Question 1

The 2000 single "Heavy Things" comes from which Phish studio album?

Accepted Answer

Farmhouse. "Heavy Things" was Farmhouse's lead single and the band's only song to reach a mainstream pop radio chart (No. 29 on Billboard's Adult Top 40). It also hit No. 2 on the Adult Alternative chart.

Question 2

The radio hit "Free" was released as a single from which album?

Accepted Answer

Billy Breathes. "Free" came out in 1996 from Billy Breathes and reached No. 11 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, one of the band's biggest radio moments.

Question 3

Whose face appears in close-up on the cover of Billy Breathes?

Accepted Answer

Mike Gordon. The Billy Breathes cover is a close-up of bassist Mike Gordon, the first time a band member ever appeared on a Phish album cover. Trey said it was thrown together on the last day of recording.

Question 4

What animal is shown on the cover of Hoist?

Accepted Answer

A horse. The horse on Hoist, named Maggie, belonged to the band's friend Amy Skelton. It also nods to "The Horse," the one Rift song left off Rift's own cover painting.

Question 5

"Weekapaug Groove" is named after a beach town in which state?

Accepted Answer

Rhode Island. Weekapaug sits on the Atlantic shore of southwestern Rhode Island; the band played a gig there and started singing made-up words on the ride home.

Question 6

The 1997 live album Slip Stitch and Pass was recorded at the Markthalle in which city?

Accepted Answer

Hamburg. Slip Stitch and Pass captures March 1, 1997 in Hamburg, Germany, and was the first official release to include Mike's Song and Weekapaug Groove.

Question 7

Which bluegrass star sang on the Hoist ballad "If I Could"?

Accepted Answer

Alison Krauss. Alison Krauss added vocals to "If I Could," and banjo legend Béla Fleck also guested elsewhere on Hoist.

Question 8

Which Star Trek: The Next Generation actor played trombone on Hoist's short interlude "Riker's Mailbox"?

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Frakes. Jonathan Frakes, TV's Commander Riker, sat in on the Hoist sessions, and the interlude is named after him. It is the only Hoist track never played live.

Question 9

Who produced The Story of the Ghost, after the band was impressed by his work on records like Nevermind and Grace?

Accepted Answer

Andy Wallace. Phish chose Andy Wallace for his work on Nirvana's Nevermind, Jeff Buckley's Grace, and even Slayer's Reign in Blood.

Question 10

Which painter created the cover art for The Story of the Ghost?

Accepted Answer

George Condo. Visual artist George Condo painted the Ghost cover. The album itself grew from long improvised "Ghost Sessions" that the band later shaped into songs.

Question 11

Which famed graphic artist designed the cover of the live album Slip Stitch and Pass?

Accepted Answer

Storm Thorgerson. Storm Thorgerson designed the Slip Stitch and Pass cover; the album opens with a Talking Heads cover, "Cities."

Question 12

Who produced Hoist, recorded in late 1993 in Woodland Hills, California?

Accepted Answer

Paul Fox. Paul Fox produced Hoist at American Recording Co. It peaked at No. 34 and is described as Phish's best-selling studio album.

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