Marry Me (album)

Marry Me is the debut studio album by St. Vincent. It was officially released on July 10, 2007 in the U.S and later released on September 3, 2007 in the U.K through Beggars Banquet Records.

Background
St. Vincent said the following in an Uncut Magazine interview:

"This was the first record I worked on with John Congleton. I started it with another producer, but things just went horribly wrong so I called John. I'd spent a long, long time on all of these tracks, all of these beautiful wind and string passages that I was trying to make into songs. I called John and said, 'You know what? I think I need to try again with these songs… I think that if I'm not careful, I'll be making the soundtrack to The Lion King, so can we just rethink this?' I went in and basically re-recorded everything but the wind and strings. It was definitely an eleventh-hour thing, with John and I together in the studio saving the record. When I was writing it, I was watching a lot of films – Disney films from the '30s and '40s. I was going for Technicolor on that record, and luckily we saved it from being the last record I ever made. The way it had been going, I'm not sure if anyone would've given it a listen. John's sonic power is strong and contagious – and, because we were already friends, I felt very comfortable with him. We were able to go about making a record with no ego or strange human relationships. We could be clearheaded about the songs and the best way to present them with the arrangements." – St. Vincent

Personnel
Musicians


 * Annie Clark – voices, guitars, bass, piano, organ, Moog, synthesizers, clavieta, xylophone, vibraphone, dulcimer, drum programming, triangle, percussion
 * Daniel Hart – violin
 * Rick Nelson – violin, viola, cello, upright bass
 * Nathan Blaz – cello
 * Heather Macintosh – cello
 * Lauren Ross – flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, French horn
 * Louis Schadwron – French horn
 * Mike Garson – grand piano
 * Merrilee Challiss – choir
 * Jessica Grant – choir
 * Andrea Paschal – choir
 * Lester Nuby – vibraphone
 * Daniel Farris – choir, synthesizer, percussion
 * Mark Pirro – bass (track 1)
 * Al Carlson – sound design (track 9)
 * Aynsley Powell – drum programming (track 9)
 * Brian Teasley – drums, percussion

Production


 * Annie Clark – production, engineering, mixing
 * Brian Teasley – production, additional engineering
 * Daniel Farris – production, engineering, mixing
 * Mike Garson – additional engineering
 * Jeff Halbert – additional engineering
 * Al Carlson – additional engineering
 * John Golden – mastering
 * Tod Seelie – cover photo
 * Mary Manning – cover photo styling
 * Hanni El Khatib – design and layout

Information taken from Wikipedia.