Album Notes

Songs For Soundtracks is a collection of Magnet songs from four previously released albums; Don't Be a Penguin, Which Way, Shark Bait, and Caffeine Superstar. Mark Goodman formed Magnet in 1996 when he recruited Moe Tucker, the legendary drummer from the Velvet Underground to play on Magnet's debut album, Don't Be a Penguin. You can hear Moe drumming on Julie, Blame, Down Down, and Banger from Penguin and on The Saddest Song from Shark Bait, Magnet’s 3rd album.

Matt Wilson (Trip Shakespeare,The Flops) produced Magnet's 2nd album, Which Way. Matt took simple indie pop tunes and created full, layered sounds with guitar, keys, melotron and backing vocals. Which Way and Tree Limb are included from the Which Way EP.

David Lowery (Camper van Beethoven, Cracker) produced Magnet's 3rd album, Shark Bait at his studio, Sound of Music. Lowery recruited Bob Rupe, Johnny Hickman from Cracker and Bryan Harvey from House of Freaks to play on the album. Jonathan Segel, Camper van’s violin player, contributed to Shark Bait as well. Songs For Soundtracks includes The Saddest Song, Rope and Rule Me from Shark Bait.

Caffeine Superstar, the 4th Magnet album, featured a mellower, dreamy pop sound with Chris Lovejoy (Charley Hunter) on drums and Victor Krummenacher (Camper) on bass. Paul Bauman (Carpbrain) and Steve Schiltz (Longwave) added tasty guitar flavors. Feel No Pain, Over Easy, Best Way Down and I See come from Caffeine Superstar.

Songs For Soundtracks is dedicated to the memory of Bryan Harvey who was murdered in early 2006.