If You Have to Ask... You'll Never Know

If You Have to Ask... You'll Never Know is the sixth studio album by American rock band Bulla, released in April 1, 2004. This is the third studio album since A Shoal of Dead Fish without the guitarist Bill Lawrence, who took a temporary break from performing with the group to focus on other projects and family and his lead guitar duties were taken by lead singer Brian Rosenberg, keyboardist Mike Sullivan and multi-instrumentalist Alain Johannes.

DVD ((RE)Start)

 * Disc one
 * Red Rocks concert (May 22/23/24, 2004)
 * "Blame it on the Rain"
 * "220V"
 * "Mad World"
 * "Animal Kingdom"
 * "Misery, Inc." (early version)
 * "Piggies" (Oingo Boingo cover) (*)
 * "Suit"
 * "Big Time"
 * "Spiders"
 * "Death University" (*)
 * "Blow" (*)
 * "I Can't Explain"
 * "Big Devil"
 * "The Ballad of Regina George" (demo version) (*)
 * "Sandbox"
 * "Volcano World"
 * "Faithful" (*)
 * "Agoraphobia"
 * "Bodies"
 * "Sofasleeping"
 * "Death Cab" (*)
 * "Gun"
 * "Double Team"

Special features:
 * Extra Vancouver concert
 * "Missed"
 * "Tequila Song"
 * "Keep It Dark"
 * Low-budget videos
 * Tour diary


 * Disc two
 * "Making of Hold Your Country" (documentary)
 * Berlin concert (somewhere in 2004)
 * "Too Late"
 * "Broken"
 * "Clowns of Death"
 * "Dive"
 * "Sweat"
 * "Autopilot"
 * "Can You Hear Me Now?"
 * "Garbage Queen"
 * "Behind the Wind"
 * "Helpless"
 * "Missed"
 * "Mary"
 * "Night Angels"
 * "Happy and Bleeding"
 * "Hothead"
 * "On My Block"
 * "Don't Change Your Plans"
 * "College Envy"
 * "Keep It Dark"
 * "A Few Drinks"
 * "Change"
 * "Sunday Morning"
 * "Wrong Moment, Right Place"
 * "Evil Inside"
 * "Death University"
 * "Tequila Song"
 * "Agoraphobia"
 * Music videos
 * "Suit"
 * "Animal Kingdom"
 * "Big Time"
 * "Volcano World"
 * "Bodies"
 * Studio recording sessions
 * Easter eggs

Personnel

 * Bulla
 * Jim Hewitt - drums, hang drum, percussion, steel drum, tubular bells, background vocals
 * John Langley - lead and background vocals, bass, bouzouki, E-Bow, percussion, upright bass, Wurlitzer piano, artwork, photography
 * Brian Rosenberg - lead and background vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, ukulele
 * Mike Sullivan - lead and background vocals, vocal harmonies, keyboards, electric guitar, marimba, melodica, metallophone, organ, piano, pipe, samplers, talkbox, theremin, vibraphone, xylophone, string arrangements


 * Additional musicians
 * Alain Johannes - electric, flamenco and lap steel guitars, background vocals
 * Greg Kurstin - additional keyboards, string arrangements
 * Mark Gordon - additional percussion
 * Mauro Refosco - additional percussion
 * Kevin Sullivan - banjo, dobro, mandolin
 * Ana Lenchantin, Martin Loveday - cello
 * Bruce White, Rachel Bolt - viola
 * Jessy Greene, Paz Lenchantin, Petra Haden - violins


 * Additional vocalists (on "Being Alone")
 * Julia Waters - background vocals
 * Maxine Waters - background vocals


 * Equipments
 * Jim Hewitt: Pearl drum kit and Vic Firth drumsticks
 * John Langley:
 * Basses: Fender Jazz/Precision, Ibanez, Vigier Passion and Yamaha SA-70
 * Pedals: Behringer Bod400, Boss CEB-3, Boss ME-50B, Boss Od-30, Dunlop Fuzz Face and MXR Fuzz Bass Deluxe
 * Brian Rosenberg:
 * Guitars: Danelectro (Vintage Baritone), Fender Stratocaster (HSS MN Black), Grestch (Electromatic SG), Ovation CE44, PRS (Custom 24) and Rickenbacker (360 Thinline)
 * Pedals: BOSS Chorus CH-1/SD-1, Danelectro DC-1 Cool Cat and Z.Vex Fuzz Factory
 * Mike Sullivan:
 * Keyboards: Roland (E09 and Juno-D) and Yamaha PSR-450
 * Guitar: Gibson SG Deluxe 71
 * Organ: Hammond B3 and Farfisa
 * Piano: Fender Rhodes 1973


 * Production
 * Bulla - arrangements, production
 * Brendan O'Brien - production, recording
 * Flood - mixing
 * Joe Gastwirt - mastering
 * Chris Bilheimer - artwork
 * Brad Klausen - design, layout
 * Anton Corbijn - photography