Loud (Half Japanese album)

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Loud
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Studio album by
Half Japanese
Released1981
Genre Punk rock, experimental rock, indie rock, art punk, lo-fi
Length39:22
Label Armageddon
Half Japanese chronology
1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts
(1980)		Loud
(1981)		 Horrible
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau B [2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 9/10 [3]

Loud is an album by the rock group Half Japanese. [4] It was released on the Armageddon label in 1981.

Contents

The album was the band's first release since the line-up was expanded with four new members (two saxophone players, a guitarist, and a drummer); it contains elements of free jazz. [1] [5] [6] The album includes a cover version of The Doors' "The Spy." [1] [7]

It was reissued on compact disc in 2004 on Drag City, together with the Horrible EP, as Loud and Horrible. [8]

Critical reception

The Spin Alternative Record Guide called it "Half Jap's finest hour, and one of the ultimate recorded documents of inchoate teenage angst." [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."My Concentration, Oh No"1:30
2."2 Hearts = 1"1:06
3."If My Father Answers, Don't Say Nothing"1:53
4."Scientific Devices"0:55
5."Gift"1:25
6."Dumb Animals"3:45
7."Popular"0:59
8."I Know How It Feels. Bad"2:35
9."Perfume"1:14
10."New Brides of Frankenstein"1:58
11."Forget You"1:03
12."Loud/Louder/Loudest"1:06
13."Spy"6:39
14."No Danger"1:05
15."Love Lasts Forever (Sometimes)"2:13
16."Nurse"2:03
17."Only Dancing"2:28
18."Bad to Your Best Friend"0:58
19."Baby Wants Music" ((original title was “Freaks Wants Music“))2:18
20."High School Tonight"2:09

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ankeny, Jason "Loud Review", AllMusic, retrieved 17 August 2012
  2. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Half Japanese". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. 1 2 Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 174.
  4. ↑ Buckley, Peter (July 19, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN   9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Coley, Byron (1988) "Underground", SPIN , February 1988, p. 36-7, retrieved 17 August 2012
  6. ↑ "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Singing No Evil: Jad Fair Of Half Japanese Interviewed". The Quietus.
  7. ↑ Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira; Sprague, David "Half Japanese", Trouser Press , retrieved 17 August 2012
  8. ↑ "Half Japanese Loud and Horrible". exclaim.ca.
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