℗ 2022 Sub Pop Records
| Released | August 26, 2022 |
| Duration | 44m 25s |
| Record Label | Sub Pop Records |
| Genre | Alternative (Singer/Songwriter) |
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1.1
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This World
Bret McKenzie |
3:56 | |||
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1.2
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If You Wanna Go
Bret McKenzie |
3:03 | |||
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1.3
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Dave's Place
Bret McKenzie |
4:08 | |||
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1.4
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Here For you
Bret McKenzie |
3:29 | |||
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1.5
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That's L.A.
Bret McKenzie |
4:08 | |||
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1.6
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Up In Smoke
Bret McKenzie |
3:39 | |||
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1.7
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Carry On
Bret McKenzie |
3:48 | |||
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1.8
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A Little Tune
Bret McKenzie |
5:06 | |||
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1.9
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America Goodbye
Bret McKenzie |
4:00 | |||
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1.10
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Tomorrow Today
Bret McKenzie |
4:40 | |||
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1.11
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Crazy Times
Bret McKenzie |
4:28 |
Bret McKenzie releases Songs Without Jokes, his full-length, solo debut, worldwide through Sub Pop. The album, which features lead single “A Little Tune,” and additional highlights “Dave’s Place,” “If You Wanna Go,” and “America Goodbye,” was produced by Mickey Petralia and McKenzie, mixed by Darrell Thorpe, with songs recorded at East West Studios and United Recordings, and mastered by Dave Ives at 101 Mastering in Los Angeles.
As you can probably glean from that gleaming album title above, McKenzie—whom you know from such modern musical treasures as comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, The Muppets movie reboots and other ace family-film soundtracks, Lord of the Rings fan blogs, guest songs for The Simpsons, cycling around the streets in his native New Zealand, and more— has a new solo record coming out filled with songs that ARE NOT COMEDY SONGS!
Bret’s a ridiculously funny dude, and you might even call him one of the best comedy songwriters in the biz. He’s had smash hits, he’s won major awards, he’s the better-dressed part of his duo…he’s got a good thing going! So, what gives with this whole “songs without jokes” solo stuff, man?
“Post-Conchords, I’d been working on songs for the Muppets films, and during a session I had the thought that it would be fun someday to work on some songs that weren’t for someone else, that don’t have to tell a story or be funny or continue the narrative plot, checking all the boxes for the character in the movie. I thought it’d be fun to do a record like that, something different.”
- Bret McKenzie
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Sub Pop Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.50 -0.50 to -0.50 | -12.03 -13.90 to -10.06 | -9.85 -11.40 to -7.50 | 7 5 to 8 | |
| 1 | This World | -0.50 | -12.91 | -9.8 | 7 |
| 2 | If You Wanna Go | -0.50 | -11.38 | -8.7 | 6 |
| 3 | Dave's Place | -0.50 | -11.39 | -9.8 | 6 |
| 4 | Here For you | -0.50 | -11.97 | -11.1 | 6 |
| 5 | That's L.A. | -0.50 | -12.21 | -9.8 | 7 |
| 6 | Up In Smoke | -0.50 | -12.57 | -10.8 | 7 |
| 7 | Carry On | -0.50 | -13.27 | -11.4 | 8 |
| 8 | A Little Tune | -0.50 | -13.90 | -10.8 | 8 |
| 9 | America Goodbye | -0.50 | -10.06 | -7.5 | 5 |
| 10 | Tomorrow Today | -0.50 | -11.52 | -9.1 | 6 |
| 11 | Crazy Times | -0.50 | -11.18 | -9.5 | 6 |