Identikit (album)

Identikit is the second and final album by American rock band Burning Airlines, released in 2001. In 2012, the German label Arctic Rodeo Recordings reissued the album as a marbled colour vinyl LP with enclosed CD in an edition of 700 copies, with an added cover version of Sweet's "Action."

Background and recording

The drum and bass parts on Identikit were recorded live. The album was recorded in two sessions, one at a studio in Baltimore with engineer John Agnello and one recorded by Burning Airlines frontman J. Robbins at Inner Ear Studios.
Robbins has stated that the album's title, a reference to the investigative tool, was chosen because of "the suggestion that you could just put together a whole identity out of ready-made items."

Track listing

All songs written by J. Robbins, except where noted.

"Outside the Aviary" – 1:50
"Morricone Dancehall" – 2:52
"A Lexicon" – 3:28
"A Song With No Words" – 3:56
"All Sincerity" – 2:40
"The Surgeon's House" – 3:59
"The Deluxe War Baby" – 3:32
"Everything Here Is New" – 3:18
"Paper Crowns" – 2:46
"Blind Trial" – 2:25
"Identikit" – 3:17
"Election-Night Special" - 2:05
"Tastykake" – 4:14
"Earthbound" – 2:09
"Dear Hilary" – 2:31
"Action" - 3:33

Personnel

J.Robbins – vocals, guitars, noises
Mike Harbin – bass guitar, sounds, "good judgement"
Peter Moffett – drums, percussion, idiophone, membranophones, backing vocals, "things that go plunk, plink, And ting-a-ling"