Keep Afloat by A Class Act

released February 23, 2008

•Andrew Wilke—organ, synthesizer, trumpet, flugelhorn, backup vocals (lead on “Hey! Stop That. Right Now!” and “We’ll Always Have Paris”)
•Brad Dollar—electric guitar, backup vocals
•Brian Noland—tenor saxophone
•Cris Sanchez—drum kit
•Devin Croda—lead vocals, tenor trombone
•James Baker—electric bass guitar

•gang vocals—Brad Dollar, Cris Sanchez, Danny Stark, Devin Croda, Dylan Greengard, James Baker, Zach Glanz

•written and performed by A Class Act
•drums recorded by Nick Shively @ Ex’pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, California
•guitars recorded by Nick Shively @ Earhythmic Studios in Hercules, California
•horns and vox recorded by Andy and Brad @ Krebstar Studios in Pinole, California
•mixed by Andy and Brad @ The Classroom in Richmond, California and Krebstar Studios in Pinole, California
•additional mixing by Andy, Brad, and Devin @ Ex’pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, California
•mastered/finalized by Brad @ Krebstar Studios in Pinole, California

•CD layout/art by Devin

•thanks:
“We give the most serious mad ups to: The Wilke family for letting us invade their house and eat their foods among other things, Anna and Danny Stark, Helen Reinhardt, all our parents and awesome families for their support, Mario Capitelli, Kimmi Simon, Penelope Jayne Wilson, Karyn Massey, Mac Esposito, Mark Gee, Mimi Simon, Wryan J. Castleberry III, Marztek, Gary Thorn, Dylan Greengard, Twaek, George, Charles, Grayson, Cody, Scotty, Zach, Waffle, Joel, and all the Pinole kids, Amy Wooldridge, Matt Walker, NUTS, Alison Calais, Ako Nakamura, Jack Anderson, Aleksandr Milewski, Claire Ladner, Andrew Kutsenda and PinUp Productions, Stacy Pilleggi and all the Merch House staff, Gary from KGE, Starcia, Mike Park, Mitchell Dubey, Mike Lane, Downtown, Peter and Scooter, all the San Jose kids, Andrew Freid, Rae and the Cal Berkeley Student Union, Brian Matheson, Nate Stephens, Jeremy Rosenblum, Dan Snyder, everyone who ever let us borrow gear, Greg Duncan, the Simon family, all the Berkeley and Oakland homies, and to anyone we’ve missed, thank you.

Also, to all our loving brothers in: The Flaming Tsunamis, The Fad, Stop the Malarky, Chotto Ghetto, Minus Vince (RIP), Suburbs Vs. Cities (RIP), The 29s, Lifelike Figures, CHT, Tensegrity 9, Weslester, The Pinole Ramblers (RIP), No Personal Attachment, Chris Murray, Chase Long Beach, The Rage, Bonegun (RIP).”