Resilience is Futile

Era Vulgaris is the fifth studio album by American hard rock band Bulla, released in 2005. This album marks the return of guitarist Bill Lawrence, who had originally left the band in 2002.

Songs
All lyrics by John Langley, except where noted. Composers also listed below.

Total length: 1:03:04
 * 1) "Clown" (music by Arnold, Bill Lawrence, Miller, Michael Sullivan) - 4:15
 * 2) "Sunbow" (lyrics co-written by Miller, music by Langley, Doug Lawrence, Sullivan) - 5:51
 * 3) "Once and Again" (music by Sullivan) - 5:06
 * 4) "Supersonic" (music by Arnold, Lawrence, Miller and Sullivan) - 2:38
 * 5) "Butterfinger" (music by Arnold, Langley, Sullivan, Lawrence) - 3:27
 * 6) "Waiting" (music by Sullivan) - 3:46
 * 7) "She's Gone" (music by Langley) - 3:57
 * 8) "Intimacy" (music by D. Lawrence and Sullivan) - 4:38
 * 9) "Her" (co-writer and music by Johnson) - 5:02
 * 10) "Duke of Crowborough" (music by Langley) - 2:40
 * 11) "Daylight" (music by Arnold, Lawrence, Miller, Sullivan) - 4:21
 * 12) "American Life" (music by Arnold, Langley, Sullivan, Lawrence) - 3:37
 * 13) "Signs" (lyrics co-written by Johnson, music by Johnson and Sullivan) - 5:10
 * 14) "Ethiopia" (music by B. Lawrence and Sullivan) - 3:54
 * 15) "Untitled" (composed by Arnold, Langley and Lawrence) - 1:32
 * 16) "Lynch" (music by Arnold, Miller and Lawrence) - 3:09

Personnel

 * Bulla
 * Gucci: drums, percussion (9, 12, 16), tabla (7) , backing vocals (2, 3, 9, 10, 13)
 * John Langley: bass (all, except "Daylight'), backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16) , lead vocals (on "Duke of Crowborough")
 * Bill Lawrence: electric/resonator (on "Sunbow") guitars, bass ("Daylight"), percussion (7) , Oberheim OB-X (8) , derbak (10) , backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16)
 * Stanley Miller: lead vocals (all except 8, 10 and 15), backing vocals (7, 9) , acoustic guitar (on "She's Gone") , electric guitar (1, 2, 5, 6. 8) ; celesta, flute and xylophone (on "Duke of Crowborough") , synthesizer (on "Her")
 * Mike Sullivan: lead vocals (8, 16), keyboards (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13) , harmonium (2) , xylophone (7) , programming (3, 5) , SFX (1, 16) , clavinet (10) , Rhodes piano (on "Her") , backing vocals (3, 4, 5, 10, 14)


 * Additional musicians
 * Brendan O'Brien - Hammond B-3, Baldwin piano, backing vocals
 * Mark Gordon - percussion on "Lynch", water bucket and wine bottle on "Sunbow", wood block on "Butferfinger"


 * Production
 * Brendan O'Brien - production
 * Bulla - production
 * Kevin Shirley - recording
 * Tchad Blake - mixing
 * Emily Lazar - mastering