discography

snow day (take it easy)

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split 12″ vinyl holiday ep with the successful failures

record release date: december 10, 2013

labels: fdr & bitby records

stream & download the entire album:
https://taggart.bandcamp.com/album/snow-day-take-it-easy

track listing

taggart side:
snow day
wishmas
christmas vacation
father christmas

successful failures side:
christmas morning (yellow canary)
merry christmas (i don’t want to fight)
is that christmas?
goodnight to the last night

my hometown – a tribute to nj

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release date: july 23, 2013

label: fdr

stream & download entire compilation from fdr here

my hometown is a collection of songs originally recorded by nj artists covered by an eclectic mix of indie bands. all proceeds will go to the hurricane sandy new jersey relief fund (sandynjrelieffund.org).

track listing

1. janet labelle – baby it’s you (the shirelles)
2. bastards of melody – it’s my party (lesley gore)
3. the grip weeds – lies (the knickerbockers)
4. the cryptkeeper five – no surrender (bruce springsteen)
5. the successful failures – i’ve got a flair (fountains of wayne)
6. cliff hillis & steve butler – listen to me girl (the smithereens)
7. keith monacchio – meeting across the river (bruce springsteen)
8. the anderson council – he’ll make you cry (the critters)
9. jim testa & his inappropriately younger band – the bulrushes / dancing barefoot (the bongos / patti smith)
10. springhouse – no one has to know (richard barone)
11. taggart – murray (pete yorn)
12. brixton riot – upside down (yo la tengo)
13. snap infraction – you better run (the rascals)
14. the silence kit – anything, anything (dramarama)
15. roomtone – our way to fall (yo la tengo)
16. tim lee 3 – the bulrushes (bongos)
17. the paper jets – atlantic city (bruce springsteen)
18. jon caspi & the first gun – i like your mom (bouncing souls)

pink pig stink – 10 years of taggart covers, demos, and z-sides: 1997-2007

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release date: march 2008

stream & download here

track listing

1 st. nick
2 lemonade
3 home
4 pictures
5 favorite thing
6 color me impressed
7 song 4
8 same day surgery
9 jingle bells (the many types of interpersonal power)
10 don’t ask why
11 you never seem to mind
12 deep end
13 carnival
14 pictures of lily
15 susanne
16 good intentions
17 pure circumstance
18 starting now
19 deep end
20 you never seem to mind
21 me and sweet j
22 lifeboat
23 geometric mean
24 monsters of rock

about a girl – compilation

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release date: november 2007

label: fdr

stream & download entire compilation from fdr here
taggart’s song is also available on our record pink pig stink

track listing

1. queen jane approximately (bob dylan) – maybe pete
2. brandy (you’re a fine girl) (the looking glass) – late night television
3. allison (elvis costello) – the commons
4. something happened to catherine (material issue) – dipsomaniacs
5. gabrielle (the nips/ shane macgowan) – the frantic
6. victoria (the kinks) – milton and the devils party
7. she sheila (the producers) – bastards of melody
8. stephanie says (the velvet underground) – grammar debate!
9. cinderella (the sonics) – jukebox zeros
10. whole lotta rosie (ac/dc) – beretta 76
11. julia (the beatles) – trolleyvox
12. rosalita (bruce springsteen and the e street band) – the rigbees
13. walk away renee (the left banke) – somerdale
14. elenore (the turtles) – blank pages
15. anna (arthur alexander via the beatles) – creeping weeds
16. clara clairvoyant (donovan) – timothy bracken complex
17. mary mary (the monkees) – the support group
18. o dana (big star) – the successful failures
19. suzanne (weezer) – taggart
20. wendy (the beach boys via the descendants) – speedway
21. april she will come (simon and garfunkel) – the swivel chairs

bonus cd
1. sweet jane (the velvet Underground) – j horndog with the dipsomaniacs
2. cindy incidentally (the faces) – parallax project
3. (marie’s the name of)his latest flame (Elvis Presley) – jon caspi and lbj
4. beth (kiss) – michael slawter
5. rubella (the smoking popes) – david miller
6. caroline no (the beach boys) – matt rude

who’s not forgotten: fdr’s tribute to the who – compilation

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release date:2004

label:fdr
taggart’s song is also available on our record pink pig stink
track listing
  1. heaven and hell – photon band
  2. the real me – bastards of melody
  3. the kids are alright – the lolas
  4. bargain – dipsomaniacs
  5. behind blue eyes – pat dinizio
  6. baba o’riley – guided by voices
  7. long live rock – tommy conwell w/ dipsomaniacs
  8. glow girl – bigger lovers
  9. i’m a boy – cordalene
  10. pictures of lily – taggart
  11. athena – grand fabric
  12. squeeze box – the commons
  13. maryanne with the shaky hands – chris richards
  14. i can see for miles – jim basnight
  15. substitute – blank pages
  16. circles – jeremy
  17. so sad about us – steve brown
  18. 1921 – nancy falkow
  19. boris the spider – j horndog
  20. my generation – the contractions
  21. i can’t explain – glowfriends

left of the dial: a pop tribute to the replacements – compilation

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release date: october 2000

label:fdr
stream & download entire compilation from fdr here
taggart’s song is also available on our record pink pig stink

track listing

  1. kiss me on the bus – happy regrets
  2. iou – cockeyed ghost
  3. little mascara – evelyn forever
  4. nobody – the andersons
  5. can’t hardly wait – dipsomaniacs
  6. achin to be – crash into june
  7. bastards of young – the masticators
  8. alex chilton – the marlowes
  9. here comes a regular – jeremy
  10. color me impressed – lolas
  11. don’t ask why – taggart
  12. nowhere is my home – the put outs
  13. skyway – adam leland
  14. buck hill – garage sale
  15. nevermind – blank pages
  16. swingin’ party – popland
  17. i will dare – static halo
  18. left of the dial – day of reckoning
  19. sixteen blue – florapop
  20. waitress in the sky – horndog
  21. valentine – the cables
  22. seen your video – squid vicious
  23. sadly beautiful – glowfriends
  24. treatment bound – 1929

the fans hit back compilation

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release date: 1999

label: released through theskyway.com replacements blog

taggart’s songs are also available on pink pig stink

track listing

1. i know everything – joe lies

2. 100% pure – somebody else’s problem

3. art – grub dog & the amazing sweethearts

4. sinless man – king alcohol

5. krackow – dipsomaniacs

6. home – (taggart)

7. i was a teenage metalhead – skurvy the clown

8. hombrecito – squid vicious

9. marvix kill – bully pulpit west

10. whiskey man – horn dog

11. slingshot – day of reckoning

12. simon says – joe lies

13. space helmet d – somebody else’s problem

14. pictures – (taggart)

15. white trash girl – dipsomaniacs

16. porn king – horn dog

17. i wanna be ron jeremy – skurvy the clown

18. deep eddy – squid vicious

19. act like a human being – king alcohol

20. lumivibe – bully pulpit west

21. secret stars – day of reckoning

22. sounds like paul – grub dog & the amazing sweethearts