Semi-Gloss is the 1997 self-titled debut studio album by Semi-Gloss.

Semi-Gloss
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 1997
RecordedStudio .45, Hartford, Connecticut
GenreAlternative rock
Length45:21
LabelDirt Records (DIRT 034)
Semi-Gloss chronology
Teenie
(1996)
Semi-Gloss
(1997)
The Falling Kind
(2000)

A different recording of the song "Morning Takes the Night" appears on the band's previous EP, Teenie. The song "Eight Million Strong" appears on Teenie; the version on Semi-Gloss is a remix.

The album cover design was inspired by the 1956 Blue Note recording Volume One by Sonny Rollins.

Track listing edit

All songs written by Jordy Mokriski except where noted.

  1. "Sans Expliquer" (Mokriski, Verena Wiesendanger) – 6:01
  2. "The Sunburn Song" – 5:45
  3. "Eight Million Strong" (David Kinnoin, Mokriski) – 3:24
  4. "Free" – 3:17
  5. "Summer Fields" – 4:01
  6. "A Reason Why" – 3:26
  7. "Latenight Stroll" – 3:25
  8. "Groupie's Lament" – 5:35
  9. "Whistlin' Girl" – 2:34
  10. "Morning Takes the Night" – 5:43
  11. "The Majestic" (Candice Belanoff, Mokriski) – 3:33

Personnel edit

  • Jordy Mokriski - guitar, vocals
  • Verena Wiesendanger - lead vocals, keyboards, percussion; whistling on track 9
  • Gregory Graf - bass
  • Jason Harmon - drums
  • Dave Berger - drums on track 7

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