Profile: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Members: Dan Nordenson, David Pinsky, Paul Frantzich, Tim Frantzich, Tim Johnson
This one did come out forty years ago however, and moreover it was a request that I'm happy to fulfill.
Conducting a web query on A Few was practically a fool's errand, but from what I'm able to glean they hailed from Minneapolis and have one other elusive record to their credit.
This one starts off splendidly enough with a trio of keepers to please the halcyon-era collegiate rock crowd, bleeding hues of everyone from Aztec Camera to R.E.M. Further in, A Few's footing is less steady, with the rather aimless shouter "Hang Tough," and heck, and by the time they kick into "Gas is Gold," they may as well have mutated into a different band altogether.
Luckily they recover on the jangly "Best Around," and close things out on a contemplative note by way of the decent enough ballad, "Wandering."
Track listing
1. Every World is Hot - 2:44
2. Ride Halley's Comet - 3:50
Keyboards – Chan Poling
3. Something Wonderful - 2:18
4. Do You Remember - 4:22
Keyboards – Chan Poling
5. Things Change - 1:18
6. Hang Tough - 2:33
Vocals – Wayne "Dirty Gus" Thommen
7. Gas is Gold - 2:28
Guitar – Chris Osgood
8. You and Me - 3:15
9. Sail Up to the Moon - 2:55
10. Best Around - 2:42
11. My Own Mayhem - 2:27
12. Wandering - 3:27
Companies, etc.
- Bass – Tim Johnson
- Drums, Producer [Pre-Production] – Dave Pinsky
- Engineer – Steve Fjelstad
- Guitar – Tim Frantzich
- Guitar, Photography [Front Cover Photo] – Dan Nordenson
- Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
- Photography [Back Photo] – Daniel Corrigan
- Producer – Chris Osgood
- Producer [Pre-Production] – Jay Leigh
- Saxophone – Chris Becker
- Vocals – Paul Frantzich
Chan Poling appears courtesy of The Suburbs
Pre-production by Jay Leigh and David Pinsky at Gark Studios
Notes
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Alternative Rock
Length: 34:24
Label - Gark
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