LP (CD - 2006)

Personnel: Landon Pigg (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano); Paul Ebersold (guitar, keyboards); Gary McAuley (piano); Corey Thompson (drums); Gabe Pigg (background vocals); Gary Pigg (whistling, background vocals); Clif Magness (electric guitar, piano, keyboards, programming); Dan Brodbeck (electric guitar, keyboards); Patrick Warren (tack piano, Wurlitzer organ, chamberlin, synthesizer); Grant Taylor, Abe Laboriel, Jr., Joey Waronker, Matt Chamberlain (drums); Landon Pigg.

Audio Mixer: Serban Ghenea.

Recording information: Blue Iron Gate Studio, Santa Monica, CA; Brentwood South Studio; EMAC Recording Studios, London, Canada; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA; Westlake Audio, Hollywood, CA.

Illustrator: Landon Pigg.

Photographer: Autumn DeWilde.

On his 2006 debut album for RCA, singer-songwriter Landon Pigg offers up a surprisingly mature set of alternative-pop tunes that often sound like Rufus Wainwright backed by Coldplay. It is to his credit that the young Nashville-born performer counts revered 1970s songsmith Harry Nilsson as a key influence, a claim backed by the emotive "Sailed On" and the breezy "Tin Man," both of which showcase Pigg's impressive vocal range. For fans of left-of-center pop and rock, this record is likely to be a pleasant discovery. minimize