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{{Infobox album
| name       = Happiness
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Lisa Germano]]
| cover      = happinessgermano.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = July 27, 1993
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]], [[dream pop]], [[folk rock]]
| length     = 49:26
| label      = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer   = [[Malcolm Burn]]
| prev_title = [[On the Way Down From the Moon Palace]]
| prev_year  = 1991
| next_title = [[Geek the Girl]]
| next_year  = 1994
}}
'''''Happiness''''' is the second album by [[Lisa Germano]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-03-ca-43052-story.html|title=Germano Stays in the Game by Playing It Her Own Way|date=June 3, 1993|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Released by [[Capitol Records]] in 1993, it was re-released by [[4AD Records]] the following year. A music video was produced for the single "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses."
==Track listing==
All tracks written by Lisa Germano, except 5 written by Germano/Joyce, and 10 written by [[Lee Hazlewood]].
The title of track 2 was changed to "The Dresses Song" on all subsequent re-releases of this album, while 10 and 11 have been omitted completely. Track 11 was made available on Germano's self-released compilation, ''Rare, Unusual or Just Bad Songs'' (2002), but track 10 remains unreleased elsewhere.
# "Around the World"
# "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses"
# "Happiness"
# "Bad Attitude"
# "Sycophant"
# "Miamo-Tutti"
# "Energy"
# "Cowboy"
# "Puppet"
# "[[These Boots Are Made for Walkin']]"
# "Breathe Acrost Texas"
# "Everyone's Victim"
# "The Darkest Night of All"
==Personnel==
* [[Kenny Aronoff]] – [[Drum kit|drums]] (tracks 7, 9)
* [[Malcolm Burn]] – [[guitar]] (3, 7, 10), [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] (4, 5, 9), [[bass guitar]] (10)
* Bill Dillon – guitar (1, 3, 4, 9), bass guitar (12)
* Daryl Johnson – bass guitar (1, 3, 4), [[djembe]] (1), drums (12)
* Ronald Jones – drums (1, 3, 4, 12)
* [[Jay Joyce]] – guitar (2, 9, 12), keyboards (1), bass guitar (3, 5)
* [[John Keane (record producer)|John Keane]] – [[Pedal steel guitar|pedal steel]] (8), guitar (9)
* [[Giles Reaves]] – drums (2)
* Toby Myers – bass guitar (7, 9)
* Produced by Malcolm Burn.
* Recorded at Kingsway Studio in [[New Orleans]]; additional recording done at Champagne Studio in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], September Studio in [[Indianapolis]], and Germano's home.
* [[Audio engineering|Engineered]] by Malcolm Burn, [[Mark Howard (producer)|Mark Howard]], Wayne Lorenz, John Keane, and [[Trina Shoemaker]].  Additional engineering by Giles Reaves, Mike Griffith, Paul Mahern, and Mark Hood.
* Mixed by Malcolm Burn and Wayne Lorenz at Kingsway, except 7 mixed by Paul Mahern at Pinebrook Studio in [[Alexandria, Indiana|Alexandria, IN]].
* Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in [[New York City]].
* Cover photograph by [[Bob Lanois]], coloring by Jim Merrill.
* Rear cover drawing by Haley Goethals.
* Design by Jeff Fey.
==''Inconsiderate Bitch''==
{{Infobox album
| name       = ''Inconsiderate Bitch''
| type       = ep
| artist     = Lisa Germano
| cover      = germano-incon.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = January 17, 1994
| recorded   = 1993
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = Alternative rock, dream pop, folk rock
| length     = 25:56
| label      = [[4AD]]
| producer   = Malcolm Burn
| prev_title =
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}}
The '''''Inconsiderate Bitch''''' [[Extended play|EP]] is the third solo release by Lisa Germano, and her first for the [[4AD]] label.  It was one of a series of limited-edition "temporary releases" by 4AD, meant to supplement concurrent releases by the same act; in this case, ''Inconsiderate Bitch'' acted as a "teaser" for the label's re-release of ''Happiness'', while also serving as an introduction of Germano to her new label's audience.  While preparing and resequencing the album for its re-release, 4AD founder and then-president [[Ivo Watts-Russell]] and engineer [[John Fryer (music)|John Fryer]] (who had worked on Watts-Russell's [[This Mortal Coil]] project) also created this suite of alternate [[remix]]es, with the exception of "(Late Night) Dresses", a version of "You Make Me Wanto Wear Dresses" (later retitled "The Dresses Song") remixed by the original producer, Malcolm Burn.
==Track listing==
# "Happiness"
# "Energy"
# "Puppet"
# "Sycophant"
# (Late Night) Dresses
All songs were written by Lisa Germano, except track 4 written by Germano/Joyce.
Tracks 2-5 were later added to an edition of ''Happiness'' re-released by 4AD in 1999, but have since been removed for subsequent editions.  Track 1 remains available only on this CD; with a running time of 8:17, it is considerably extended compared to the two album versions.
==Personnel==
Same as above, except:
* Mixed and compiled by Ivo Watts-Russell and John Fryer, except track 5 mixed by Malcolm Burn.
* Mixed at [[Blackwing Studios]] in [[London]].
* Cover image by Cathy Fenwick.
* Photography by [[Andrew Catlin]].
* Design by [[Vaughan Oliver]] and Chris Bigg at [[23 Envelope|v23]].
{{Infobox album
| name       = Happiness
| type       = studio
| artist     = Lisa Germano
| cover      = germano-happ94.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 26, 1994
| recorded   =
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| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]], [[dream pop]], [[folk rock]]
| length     = 53:44
| label      = 4AD
| producer   = Malcolm Burn
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{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/happiness-mw0000919388|title=Happiness - Lisa Germano &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=811&name=Lisa+Germano|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Lisa Germano|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=726}}</ref>
|rev4=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev4Score=B<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1993/08/06/happiness-5/|title=Happiness|website=EW.com}}</ref>
}}
Three months after releasing the ''Inconsiderate Bitch'' EP, Germano's new label, 4AD, reissued her second album, ''Happiness'', with a resequenced track listing, two new songs replacing two from the original, and radically different artwork.
==Track listing==
===1994 4AD reissue===
# "Bad Attitude"
# "Destroy the Flower"
# "Puppet"
# "Everyone's Victim"
# "Energy"
# "Cowboy"
# "Happiness"
# "The Earth"
# "Around the World"
# "Sycophant"
# "Miamo-Tutti"
# "The Dresses Song"
# "The Darkest Night of All"
All songs were written by Lisa Germano, except track 10 written by Germano/Joyce.
Tracks 2 and 8 did not appear on the original Capitol version of the album; track 12 was previously titled "You Make Me Wanto Wear Dresses".
A later edition of ''Happiness'', re-released by 4AD in 1999, contained tracks 2-5 from the ''Inconsiderate Bitch'' EP added to the end as bonus tracks, but have since been removed for subsequent editions.
A music video for the song "Puppet" was produced and can be viewed on the MUZU TV website.
==Personnel==
Same as above, except:
* [[Jay Joyce]] – bass (2)
* Michael Radovsky – drums (2)
* Track 2 was produced by Jay Joyce.
* Track 10 was produced by Malcolm Burn and Jay Joyce.
* Track 2 was engineered by Mike Griffith at Champagne Studios in Nashville, and mixed by Jay Joyce and Mike Griffith.
* Track 8 was engineered by Giles Reaves at Bloodsucker Studios.
* Track 3 was remixed by Malcolm Burn and Trina Shoemaker.
* Design by [[Vaughan Oliver]] and Adrian Philpott; images by John Weber.
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