On August 9, 1997, “Sire” and “Warner Bros” labels released “Lovesongs for Underdogs”, the debut Tanya Donelly album. It was recorded in 1997 and was produced by Tanya Donelly, Wally Gagel and Gary Smith.
Personnel:
- Tanya Donelly– vocals, guitar, keyboards, arranger
- Dean Fisher – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, accordion, keyboards
- Rich Gilbert – guitar, accordion, bass, keyboards, saw
- Jonathan Williams – electric guitar
- Wally Gagel – bass, percussion, keyboards, drum machine, arranger
- Stacy Jones – drums
- David Lovering– drums
- David Narcizo– drums
- Hilken Mancini – backong vocals
- Chris Toppin – backing vocals
- Matthew Ellard, Wally Gagel, Dan McLoughlin – engineer
- Jesse Henderson, Suzanne Kapa, Kelly Wohlford – engineer assistant
- Wally Gagel, Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade – mixing
- Dave Kirkpatrick – mixing assistant
- Brian Lee – mastering
- Carl Plaster – drums technician
- Chris Bigg – design
- Andrew Catlin – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Tanya Donelly except where noted.
- Pretty Deep
- The Bright Light
- Landspeed Song
- Mysteries of the Unexplained
- Lantern
- Acrobat – Tanya Donelly, Dean Fisher
- Breathe Around You
- Bum
- Clipped
- Goat Girl
- Manna
- Swoon

