Participation Award by Jude Perl
This album features songs that appear in my 6th solo show of the same name. The show was originally going to debut at the 2020 Melbourne Comedy Festival and was originally titled 'Puffy Jacket'. During the various lockdowns, Half the show was re-written and rehearsed with director Desiree Munro, and it became 'Participation Award'. I performed it in 2021 and some people seemed to enjoy it.
The songs 'Hamish' and 'A Day In The Life Of My Digestive System' don't actually appear in the show, but Hamish seemed relevant as it's set in a school environment. The stomach song is not relevant at all, but too bad it's on the album anyway.
The live show opens with a scene loosely set in the 1700s where Frederick the Great and one of his wise men, Johann, basically invent school. I tried to condense that scene into a song, so it could be represented on the album. That song is "Frederick"
As the live show also has a lot of manipulatively nostalgic references to the 90s, I also wanted to pay homage to CDs of that era, especially pop CDs, where at the end of the album there was a stupid remix that was just a sped up version of the single. So whilst "Sport Is Nice (Jasper Remix)" is probably my greatest recording achievement of all time, it sadly also does not appear in the live show
Tracklist
| 1. | Please Don't Make Me Go To School | 4:00 |
| 2. | Sport Is Nice | 2:26 |
| 3. | Jak2Jack Is Returned (feat. Jak2Jack) | 3:42 |
| 4. | Your Mum Told My Mum | 2:27 |
| 5. | The Monopoly Song | 7:27 |
| 6. | Participation Award | 4:07 |
| 7. | Hamish | 3:58 |
| 8. | A Day In The Life Of My Digestive System | 4:38 |
| 9. | Stand Up For Myself | 3:50 |
| 10. | Jigsaw Puzzle (feat. Jak2Jack) | 3:31 |
| 11. | Puffy Jacket | 5:55 |
| 12. | Frederick | 4:24 |
| 13. | Sport Is Nice (Jasper Remix) | 3:03 |
| 14. | Participation Award (Piano Version) | 3:55 |
Credits
All songs written by Jude Perl
Piano, Vocals & other stuff by Jude Perl
Drums, Guitar and other stuff by Mike Mills
Horn arrangements on Track 1, 5 & 11 by Jeremy Diffey
Saxaphones & Flute by Jeremy Diffey
Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trombone & Tuba by Eric Budd
All tracks recorded, mixed & mastered by Mike Mills at Cool New Desk Studios
Brass & Woodwind Instruments recorded by Jeremy Diffey at Grooveboy Studios
Piano on tracks 12 & 14 recorded at Empire Music Studios
Produced by Mike Mills & Jude Perl
Photos & Artwork by Nick Manuell
Logo by Adam Collins
Legionnaire Hat designed by Ruby Slippers
These songs are from the live show 'Participation Award'
Written & Performed by Jude Perl
Directed & Dramaturg'd by Desiree Munro
Jak2Jack appear courtesy of SugarHope Records
All songs © Jude Perl 2022. All Rights Reserved
License
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Singer-songwriter-comedian Jude Perl has established herself as ‘one of the most genuine, honest feeling performers going around’ (Theatre People) who presents ‘hilarious and painfully spot on observations’ (Plus Ones) mixed with ‘insanely clever and comical songwriting’ (Melbourne Observer).