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The Search for Eggplantis .​.​. or Glam on the Half Shell

by Kenny Young and the Eggplants

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    From a badminton-playing badger to a super-powered frog, this album is packed with unlikely heroes from the Eggplants’ universe. It also contains “186,000 Miles a Second” – one of the band’s most popular love songs. Hugely successful on college radio, the album’s highest chart positions included #2 at KEUL (Girdwood, AK); # 3 at KSFS (San Francisco, CA); # 3 at WIPZ (Kenosha, WI); and #6 at WVIA (Pittston, PA) – where it spent 16 weeks in the Top 30.

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1.
Chapel Under the Sea 02:30
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The Search for Eggplantis 03:18
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3.
Badger in the Badlands 02:33
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It's a Worm's Life 02:19
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186,000 Miles a Second 02:28
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6.
Satellite of Love 03:45
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Space Frog 03:53
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When It's Sleepy Time in Eggplantis 02:28
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Once there was a great empire
where vegetables evolved higher . . .

The Search for Eggplantis . . . or Glam on the Half Shell

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released August 6, 2002

Eddie Logue: plankton-pleasing percussion
Gil Shuster: bottom-of-the-sea bass
Kenny Young: gurgling guitars and vocals

Produced and engineered by Leo Overtoom.

Recorded at Excello Studios, Brooklyn, New York.
Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Absolute Audio, New York City.

Bubbling background vocals and miscellaneous keyboards by Leo and Eddie.

Choir of Flounder: Steve Goulding, Eric Hansen, Julie Kaplan, Alex Morrison, Sue Raffman, Dan Sallitt, Rebecca Turner, Donna Upton.

“Duck on Bike on the Beach” aka “Metal Wind-Up Machine Music” performed by Duck on Bike, with assistance from Gil.

All songs written underwater by Kenny Young © (P) 2002 Savage Fishcake Music (BMI), except "Satellite of Love," by Lou Reed (Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd. (BMI)). All Rights Reserved.

Artwork by Mike DeSantis.

Deep-sea photography: Kathryn McDonald, Liz Hanellin, Angela Lubrano & Steve Gillett.
Official Eggplants logo by Randy Sanders (based on drawings by Gus and Kenny Young).

Security provided by Earl the Squirrel and Moriarty the Moose.

Love and octopus hugs to Kathryn “Gnomeheid” McDonald and Sue “Jazzshark” Edwards.
Special aquatic thanks to John Barrow.
Gold Starfish: Nigel McFarlane, Kevin & Dawn & Jodi, Ingrid Multhopp, Mitchell Bard, Mikey Dee, the Planetary Group, Bob Cowley, Zoe McGrory.

Welcome to Eggplantis: Aaron Henry. We won’t forget you: Kenny MacDonald.

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Kenny Young and the Eggplants Brooklyn, New York

Kenny Young and the Eggplants play intergalactic folk-and-roll songs about giant squirrels, scary bits of cheese, and malevolent washing machines. The New York Times said they give “eloquent voice to the multifaceted neuroses of prolonged adolescence.” The Sunday Herald said they “mix the wit of Jonathan Richman with the sound of the Nico-era Velvets to create a surreal and satirical gumbo.” ... more

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