Faster & Llouder

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Faster & Llouder
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 4, 1989
Recorded1988
Studio16th Ave. Sound, Nashville, TN [1]
Genre Country
Length35:50
Label RCA Nashville
Producer Bill Lloyd
Radney Foster
Rick Will
Foster & Lloyd chronology
Foster & Lloyd
(1987)
Faster & Llouder
(1989)
Version of the Truth
(1990)

Faster & Llouder is the second studio album by American country music duo Foster & Lloyd. It contained their last Top 10 song, "Fair Shake". The other singles released, "Before the Heartache Rolls In" and "Suzette" failed to break into the top 40. The album itself peaked at No. 44 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It was, however, their only album to appear on the Billboard 200, charting at No. 142. [2]

Contents

Content

The duo co-wrote most of the songs on the album, with Guy Clark co-writing for the successful single "Fair Shake" and Pat Terry co-writing the last track with Bill Lloyd. The track "Before The Heartache Rolls In" was covered by Hootie & the Blowfish in 1997 and included as a B-side to the band's single, "Old Man & Me". Vince Gill contributes his guitar playing skills on the opening track "Faster and Louder".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rudyard Kennedy of AllMusic called the album a "superior example of new country..before the term 'New Country' was invented" and calling the material on the album "Just as good, if not better, than that of the songs on the first album. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Faster and Louder" 2:33
2."Fair Shake" Guy Clark, Foster, Lloyd3:26
3."She Knows What She Wants" 3:39
4."Happy for Awhile" 4:08
5."Fat Lady Sings" 4:34
6."After I'm Gone" 3:10
7."I'll Always Be Here Loving You"Foster2:56
8."Suzette"Lloyd2:42
9."Before The Heartache Rolls In" 3:49
10."Lie to Yourself"Lloyd, Pat Terry4:41

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1989)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums44
U.S. Billboard 200142

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country CAN Country
1988"Fair Shake"55
1989"Before the Heartache Rolls In"4377
"Suzette"4852

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [1]

Foster & Lloyd

Musicians

Sources

  1. 1 2 Faster & Llouder (CD). Foster & Lloyd. RCA Records. 1989. 9587.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. allmusic ((( Foster & Lloyd > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))
  3. 1 2 Kennedy, Rudyard. "Foster & Lloyd — Faster & Llouder". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-08-25.

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