The Brill Building (album)

The Brill Building
Studio album of cover songs by Kramer
Released	September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)
Recorded	2005 (2005) – 2012 (2012)
Studio	Noise Miami (Miami, FL)
Genre	Art pop
Length	42:12
Label	Tzadik
Producer	Kramer
Kramer chronology
The Greenberg Variations (2003) The Brill Building (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
PopMatters	(8/10)

The Brill Building is the sixth solo album by American composer and producer Kramer, released on September 25, 2012 by Tzadik Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist (date)	Length
1.	"He Hit Me (and It Felt like a Kiss)"	Goffin, King	The Crystals (1962)	3:42
2.	"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"	Barry, Greenwich	the Exciters (1963), Manfred Mann (1964)	3:34
3.	"Baby It's You"	Bacharach, David, Williams	The Shirelles (1961)	4:42
4.	"Spanish Harlem"	Leiber, Spector	Ben E. King (1960)	4:42
5.	"I Love How You Love Me"	Kolber, Mann	The Paris Sisters (1961)	4:32
6.	"I Want Candy"	Berns, Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer	The Strangeloves (1965)	4:27
7.	"Save the Last Dance for Me"	Pomus, Shuman	The Drifters (1960)	3:05
8.	"Cherry, Cherry"	Diamond	Neil Diamond (1966)	4:29
9.	"On Broadway"	Leiber, Mann, Stoller, Weil	The Drifters (1963)	4:40
10.	"Paradise"	Botkin, Garfield, Nilsson, Spector	The Ronettes (1976)	4:19

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Personnel

Adapted from liner notes of The Brill Building.

• Kramer – vocals, instruments, musical arrangement, production, engineering

Additional musicians

• Jad Fair – vocals (9)
• Mike Jones – piano (9)
• R. Stevie Moore – drums (7), guitar (7), vocals (7)
• Daniel C. Smith – vocals (10)

Production and additional personnel

• Heung-Heung Chin – design
• Scott Hull – mastering
• Michael Macioce – photography
• Kazumori Sigiyama – executive producer
• John Zorn – executive producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2012	Tzadik	CD	TZ 7412

External links

• The Brill Building at Discogs (list of releases)