Happy Mood

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Happy Mood
File:Dessau - Happy Mood.jpg
EP by
Released1986 (1986)
StudioBelmont Studio
(Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreIndustrial rock
Length14:46
LabelFaction
Producer
  • Tom Der
  • Robb Earls
  • Michel Kestemont
Dessau chronology
Red Languages
(1985)
Happy Mood
(1986)
Exercise in Tension
(1989)

Happy Mood is the second EP by Dessau, released in 1986 by Faction Records.[1][2][3]

Music

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The tracks "Europe Light" and "Imperial Hotel" were released on the 1989 compilations Music View – Radio's Alternative Talk Show No. 59 & #60 by Joseph Fox Communications, Inc.[4] and Nashville Rock (What You Haven't Heard...) by Joseph Fox Communications, Inc.[5] The songs "First Year" was originally released on the band's Red Languages EP.[6]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Europe Light"John Elliott3:27
2."Imperial Hotel"Elliott4:42
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Unshakeable"Elliott3:06
2."First Year"
  • Elliott
  • Kim Ervin Elliott
3:31

Personnel

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Adapted from the Happy Mood liner notes.[7]

Dessau

Additional performers

  • Frank Brodlo – bass guitar (B1)
  • Tom Gregory – percussion and production (A2)
  • Kim Ervin Elliott – vocals (B2)
  • Tommy Lee Harding – percussion and production (A2)
  • James Horn – bass guitar (B2)
  • Skot Nelson – guitar (A2, B1)
  • Mike Orr – bass guitar (A2)
  • Andy Schmidt – guitar (A1)

Production and design

  • Tom Der – production (B1, B2), engineering (B1)
  • Robb Earls – production and engineering (A1)
  • Michel Kestemont – production and engineering (B2)
  • Mark Wood – executive-producer

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1986 Faction LP 05

References

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