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Keep on My Side

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"Keep on My Side"
Single by Ammonia
from the album Eleventh Avenue
ReleasedMay 1998
Recorded1997
Tarbox Studios
Cassadaga, New York
Genre
Length3:25
LabelMurmur
Songwriter(s)Alan Balmont, Simon Hensworth, Dave Johnstone
Producer(s)Dave Fridmann
Ammonia singles chronology
"Monochrome"
(1998)
"Keep on My Side"
(1998)

"Keep on My Side" was Ammonia's fourth single from their second album Eleventh Avenue.[1] It was released in May 1998 on the Murmur Records,[2] just after the album's release and was the last song the band released as a single before breaking up.

The song, together with the other songs on the album was recorded in 1997 at Tarbox Studios[3] in Cassadaga, New York, with producer Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev).[4][5] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, felt the single showed "melodic rock akin to UK bands like Radiohead or Teenage Fanclub."[6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by A. Balmont, S. Hensworth, D. Johnstone[7]

No.TitleLength
1."Keep on My Side"3:25
2."Keep on My Side" (acoustic)3:54
3."Eighth Minute of the Eighth Day"4:36
4."Aloysius Virgilius"2:16
Total length:14:11

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalogue
Australia May 1998 Murmur CD MATTCD073

Credits

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Personnel

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Ammonia
  • Allan Balmont – drums
  • Simon Hensworth – bass
  • Dave Johnstone – guitar, vocals
Additional musicians

Production

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  • Producer, Engineer – Dave Fridmann (Tarbox Studios)
  • Mixer – Tim Palmer (Larrabee Studios)
  • Mastering – Steve Marcussen (Precision Mastering)
  • Cover Design – Jenny Grigg

References

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  1. ^ Wooldridge, Simon (4 September 1998). "Mr Phil Ammonia". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Keep on My Side – Ammonia". Australian Music Online. Australian Council for the Arts. Archived from the original on 19 December 2004. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Ammonia". Tarbox Studios. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Tarbox Studios – Clients". Tarbox Studios. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  5. ^ Zalunardo, Paul (7 May 1998). "A Good Dose of Ammonia". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  6. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Ammonia'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004.
  7. ^ "'Keep on My Side' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015. Note: User may have to click on 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:', e.g. Keep on My Side; or at 'Performer:' Ammonia.
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