Resilience is Futile

Resilience is Futile is the seventh studio album by American rock band Bulla, released in 2005 by Reprise Records. The album also saw the return of guitarist/backing vocalist Bill Lawrence, after his absence from recording, touring and promoting the band's previous album If You Have to Ask... You'll Never Know, which was released in 2001, as well as the last collaboration with producer Brendan O'Brien, who worked with the band since their fourth album Animal Kingdom.

Songs

 * Outtakes


 * "Rehab" (words by Langley; music by Hewitt and Langley)
 * "Hold On" (words by Langley and Lawrence; music by Langley
 * "Jenny" (words and music by Langley)

Personnel

 * Bulla
 * Brian Rosenberg: lead vocals (all except 4, 8, 10, 15 and 16), background vocals (4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 16) , acoustic guitar (3, 7, 11, 16) , electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 6. 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16), additional bass (on "Signs") , celesta, flute and xylophone (on "Duke of Crowborough") , mandolin (on "Lynx on My Back")
 * Bill Lawrence: electric (all except 10 and 11), lap steel (on "Outlands" and "Lynx on My Back") and resonator (on "Sunbow" and "Backlands") guitars, bass guitar and darbuka (on "Duke of Crowborough") , saxophone (on "American Life") , 12-string guitar and slide (on "Daylight") , background vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16)
 * John Langley: lead vocals (on "Supersonic", "Duke of Crowborough" and "Lynx on My Back"), acoustic guitar (on "Signs" and "Backlands") , bass guitar (all but 10) , array mbira (on "Ingratitude") , electric guitar and marimba (on "Duke of Crowborough") , mellotron (on "Lynx on My Back") , optigan and minimoog (on "Backlands") , background vocals (1–3, 5–9, 11–14, 16)
 * Jim Hewitt: drums (all but 10), tabla (on "She's Gone") , percussion (9, 12, 16) , ocean, snare and hang drums (on "Duke of Crowborough") , vibraslap (on "Outlands") , waterphone (on "Backlands") , background vocals (2, 3, 9, 10, 13)
 * Mike Sullivan: lead vocals (on "Ingratitude" and "Backlands"), keyboards (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15) , harmonium (2, 5) , xylophone (7) , programming (3, 15) , SFX (1, 15, 16) , mellotron (5, 12) , clavichord (11) , clavinet (10, 14, 15) , Rhodes piano (2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 16) , Oberheim OB-X synthesizer (8, 15) , acoustic piano (9, 14) , background vocals (3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14)


 * Additional musicians
 * Brendan O'Brien - Hammond B-3 (2, 5, 15, 16), Wurlitzer piano (14) , backing vocals (1, 3, 12, 14)
 * Mark Gordon - cowbell and trumpet on "Once and Again", percussion on "Sunbow" and "Backlands", water bucket and wine bottle on "Sunbow", wood block on "Bitter/Sweet"
 * Lenny Castro - percussion (2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 16)
 * Alison Mosshart - backing vocals on "Her"


 * <Production
 * Brendan O'Brien - production, recording
 * Bulla - production
 * Greg Fidelman - recording
 * Tchad Blake - mixing
 * Emily Lazar - mastering
 * Chris Bilheimer - art direction
 * John Langley - art direction, cover concept, layout, photography
 * Brad Klausen - layout, production designer
 * Brian Rosenberg - cover concept, layout, photography
 * Mike Sullivan - cover concept, layout, photography
 * Danny Clinch - photography