This Little Empire

This Little Empire
This Little Empire
Studio album by Zed
Released	November 11, 2003 (NZ) ; August 23, 2004 (US)
Recorded	Radiostar Studios
Genre	Rock
Length	42:42
Label	Interscope Records; Universal Music Group;
Producer	Sylvia Massy Shivy; Zed; Malcolm Welsford; Martin Kierszenbaum;
Zed chronology
Alternative cover
	This Little Empire (US edition) artwork
Singles from This Little Empire
	"Starlight"; Released: 2002; "Hard to Find Her"; Released: 2003; "Don't Worry Baby"; Released: 2004; "She Glows"; Released: 2004; "Firefly"; Released: 2005;

This Little Empire is the second studio album by New Zealand rock band Zed. It was produced by Sylvia Massy Shivy and Zed at Radiostar Studios in Weed, California, and engineered by Rich Veltrop and assisted by Josh Kiser.^[1] Unlike the band's debut 2000 release, Silencer, This Little Empire was predominantly produced for the American market, with a US edition and a New Zealand edition released. The track listing for the US edition contains tracks taken from their debut album. The album was released to the New Zealand market on November 11, 2003; and released internationally on August 23, 2004, via Interscope Records.

Chart performance

This Little Empire debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums chart on November 9, 2003. It spent three weeks within the top ten and peaked at #4. The album spent a total of 13 weeks on the chart.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Downtown"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	3:11
2.	"Hard to Find Her"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed, Martin Kierszenbaum	3:03
3.	"Don't Worry Baby"	B. Wilson, R. Christian	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	2:34
4.	"Better On Your Own"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	2:22
5.	"Starlight"	R. Cuomo	Zed, Malcolm Welsford	2:53
6.	"Bleeding On the Radio"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	3:17
7.	"Baby's Got Me Up"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	3:10
8.	"Firefly"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	3:16
9.	"Postcard"	Zed, M. Barus	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	4:01
10.	"She Glows"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	4:21
11.	"Think It Over"	Zed, C. Brooks	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	4:04
12.	"Did Nobody Tell You"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	3:55
13.	"Holding Out"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	2:45
Total length:				42:42

US edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hard to Find Her"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed, Martin Kierszenbaum	3:03
2.	"Don't Worry Baby"	B. Wilson, R. Christian	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	2:34
3.	"Renegade Fighter"	N. King, B. Campbell	David Nicholas	3:21
4.	"Better On Your Own"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	2:22
5.	"Starlight"	R. Cuomo	Zed, Malcolm Welsford	2:53
6.	"Glorafilia"	B. Campbell, N. King, A. Palmer	David Nicholas	3:20
7.	"Baby's Got Me Up"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	3:10
8.	"She Glows"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	4:21
9.	"Holding Out"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	2:45
10.	"Think It Over"	Zed, C. Brooks	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	4:04
11.	"Bleeding On the Radio"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	3:17
12.	"Downtown"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	3:11
13.	"Firefly"	Zed	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	3:16
14.	"I'm Cold (2004 album version)"	N. King, B. Campbell	Sylvia Massy Shivy, Zed	3:49
Total length:				45:17

Personnel

Zed

Nathan King – vocals, guitar
Ben Campbell – bass, vocals
Andrew "Andy" Lynch – guitar, vocals, engineering
Adrian Palmer – drums, percussion

Production

Sylvia Massy Shivy – producer
Rich Veltrop – engineering
Josh Kiser - assistant engineer
Clint Murphy – additional engineering
Rivers Cuomo – composer
Brian Wilson – composer
Roger Christian – composer
C. Brooks – composer
M. Barus – composer
Clif Norrell – mixing
Robert Orton – mixing (track 2)
Martin Kierszenbaum – additional production (track 2)
Malcolm Welsford – producer, engineering, mixing (track 5)
George Marino – mastering (track 5)

Additional personnel

Martin Kierszenbaum – A&R director
Andrea Ruffalo – A&R co-ordinator
Robert Hayes – management
A. Kim Guggenheim – legal representative
Steve Strange – agent
Kevin Soh – concept, art direction and design
Simon Oosterdijk – concept, art direction and design
Aaron K. – photography
Karen Inderbitzen-Waller – styling

Credits for This Little Empire adapted from liner notes.^[1]

Certifications

Certifications for *This Little Empire*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[3]	Gold	7,500^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b This Little Empire (CD liner notes). Zed. Interscope Records. 2003.
^ "This Little Empire - Zed - Top 40 Albums". muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
^ "New Zealand album certifications – Zed – This Little Empire". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

[cd-1] This Little Empire (CD liner notes). Zed. Interscope Records. 2003.

[2] "This Little Empire - Zed - Top 40 Albums". muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

[New_ZealandZedThis_Little_EmpirealbumCertRef-3] "New Zealand album certifications – Zed – This Little Empire". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

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