Public Good No 1 CD

No. 1 is the highly anticipated debut album from Washington DC's The Public Good. Produced by Brian Paulson (Beck, Wilco, Archers of Loaf), No. 1 gives melodic voice to the American underdog and proves that you don't need gimmicks to make tuneful, inventive rock and roll.The Public Good is led by songwriters John Elderkin and Steve Ruppenthal, who were also the nucleus of North Carolina’s now legendary The Popes. One of the most acclaimed bands to emerge from the early 90s Chapel Hill music scene, The Popes’ first release, “Hi We’re The Popes,” received national airplay on college radio stations and made a splash on the College Music Journal charts, landing a spot higher on the new releases to watch poll than REM’s release at the time. Billboard , Cashbox, SPIN Magazine and others gushed about the record and the band.As The Popes, Elderkin and Ruppenthal went on to write songs for independent releases such as the cassette-only “Afar” and WXYC’s collection “DemoListen,” and compilation records such as Mammoth Records’ "Frequency." The Popes ...