{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Heavyweight EP | type = EP | artist = Rachael Yamagata | cover = Heavyweight EP - Rachael Yamagata.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2012|11|20}}<ref name=iTunes /> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 25:40 | label = Frankenfish Records | producer = John Alagía | prev_title = Chesapeake | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Tightrope Walker | next_year = 2016 }}
'''''Heavyweight EP''''' is a 2012 EP by Rachael Yamagata.
== Development == The EP consists of leftovers from the creation of ''Chesapeake'', which Yamagata worked on the previous year, plus some songs that were composed during touring Europe and North America. Yamagata returns to her previous formula of piano and strings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiehearts.com/discos/rachael-yamagata-heavyweight-ep-2012 |title=Rachael Yamagata – Heavyweight EP (2012) |work=Indiehearts |language=Spanish |date=November 28, 2012 |accessdate=March 23, 2017 |author=Martone, Damián |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324092107/http://www.indiehearts.com/discos/rachael-yamagata-heavyweight-ep-2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song "Keep Going" was used in the 2012 film, ''To Write Love on Her Arms'', also known as ''Renee''. The tracks were recorded in The Village, The Bunny Ranch, Crab Trap, Marlay Studio, and Ice Station Zebra Studio in Medford, Massachusetts.<ref name=Liner /> The cover artwork is by Jan Zoya, whose artwork impressed Yamagata with its feeling of sadness, nostalgia, and passion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beautifuldecay.com/2012/11/16/rachael-yamagatas-back-with-a-new-ep-heavyweight-and-a-fall-tour-i-spoke-with-her-recently-about-both/ |title=Rachael Yamagata's back with a new EP, Heavyweight and a Fall Tour – I spoke with her recently about both. |work=Beautiful Decay |date=November 16, 2012 |accessdate=March 23, 2017 |author=Belkin, Barry}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | all_writing = Rachael Yamagata except where noted | total_length = 25:40<ref name=iTunes>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/heavyweight-ep/573720768 |title=Heavyweight – EP by Rachael Yamagata |website=iTunes |date=20 November 2012 |access-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref> | title1 = Heavyweight | writer1 = R. Yamagata, Mike Viola | length1 = 3:22 | title2 = Has It Happened Yet | length2 = 4:38 | title3 = It'll Do | length3 = 4:22 | title4 = Falling in Love Again | writer4 = R. Yamagata, M. Viola | length4 = 4:00 | title5 = Nothing Gets By Here | length5 = 4:49 | title6 = Keep Going | length6 = 4:34 }}
== Personnel == === Musicians === {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *Rachael Yamagata – Vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer<ref name=Liner>{{cite AV media notes |title=Heavyweight EP |others=Rachael Yamagata |year=2012 |type=CD liner |publisher=Frankenfish Records |id=FRF 102 |location=United States}}</ref> *John Alagía – Bass, keyboards, electric guitar *Michael Chaves – Guitar, electric guitar, dulcimer, organ *Oli Kraus – Violin, strings (written, arranged, performed) *Adam Popick – Drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar *Tom Freund – Bass *Liz Phair – Electric guitar (track 2) *Mike Viola – Piano, Wurlitzer *Victor Indrizzo – Drums *Madi Diaz – Wurlizter *Paul Ahlstrand – Strings (arranged) *Michael Rosenbloom – Violin *Lisa Crockett – Violin *Sue Culpo – Viola *Ron Lowry – Cello {{div col end}}
=== Production === {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *John Alagía – Producer, mixing, engineering *Mike Viola – Producer *Brad Blackwood – Mastering *Dan Piscina – Mixing, engineering *Ducky Carlisle – Mixing, engineering *Pete Hanlon – Engineering *Eric Robinson – Engineering *Michael Chaves – Engineering *Jan Zoya – Cover art {{div col end}}
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
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Category:2012 EPs Category:Rachael Yamagata albums