My Favourite Headache (also published as My Favorite Headache, especially in the US) is the debut solo album by Geddy Lee of Canadianrock band Rush. The album was released on November 14, 2000, by Anthem Records in Canada and Atlantic Records outside of Canada. Both the title track and "Grace to Grace" received play on mainstream rock radio, and the album itself peaked at No. 52 on the Billboard 200.[2]
Although Lee wrote the majority of the album on bass, he was not just writing melody lines, he was also playing chords. In some cases, he multi-tracked basses into different layers of the arrangements.[3]
Lee said of the album: "I think I backed into this project. I've never had a great desire to make an individual statement, and I certainly didn't want any more attention. I satisfy so much of my musical self in the context of Rush, so I don't have any great frustrations from that point of view. But once in a while, you'd wonder, 'What's it like out there? What's it like to work with other people?'".[3]
Lee explaining how he wrote the lyrics for My Favourite Headache: "Most people are like this: They think of stuff during the day. The mind goes to certain places, they remember things, and they try to figure things out. To remind yourself to write that stuff down is a great benefit. Then you come back to it and you analyze it days later, and lyrically shape what you felt when you wrote it down. For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song."[3]
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My Favourite Headache also published as My Favorite Headache especially in the US is the debut solo album by Geddy Lee of Canadian rock band Rush The album was released on November 14 2000 by Anthem Records in Canada and Atlantic Records outside of Canada Both the title track and Grace to Grace received play on mainstream rock radio and the album itself peaked at No 52 on the Billboard 200 2 My Favourite HeadacheStudio album by Geddy LeeReleasedNovember 14 2000RecordedApril 2000 1 StudioThe Peasant s Tent and Reaction Studios Toronto East and West and The Factory Studios Vancouver British Columbia Studio X Seattle Washington Metalworks Studios in Mississauga OntarioGenreAlternative rock hard rockLength48 06LabelAnthemProducerGeddy LeeBen MinkDavid LeonardGeddy Lee chronologyMy Favourite Headache 2000 The Lost Demos 2023 Contents 1 Background 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3 1 Musicians 3 2 Production 4 Singles 5 ReferencesBackground editAlthough Lee wrote the majority of the album on bass he was not just writing melody lines he was also playing chords In some cases he multi tracked basses into different layers of the arrangements 3 Lee said of the album I think I backed into this project I ve never had a great desire to make an individual statement and I certainly didn t want any more attention I satisfy so much of my musical self in the context of Rush so I don t have any great frustrations from that point of view But once in a while you d wonder What s it like out there What s it like to work with other people 3 Lee explaining how he wrote the lyrics for My Favourite Headache Most people are like this They think of stuff during the day The mind goes to certain places they remember things and they try to figure things out To remind yourself to write that stuff down is a great benefit Then you come back to it and you analyze it days later and lyrically shape what you felt when you wrote it down For me how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song 3 Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic58 100 4 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Classic Rock nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 The Daily VaultA 7 Track listing editAll lyrics by Geddy Lee all music by Lee and Ben Mink No TitleLength1 My Favourite Headache 4 452 The Present Tense 3 253 Window to the World 3 024 Working at Perfekt 5 005 Runaway Train 4 306 The Angels Share 4 337 Moving to Bohemia 4 258 Home on the Strange 3 469 Slipping 5 0610 Still 4 3011 Grace to Grace 4 59Personnel editPersonnel per booklet 8 Musicians edit Geddy Lee bass guitar vocals guitar piano programming percussion string arrangements producer engineer Ben Mink guitars violins and violas programming string arrangements producer engineer Matt Cameron drums Jeremy Taggart drums on Home on the Strange John Friesen cellos on Working at Perfekt Ed Wilson additional programming Chris Stringer additional percussion Waylon Wall steel guitar on Window to the World Pappy Rosen backing vocals on Slipping Production edit David Leonard producer engineer mixing at Metalworks Studios Adam Kasper Dennis Tougas engineers Sam Hofstedt Sheldon Zaharko Chris Stringer Tom Heron Jeff Elliot Joel Kazmi Ian Bodzasi assistant engineers Daniel Seguin computer technical assistance Howie Weinberg mastering at Masterdisk New YorkSingles editInformation My Favourite Headache Released November 2000 Written by Geddy Lee amp Ben Mink Produced by Geddy Lee Ben Mink amp David Leonard Chart positions Grace to Grace Released February 2001 Written by Geddy Lee amp Ben Mink Produced by Geddy Lee Ben Mink amp David Leonard Chart positions Home on the Strange Released 2001 Written by Geddy Lee amp Ben Mink Produced by Geddy Lee Ben Mink amp David Leonard Chart positions References edit Lee Geddy 2023 My Effin Life 1st ed HarperCollins p 409 ISBN 978 0 06 315941 9 My Favorite Headache Billboard Albums AllMusic Rovi Retrieved 2014 06 29 a b c Giles Jeff November 14 2015 When Geddy Lee Went Solo with My Favorite Headache ultimateclassicrock com Retrieved December 19 2023 My Favorite Headache Metacritic com Retrieved 6 June 2020 Prato Greg Geddy Lee My Favorite Headache review AllMusic Rovi Retrieved 2014 06 29 Geddy Lee My Favourite Headache album review Classic Rock November 23 2020 Retrieved January 24 2024 Rusk Bruce 2019 The Daily Vault Music Reviews My Favourite Headache dailyvault com Retrieved 28 January 2019 My Favourite Headache booklet Geddy Lee Anthem Records 2000 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title My Favourite Headache amp oldid 1210788399, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
