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''Pneumonia'' is the third and last studio album by the alternative country band Whiskeytown, released in 2001. The album is noted for its troubled history which saw the band lose its record deal in the midst of the merger between Polygram and Universal, and the already volatile band fell apart as a result. The album sat on the shelf for nearly two years and it was said that over 100 songs were recorded during the 3 years. It was bootlegged heavily and gained a reputation as a great "lost" record from fans, before getting released by Lost Highway Records as something of an appetizer for Ryan Adams' 2001 album ''Gold''. Adams chose the album title ''Pneumonia'' for symbolic reasons. He felt it reflected the album's themes of being lovesick and succumbing to love. Plus, he saw the recording of the album as Whiskeytown "falling into this very slow and sleepy finality". ==Recording and release== By early 1999, Whiskeytown band members Ryan Adams, Caitlin Cary, and Mike Daly had started recording their follow-up to ''Strangers Almanac'' at an abandoned church in Woodstock, New York, called Dreamland Studios. Ethan Johns, son of legendary producer Glyn Johns, was tapped to produce the album. Originally planned to be a double-album entitled ''Happy Go Bye Bye'', the music recorded was intended to be a departure from the band's previous alt-country sound, prominently featuring Adams on piano,〔 with classic pop arrangements featuring strings and horns. Notably, Mike Daly co-wrote seven songs on the album with Adams; Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha contributed guitar and co-wrote a song; ex-Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson added guitar and dobro; and producer Johns played several instruments. Adams envisioned this collective effort to be in the vein of "those Woodstock albums, like The Band made in the '60s." 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lost Highway Records: Whiskeytown )〕 After recording, the album was mixed by Outpost Recordings house producer Scott Litt, best known for his work with R.E.M. 〔 But the band was unhappy with Litt's mix, so when the album was finally prepped for release by Lost Highway Records nearly two years later, Adams and Ethan Johns remixed it. Adams and Johns sought a classic Rolling Stones/Beatles sound with their mix, with little to no compression, and trimmed the album to 14 songs.〔 (Johns also produced Adams' first two solo albums, ''Heartbreaker'' and ''Gold''.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pneumonia (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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