Background (Lifetime album)

1993 studio album by Lifetime

Background

Studio album by

Lifetime

Released| January 1, 1993
Genre| Melodic hardcore
Length| 31:08
Label| New Age[1]
Lifetime chronology
|  | Background
(1993)  | Hello Bastards
(1995)

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Background is the first LP by American punk band Lifetime.[2][3] It was recorded in 1992 and was released on January 1, 1993, as New Age Records #15. The CD version was re-issued on July 1, 1997, with nine live bonus tracks. It is currently[when?] out of print although all the songs including the live bonus tracks are available on the Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey collection. The European edition of the album is titled Ghost and has different artwork and track listing. Ghost was released by Break Even Point Records as a 12" vinyl LP with a limited pressing of 1,000.

Shortly before the album was released, the bass guitarist Justin Janisch was replaced by Linda Kay. Even though Janisch played bass guitar on the record, Kay appears in the group photograph on the back of the album.

## Track listing

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All songs recorded and mixed at SRA Music Studio in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, during spring and summer 1992

1. "You"
2. "Pieces"
3. "Myself"
4. "Thanks"
5. "Up"
6. "Bedtime"
7. "Old Friend"
8. "Ghost"
9. "Alive"
10. "Background"

### 1997 CD bonus tracks

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All bonus tracks were recorded live at Lost Horizons in Syracuse, New York, on July 5, 1992.

1.   2. "You"
3. "Ghost"
4. "Thanks"
5. "Dwell"
6. "Up"
7. "Alive"
8. "Gone"
9. "Bedtime"
10. "Background"

## Personnel

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* Ari Katz - vocals
* Dan Yemin - guitar
* Scott Saint Hilaire - guitar
* Justin Janisch - bass guitar
* David Wagenshutz - drums

## References

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1. ^ "Background - Lifetime | Releases". AllMusic.
2. ^ "Lifetime: Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey". Pitchfork.
3. ^ Campbell, Mike (January 28, 2016). "Rank Your Records: Ari Katz Rates Lifetime's Four Studio Albums".

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Lifetime

* Ari Katz
* Dan Yemin
* Pete Martin
* Dave Palaitis
* Scott Golley

* Justin Janisch
* David Wagenshutz
* Scott St. Hiliare
* Chris Corvino
* Chris Daly
* Linda Kay

Studio albums|

* Background
* Hello Bastards
* Jersey's Best Dancers
* Lifetime

Labels|

* Jade Tree
* Decaydance
* No Idea

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* Discography
* Kid Dynamite
* Paint It Black

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* MusicBrainz release group

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