The Happiest Man Alive The Happiest Man Alive The Happiest Man Alive was the fourth of five albums of home-made recordings, released by Stephen Jones under the name "Baby Bird" in 1996. It was originally a limited edition release, but is now available as part of the 2002 CD box set "The Original Lo-Fi". The album includes a version of the song "Candy Girl", subsequently a UK top-ten hit for Jones' band Babybird (written as one word). All songs recorded on a 4-track tape recorder no bigger than a VCR. No Casio keyboards, no bellows-operated jazz synthesisers, no calor gas amplifiers have been used
Out of a Center Which Is Neither Dead nor Alive have "no catchy harmonies or sing-along choruses, but plenty of blissful textures are woven among the downtrodden loping." Out of a Center Which Is Neither Dead nor Alive Out of a Center Which Is Neither Dead Nor Alive is the debut full-length album by Chicago-based post-metal band Minsk. Produced by Sanford Parker, the album was released in 2005 on At a Loss Recordings. In a review of the album, Allmusic's Greg Prato wrote: "Although the group has obvious roots in metal (as evidenced by tracks like 'Narcotics and Dissecting Knives'), Minsk has plenty of tricks up its sleeve, such as