Pay the Girl (album)

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Pay the Girl
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 4, 2003
Recorded2002-2003
Genre
Length45:29
LabelTVT Records
Producer
Pay the Girl chronology
Demo EP
(2002)
Pay the Girl
(2003)

Pay the Girl is the self-titled debut studio album released by American rock band Pay the Girl. It is their only studio album release to date. It was released on March 4, 2003, under TVT Records, which is now defunct.

Five producers lent their producing abilities to the album: Matt Senatore, Rich Liggett, Rick Parashar, Wally Gagel, and Kelly Gray.

The album includes many musicians from popular rock bands, such as Rich Hopkins from American alternative rock band The Sidewinders, Jeremy Hora from Canadian hard rock band Default (he also lent his songwriting talents to the track "So Without"), Bardi Martin from American grunge band Candlebox, Darrell Phillips from American rock band Sister 7, and Brad Smith from American alternative rock band Blind Melon.

The track "Clueless" was featured on the soundtrack of the 2002 teen psychological thriller film Swimfan. It is also credited as their most popular song, whilst "Freeze" and "Beverly" are considered highly as well.

With the release of the album, their sound was often compared to American alternative rock bands Matchbox Twenty and The Verve Pipe.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Freeze"
  • Jason Phelps
  • Kevin Fox
  • Daniel Fisher
  • Jeffrey Pence
  • Christopher Estes
  • Matt Senatore
  • Matt Senatore
  • Mark Liggett
3:45
2."Beverly"
  • Jason Phelps
  • Brian Lovely
  • Kevin Fox
  • Curtis Benton
  • Jeffrey Pence
  • Matt Senatore
Rick Parashar3:41
3."Clueless"
  • Jason Phelps
  • Brian Lovely
  • Jeffrey Pence
  • Matt Senatore
  • Matt Senatore
  • Mark Liggett
3:56
4."All You Are"
Wally Gagel3:57
5."Junkie"
  • Jason Phelps
  • Michael Georgin
  • Joshua Seurkamp
  • Drew Phillips
  • Mark Cooper
  • Matt Senatore
  • Rich Liggett
3:43
6."Traded"
  • Jason Phelps
  • Drew Phillips
  • Michael Georgin
  • Mark Cooper
Rick Parashar3:50
7."I'm Not Like You"
  • Jason Phelps
  • Walt Aldridge
Rick Parashar3:44
8."In Between"
  • Jason Phelps
  • Mark Cooper
  • Michael Georgin
  • Joshua Seurkamp
  • Drew Phillips
  • Matt Senatore
  • Rich Liggett
3:39
9."Gravity"
  • Jason Phelps
  • Walt Aldridge
  • Matt Senatore
  • Rich Liggett
4:01
10."So Without"
  • Jason Phelps
  • Drew Phillips
  • Jeremy Hora
Kelly Gray3:46
11."Perfect"
  • Jason Phelps
  • Brian Lovely
  • Matt Senatore
  • Matt Senatore
  • Rich Liggett
3:43
12."We Both Lose"
Rick Parashar3:49
Total length:45:29

Personnel[edit]

  • Jason Allen Phelps – lead vocals, guitar
  • Mark Cooper – background vocals, guitar
  • Dave Harris – guitar
  • Drew Phillips – bass guitar
  • Greg Braun – drums

Additional personnel

Production

  • Amy Duarte – production coordination
  • Wally Gagel – engineer, mixing, producer
  • Kelly Gray – engineer, mixing, producer
  • Rick Kerr – mixing
  • Jerry Lane – engineer, mixing
  • Mark Liggett – producer
  • Geoff Ott – engineer
  • Rick Parashar – engineer, mixing, producer
  • Tony Schloss – assistant engineer
  • Matthew "Ammo" Senatore – producer