Animal Kingdom (album)

Animal Kingdom is the third studio album by American rock band Bulla, released in 1998 by Reprise. This is the first album with the guitarist Bill Lawrence, replacing his brother Doug, who left the group after the conclusion of A Shoal of Dead Fish tour.

Songs

 * Original version
 * Demos and outtakes (released on remastered version)

Personnel

 * Bulla
 * Stanley Miller - vocals (lead on all tracks except 1, 3, 9, 12 and 14; co-lead on "Garbage Queer" and "Mad World"; background on "No Way Out" and "Abajo del Sol"), guitars, percussion on "Sleepy Hollow"
 * Bill Lawrence - guitars, mandolin (on "No Way Out"), melodica (on "Sunday Morning") , banjo (on "Abajo del Sol") , background vocals (all except 7, 12 and 13; lead on "No Way Out")
 * John Langley - bass, background vocals (1, 2, 6, 8, 11, "Weak Point" and "No Way Out")
 * Jim Hewitt - drums, background vocals (1, 4, 9, 11, 14 and "Abajo del Sol")
 * Mike Sullivan - lead (on "Misery, Inc.", "Sleepy Hollow" and "Abajo del Sol"; co-lead on "Garbage Queen" and "Mad World") and background (on "Oursel's", "Sweat", "Spiders", "Sunday Morning", "Dive" and "No Way Out") vocals, air synth on "Sunday Morning", keyboards (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, "No Way Out", "Dive" and "Behind the Wind"), organ (on "Attaboy" and "This is Where It Ends") , piano (on "Attaboy", "Sleepy Hollow", "Dive" and "Behind the Wind") , samplers (on "Can You Hear Me Now?", "Sunday Morning", "Faithful" and "Mad World") , synthesizer (on "No Way Out" and "Dive")


 * Additional musicians
 * Mark Gordon - marimba (on "Attaboy"), percussion (1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, "Weak Point", "Behind the Wind" and "Abajo del Sol") , saw (on "Misery, Inc.")


 * Production
 * Brendan O'Brien - production, recording (Seattle)
 * Bulla - production
 * Eddie Kramer - recording engineer (Grand Prairie)
 * John Langley - second recording engineer (Grand Prairie)
 * Ben Findlay, Jacquie Turner - mixing at Real World Studios, London, UK
 * Bob Ludwig - mastering at Gateway Mastering, Portland, MI


 * Design
 * Mike Sullivan (credited as "Mr. Mike") - artwork, design concept
 * Chris Bilheimer - art direction, artwork
 * Danny Clinch - photography
 * Anton Corbijn - photography