Identikit (album)

Identikit is the second and final album by American rock band Burning Airlines, released in 2001. In 2012, the German label Arctic Rodeo Recordings reissued the album as a marbled colour vinyl LP with enclosed CD in an edition of 700 copies (200 on white/blue, 250 on gold/white, 250 on red/black), with an added cover version of Sweet's "Action."

Background and recording

The drum and bass parts on Identikit were recorded live. The album was recorded in two sessions, one at a studio in Baltimore with engineer John Agnello and one recorded by Burning Airlines frontman J. Robbins at Inner Ear Studios.

Robbins has stated that the album's title, a reference to the investigative tool, was chosen because of "the suggestion that you could just put together a whole identity out of ready-made items."

Track listing

All songs written by J. Robbins, except where noted.

1. "Outside the Aviary" – 1:50
2. "Morricone Dancehall" – 2:52
3. "A Lexicon" – 3:28
4. "A Song With No Words" – 3:56
5. "All Sincerity" – 2:40
6. "The Surgeon's House" – 3:59
7. "The Deluxe War Baby" – 3:32
8. "Everything Here Is New" – 3:18
9. "Paper Crowns" – 2:46
10. "Blind Trial" – 2:25
11. "Identikit" – 3:17
12. "Election-Night Special" - 2:05
13. "Tastykake" – 4:14
14. "Earthbound" – 2:09
15. "Dear Hilary" (Scott Ritcher) – 2:31
16. "Action" - 3:33 (Andy Scott, Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Mick Tucker) (2012 reissue)

Personnel

• J.Robbins – vocals, guitars, noises
• Mike Harbin – bass guitar, sounds, "good judgement"
• Peter Moffett – drums, percussion, idiophone, membranophones, backing vocals, "things that go plunk, plink, And ting-a-ling"

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