ARTIST: Train
TITLE: For Me, It's You
LABEL: Columbia
GENRE: Pop
BITRATE: 219kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 48min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-01-31
RIP DATE: 2006-01-25
Track List

01. All I Ever Wanted               4:05
02. Get Out                         3:24
03. Cab                             3:23
04. Give Myself To You              3:22
05. Am I Reaching You Now           3:44
06. If I Can't Change Your Mind     3:07
07. All i Hear                      3:29
08. Shelter Me                      3:35
09. Explanation                     4:30
10. Always Remember                 3:33
11. I'm Not Waiting In Line         3:41
12. Skyscraper                      3:54
13. For Me, It's You                4:28
Release Notes:
Pat Monahan - vocals
Jimmy Stafford - guitars
Scott Underwood - drums
Brandon Bush - keyboards
Johnny Colt - bass guitar
"The 'you' changes in every song," says Train vocalist/songwriter Pat Monahan
regarding the sources of inspiration on the band's new studio album For Me, It's
You, "In the title song, 'For Me, It's You,' the 'you' is the woman I'm in love
with. Throughout the record, the 'you' is my children or my dear friend who died
this year, it's my mother, it's my family, it's my band."
Pat's band is the Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum Train, whose anthemic
hits--including "Drops Of Jupiter" and "Calling All Angels"--have earned them
the loyalty of fans around the globe while enduring as radio playlist staples
across the country.
The band's new album, For Me, It's You showcases a revamped and revitalized
lineup: founding core members Pat Monahan, Jimmy Stafford (guitars) and Scott
Underwood (drums) are joined by bassist Johnny Colt (originally from the Black
Crowes), and Atlanta keyboardist Brandon Bush (John Mayer, Shawn Mullins).
Johnny and Brandon have both been on-board since Train's 2003 My Private Nation
tour.
With Train's new line-up gelling as a unified musical ensemble working and
playing as one on For Me, It's You, the group's new album emerges as the most
fully realized and keenly focused collection of the band's career.
"It doesn't sound like we're trying too hard," says Pat about the album's
relaxed and intimate vibe. "I do think this record is more personal and more
genuine. It's definitely an appropriate record for me personally."
Pat's brought a lot of his personal experience--including the pain of divorce,
parenthood, and falling into a love that's both real and mature--to the table
on For Me, It's You. So, while "All I Ever Wanted" might examine the wounds of
love gone wrong, tracks like "Give Myself To You" and "For Me, It's You" open
up the possibility of the transformative power of a love that practices
acceptance and understanding.
In "Always Remember," Pat attempts to reconcile his feelings about the tragic
death of a close friend by passing along his most cherished memories: "I got
two kids of my own now/They grow up so fast/And how I wish you did not miss
that part/Of who I am."
Pat wrote the song "Skyscraper" for his kids. "I always want my children to
know that I can be there for them," he says, "but all I can really do is tell
them how wonderful they are, but they have to do the work."
"Cab," the first single from For Me, It's You, is, according to Pat, "the
metaphoric song on the album. Everything else seems to the point and literal.
This whole album is about where I've been lyrically for the last couple of
years, experiencing what I've had to experience. You don't choose your
experiences, they choose you."
For Me, It's You was recorded over the course of an intensive seven week
period in Atlanta, Georgia with producer Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Bob
Dylan, Neil Young, Rage Against The Machine, Trey Anastasio) at the dials.
O'Brien first worked with Train in 2001 on the double-platinum watershed
album, Drops Of Jupiter (which yielded the group two Grammy awards: Best Rock
Song and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists) and later for
2003's masterful RIAA platinum follow-up, My Private Nation (which earned
Train two Grammy nominations for "Calling All Angels"). It was Brendan who
suggested Train cover the Bob Mould composition, "If I Can't Change Your
Mind." Train's "3rd generation version of a Sugar song" is one of the many
musical highpoints on For Me, It's You.
In all, For Me, It's You finds Train reaching past its remarkable past
achievements to find new levels of emotional depth and musical unity on 13
intimate explorations of the complexities of life and love: "All I Ever
Wanted," "Get Out," "Cab," "Give Myself To You," "Am I Reaching You Now," "If
I Can't Change Your Mind," "All I Hear," "Shelter Me," "Explanation," "Always
Remember," "I'm Not Waiting In Line," "Skyscraper," and "For Me, It's You."

Formed in San Francisco 1994, Train quickly developed an avid local following
and, by 1997, was opening for national bands like Blues Traveler, Barenaked
Ladies, and Counting Crows.
Its D.I.Y. debut album, Train, was produced by the band and Curtis Mathewson.
In February 1998, it came out on Aware/Columbia, and the band hit the road in
a rundown 1987 Dodge Ram minivan with a little red trailer. It stayed on the
road for the next two years.
In autumn 1998, the Fox Television series, "Party Of Five," began to feature
Train's first single, "Free," already a radio favorite. By August, a second
single, "Meet Virginia" led Train to a four week stay at #1 on Billboard's
Heatseekers chart. In November, the album was certified RIAA gold and later
achieved platinum.
Early in 2000, Train took a break from the road to begin recording a new album
with producer Brendan O'Brien. The band recorded for the rest of the year,
between headlining tour dates, and making television appearances.
When Drops Of Jupiter arrived on March 27, 2001, its title track single, "Drops
Of Jupiter (Tell Me)," was already a runaway hit on several Billboard charts.
The song's lush orchestrations by Paul Buckmaster touched a very wide group of
new fans and radio listeners. Drops Of Jupiter has gone on to achieve RIAA
double platinum status. The single spent a total of 53 weeks on the Hot 100,
through April 2002. The track also won a Best Arrangement Grammy for the group
and Buckmaster.
The release of My Private Nation in June 2003 gave Train fans the
Grammy-nominated #1 Adult Top 40/Adult Contemporary radio smash "Calling All
Angels." Alive At Last, the group's acclaimed live concert album was released
in 2004.
Each of Train's studio albums--beginning with 1998's self-titled debut and
carrying on through Drops Of Jupiter and My Private Nation--has achieved RIAA
platinum status or better while generating a string of hit singles that touched
the lives of the group's fans in profound and powerful ways: "Free," "Meet
Virginia," "I Am," "Drops Of Jupiter," "Something More," "She's On Fire,"
"Calling All Angels," "Ordinary," "When I Look To The Sky," "Get To Me."
Playing literally hundreds of shows for thousands upon thousands of fans since
forming in San Francisco in 1994, Train earned a well-deserved reputation as one
of the nation's hottest live bands. With For Me, It's You, Train continues its
musical journey into new territory, offering the group's fans 13 new reasons to
celebrate a great American band.