Together We're Heavy


Together We're Heavy is the second release from Dallas symphonic rock group The Polyphonic Spree. Produced by Eric Drew Feldman and released in Japan on June 30, 2004, Europe on July 12 and North America on July 13. It includes the hit singles "Hold Me Now" and "Two Thousand Places". The album was released by Hollywood Records, and represents the band's first "true" album.
The US version of Together We're Heavy contains an additional bonus DVD while the Japanese version contains three bonus songs.
It reached number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers albums chart in the United States.

Track listing

All songs written by Tim DeLaughter.
  1. "Section 11 " – 8:32
  2. "Section 12 " – 4:30
  3. "Section 13 " – 4:55
  4. "Section 14 " – 5:19
  5. "Section 15 " – 1:39
  6. "Section 16 " – 4:58
  7. "Section 17 " – 8:48
  8. "Section 18 " – 1:54
  9. "Section 19 " – 10:38
  10. "Section 20 " – 6:30
  11. "Bonus Section 1 "
  12. "Bonus Section 2 "
  13. "Bonus Section 3 "
"The Adventure of Listening" DVD:
  • "A Blissed Out Occasion" – Live at the Summersonic Festival, Tokyo, 2003
  • *Contains "The Anthem for Summer Camp", "It's the Sun", "Light & Day", "Everything Starts at the Seam" and "When the Fool Becomes a King"
  • "Air Near the Ground" – Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, 2003
  • *Contains "Soldier Girl", "Hanging Around the Day " and "It's the Sun"
  • "Confessions of an Instigator" – An interview with Tim DeLaughter
  • "Moving Pictures"
  • *Contains the music video for "Light & Day ", the animated video for "Light & Day " and "The Tramp "

Singles

  1. "Hold Me Now"
  2. "Hold Me Now"
  3. "Working Out the Kinks"
  • "Two Thousand Places" CD single
  1. "Two Thousand Places"
  2. "The Best Part"
  3. "Happy Xmas "

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.

Musicians

  • Tim DeLaughter: Lead vocals, guitars, percussion, tubular bells, piano, organ, samples, various noises
  • Ryan Fitzgerald: Acoustic and electric guitars, banjo
  • Joe Butcher: Pedal steel
  • Evan Hisey: Keyboards, organ, synthesizers
  • Jesse Hester: Piano, vocals
  • Mark Pirro: Bass guitar
  • Rick Nelson: Double bass, violin, viola
  • Bryan Wakeland: Drums, percussion
  • Audrey Easley: Flute, piccolo, tin whistle, Electronic Wind Instruments
  • Louis Schwadron: French horn
  • Toby Halbrooks: Theremin
  • James Reimer: Trombone, glockenspiel
  • Logan Keese: Trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Jennifer Jobe, Jennie Kelley, Jessica Jordan, Julie Duncanville, Kelly Repka, Michael Turner: Lead, backing and choir vocals

Production

  • Produced by Eric Drew Feldman, Jeff Levison and The Speekers
  • Recorded and engineered by Andrew Paul Baker, Ronnie Katz, Allen Sides, The Speekers and Dave Willingham
  • Assistant engineers: Chris Bell, Joel Pelphrey, Darrell Thorp
  • Mixed by Rich Costey, The Speekers and Dave Willingham
  • Mix assistant: Claudius Mittendorfer
  • Digital editing: Rail Jon Rogut
  • Mastered by Mark Chalecki and Ted Jensen

Release history

CD
  • UK release
  • US release
  • Japanese release
DVD-Audio 5.1 Surround + DTS-Encoded track
  • US release