holiday
(2007)

A Family Album
(2009)

Are We There Yet?
(2013)

A Family Album is a children's album and fifth studio album by The Verve Pipe. It was released in 2009 on Big Sky Recording.

Track listing

All songs produced by Donny Brown.

All tracks written by Brian Vander Ark and Donny Brown, except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wake Up"		2:17
2.	"We Had to Go Home"		3:03
3.	"Complimentary Love"		2:51
4.	"Be Part of the Band"		3:17
5.	"When One Became Two"		2:09
6.	"Cereal"		3:30
7.	"Only One of You"	Brian Vander Ark, Donny Brown, Edward Groves	3:01
8.	"Suppertime!"		2:21
9.	"Worrisome One"		2:23
10.	"Go to Sleep Now"		4:07

Band members Brian Vander Ark, Donny Brown and John Connors play throughout. A host of additional musicians contributed to the album.^[1]

Brian Vander Ark – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on tracks 3-6, 8 and 9; classical guitar on "Go to Sleep Now"
Donny Brown – drums, background vocals, percussion, synthesizer; keyboards on "When One Became Two" and "Only One of You"
John Connors – bass
Lou Musa – electric guitar on "Wake Up", "Cereal", "Only One of You" and "Suppertime!"; background vocals on "Wake Up"
Craig Griffith – harmonica on "Be Part of the Band" and "Suppertime!"; background vocals on "Suppertime!"

Keith Axtell – rhythm guitar and licks on "Only One of You"
Mark Byerly – trumpet and background vocals on "We Had to Go Home"
Gary Clavette – clarinet on "We Had to Go Home"; saxophone on "Cereal"
Ben Keeler – opening electric guitar on "Be Part of the Band"
Nathanael Koenig – cowbell on "Wake Up"
Stephanie, Gabrielle & Brooke Krieger, Susan & Elizabeth Rohn – cheerleaders on "Wake Up" and "Be Part of the Band"
Mark Miller – acoustic guitar on "Wake Up"; electric guitar on "Complimentary Love" and "Worrisome One"
Motor City Horns (Mark Byerly, trumpet; John Rutherford, trombone; Keith Kaminski, alto and tenor sax) – horns on "Complimentary Love"
Paul Mundo – trombone on "We Had to Go Home" and "Only One of You"

Steve Pinckney – electric guitar on "Go to Sleep Now"
Andy Reed – acoustic and electric guitar on "Be Part of the Band"; ethereal keys and samples on "Go to Sleep Now"
Kay Rinker-O'Neil – flute on "When One Became Two"; opera voice on "Cereal"
Emily Rust – "Come and Get It!!" on "Suppertime!"
Randy Sly – keyboards on "Complimentary Love" and "Be Part of the Band"; organ on "When One Became Two", "Cereal" and "Worrisome One"; piano and electric piano on "Only One of You"
Tracy Sonneborn – french horn on "Go to Sleep Now"
Scott VanDell – electric guitar on "We Had to Go Home" and "Be Part of the Band"
Cathy Waldron – bassoon on "When One Became Two"

Engineered by Geoff Michael, Chris DuRoss and Donny Brown
Additional Engineering:
- Mark Miller at Harvest Music and Sound
- Andy Reed at Reed Recording Co.
- Mark Byerly at Longview Sound
- Al McAvoy
Additional Editing by Ryan Wert and Jon Frazer

Mixed by John Holbrook at The Den, Kinderhook, NY
Mastered by Glenn Brown at GBP Studios, East Lansing, MI
Julie Magsig – horn arrangement for "We Had to Go Home" and "Complimentary Love"
Management: Doug Buttleman at Artist In Mind
Administration: Mara Wish Buttleman
Booking: Adam Bauer at Fleming Artists
Art Direction and Design: Kate Cosgrove

The Verve Pipe

Brian Vander Ark Lou Musa Randy Sly Andy Reed Joel Ferguson Donny Brown John Connors Doug Corella Craig Griffith Dan Metheny A. J. Dunning Brad Vander Ark Brian Stout

Studio albums	I've Suffered a Head Injury Pop Smear Villains The Verve Pipe Underneath A Family Album Are We There Yet? Overboard

EPs	I've Suffered a Head Injury A Homemade Holiday

Singles	"Photograph" "Cup of Tea" "Villains" "The Freshmen" "Hero" "Television" "Never Let You Down" "Crash Landing"

Compilations	Platinum & Gold Collection Super Hits Playlist

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