Byzantium (album)

Byzantium
Studio album by Deep Blue Something
Released	1998
Studio	Village Productions in Tornillo, Texas & Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Alternative rock, pop rock
Length	64:28
Label	Interscope (1998), Kirtland (2007)
Producer	Charles Fisher
Deep Blue Something chronology
Home (1994) Byzantium (1998) Deep Blue Something (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
NME	(3/10)

Byzantium is the third studio album by alternative rock band Deep Blue Something. It was released on Interscope in 1998 only in Japan and some European countries. According to Spotify, it was released in the United States in 2007 by Kirtland Records.

Track listing

1. "Daybreak and a Candle End" – 4:42
2. "So Precious"¹ – 3:04
3. "She Is"¹ – 3:26
4. "Cherry Lime Rickey" – 6:26
5. "Byzantium" – 4:07
6. "Everything" – 3:32
7. "Enough To Get By"¹ – 5:10
8. "Hell In Itself"¹ – 4:08
9. "Dr. Crippen" – 4:00
10. "Tonight" – 3:43
11. "William H. Bonney" – 4:43
12. "Pullman, Washington" – 3:51
13. "Light the Fuse" – 3:41
14. "Parkbench"¹ – 5:00
15. "Becoming Light" – 4:46

Footnotes:

• ¹ The five tracks were later featured in their 2001 album Deep Blue Something.

Personnel

Band members

• Todd Pipes – bass guitar, lead & backing vocals
• Toby Pipes – acoustic & electric guitars, lead & backing vocals
• Clay Bergus – acoustic & electric guitars, backing vocals
• John Kirtland – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Charles Fisher – producer
• Joe Chiccarelli – engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Tim Palmer – mixing
• Bobby Torres – assistant engineer
• Robert Manning – assistant engineer
• David Leonard – additional engineer
• Dave Thoener – additional engineer
• Glenn Spinner – additional assistant engineer
• Matt Silva – assistant mixing engineer
• Jeff Roe – trombone, horn arrangements
• Randy Burgeson – trumpet
• Dave Lown – tenor saxophone
• Dave Monsch – baritone saxophone
• Peter Hyrka – violin, string arrangements
• David Angel – violin
• Cate Myer – violin
• Alan Umstead – violin
• Gary Tussing – cello
• Ron de la Vega – cello
• Paulinho De Costa – percussion
• Chuck Reed – A&R
• Gil Pena – cover illustration
• Robert Greeson – art direction, photography
• Marina Chavez – photography
• Richard Storms – photography
• Mike Swinford – management for Rainmaker Artists
• Paul Nugent – management for Rainmaker Artists
• Dale Brock – touring
• Michelle McAnally – touring assistant