This Little Empire is the second studio album by New Zealand rock band Zed. It was produced by Sylvia Massy Shivy and Zed at Radiostar Studios in Weed, California, and engineered by Rich Veltrop and assisted by Josh Kiser. Unlike the band's debut 2000 release, Silencer, This Little Empire was predominantly produced for the American market, with a US edition and a New Zealand edition released. The track listing for the US edition contains tracks taken from their debut album. The album was released to the New Zealand market on November 11, 2003; and released internationally on August 23, 2004, via Interscope Records.
Contents
Chart performance
This Little Empire debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums chart on November 9, 2003. It spent three weeks within the top ten and peaked at #4. The album spent a total of 13 weeks on the chart.
Personnel
Zed
Nathan King – vocals, guitar
Ben Campbell – bass, vocals
Andrew "Andy" Lynch – guitar, vocals, engineering
Adrian Palmer – drums, percussion
Production
Sylvia Massy Shivy – producer
Rich Veltrop – engineering
Josh Kiser - assistant engineer
Clint Murphy – additional engineering
Rivers Cuomo – composer
Brian Wilson – composer
Roger Christian – composer
C. Brooks – composer
M. Barus – composer
Clif Norrell – mixing
Robert Orton – mixing (track 2)
Martin Kierszenbaum – additional production (track 2)
Malcolm Welsford – producer, engineering, mixing (track 5)
George Marino – mastering (track 5)
Additional personnel
Martin Kierszenbaum – A&R director
Andrea Ruffalo – A&R co-ordinator
Robert Hayes – management
A. Kim Guggenheim – legal representative
Steve Strange – agent
Kevin Soh – concept, art direction and design
Simon Oosterdijk – concept, art direction and design
Aaron K. – photography
Karen Inderbitzen-Waller – styling
Credits for This Little Empire adapted from liner notes.