released December 12, 2007

MELANCHOLY FROG (2007)

Produced by Jessica Fogle & friends

One-take live studio recordings - Tracks 1, 2, 3, 11 recorded by Garrett Lane & Jamie Wagner at Strobe Recording
Live venue recordings - Tracks 5, 10 (@ The Orphanage Chicago 5-2007), Tracks 4, 6, 12, 13 (@ The Orphanage Chicago 8-2007), and Track 14 (@ The Grafton, 2005)
In-home recordings - Tracks 7, 8, 9

Tracks 9, 12 are poems by Raymond Scott Brazaski.

All songs written and performed by Jessica Fogle

Published by Cathartic Frog Records (ASCAP) (c) 2007, 2011

Album art by Jessica Fogle

Mastered by Peter Andreadis at All City Mastering (Chicago)

Thanks to Peter Andreadis for his incredible ear for mastering, Zach Finer & Michael Teach (my super-supporters!) and all the generous supporters of the restored version of this album (Quinny, Adam, Carl, Alaina, Kathryn, Becky, Jessi, Paul, Chris, Tracey, Vicki) . Without all of you, this album would have remained in my private little vault. I greatly appreciate your support and encouragement!

Special thanks to everyone at Gallery Cabaret & The Orphanage, especially Garrett Lane, Nancy Connolly, David Medina, Spoon, Adam Maljan & other engineers, both for recording me & for helping me find myself as a songwriter and performer. Your support, encouragement, and regular booking in those early years were invaluable to my development.

Very special thanks to all my earliest fans, friends, and family (including those listed above) who supported me when I was still so timid about my sound and style. Including but certainly not limited to Elisabeth, Krystee, Steve, Rachel, Stevie, Nick, Stephanie, Jamison, Steve, Jane, Val, Ray, Liz & Joseph, Matt & Andrea, Annie & Ben, Garrett & Nancy, Kenny, Tressa, Johnny, Jamie, Ethan Stoller & Rachel Tappan, Diana Lawrence, Alyssa Lowry & her Madison friends, Dave & Chris, Ryan & Kathryn, Megan, Jessi, Mandi, Beth, Tyler, Anne, Becky, and the LU girls, Sue Fink, Steve Joyner, Jeanne Arrigo, everyone from First Friday at Old Town School, Bob Ball, Steve Alspach & Berry Church, Tom & Cory, Tim Sandusky and everyone associated with Were the World Mine , everyone at Anodyne, Riverview, Acadia, and other Minneapolis venues and staff, Dunn Bros in Dallas TX, Chicago venues that are welcoming and encouraging to emerging songwriters (too many to mention), all other songwriters I crossed paths with who provided encouragement and camaraderie, Jillian Erickson, Michelle Power, and everyone at Beast Women, Kelsie Huff & The Kates, Thymme Jones & Cheer Accident, 50 Songs in 90 Days & everyone at FAWM.org, Richard Ballard at the Book Nook in MI, Richard Milne & Local Anesthetic on WXRT, Pete Wolf, Kat Fitzgerald, everyone at The Factory Theater, and everyone who ever signed my mailing list and offered kind words and support over email and at live shows.

*Now releasing music as Jessica in The Rainbow. For more up-to-date info, please visit www.jessicaintherainbow.com