# Heavyweight EP

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Heavyweight EP
| type       = EP
| artist     = [Rachael Yamagata](/source/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](/source/John_Alag%C3%ADa)
| prev_title = [Chesapeake](/source/Chesapeake_(album))
| prev_year  = 2011
| next_title = [Tightrope Walker](/source/Tightrope_Walker_(album))
| next_year  = 2016
}}

'''''Heavyweight EP''''' is a 2012 [EP](/source/Extended_play) by [Rachael Yamagata](/source/Rachael_Yamagata).

== Development ==
The EP consists of leftovers from the creation of ''[Chesapeake](/source/Chesapeake_(album))'', 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](/source/To_Write_Love_on_Her_Arms_(film))'', 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](/source/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](/source/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 ===
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*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](/source/John_Alag%C3%ADa) – 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](/source/Tom_Freund) – Bass
*[Liz Phair](/source/Liz_Phair) – Electric guitar (track 2)
*[Mike Viola](/source/Mike_Viola) – Piano, Wurlitzer
*[Victor Indrizzo](/source/Victor_Indrizzo) – Drums
*[Madi Diaz](/source/Madi_Diaz) – Wurlizter
*Paul Ahlstrand – Strings (arranged)
*Michael Rosenbloom – Violin
*Lisa Crockett – Violin
*Sue Culpo – Viola
*Ron Lowry – Cello
{{div col end}}

=== Production ===
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*John Alagía – Producer, mixing, engineering
*Mike Viola – Producer
*[Brad Blackwood](/source/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 ==
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{{Rachael Yamagata}}

Category:2012 EPs
Category:Rachael Yamagata albums

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