Louden Up Now

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Louden Up Now
Loudenupnowcover.jpg
Studio album by
!!!
ReleasedJune 7, 2004
Genre Dance-punk
Length48:27
Label Touch and Go, Warp
Producer !!!
!!! chronology
!!!
(2001)
Louden Up Now
(2004)
Take Ecstasy with Me/Get Up
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Alternative Press 4/5 [3]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly B [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 7/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin C+ [11]

Louden Up Now is the second studio album by American dance-punk band !!!. Released on July 27, 2004, through Touch and Go Records in the United States and Warp Records in the rest of the world, the album was greeted by mainly positive reviews from critics, with AllMusic hailing it as "a modern-day agit-pop indie dance-rock classic." [2] Louden Up Now sees the group continue to meld funky dance rhythms with post-punk influences.

Contents

Originally one edition of the album included a bonus disc containing a clean version. The LP edition track listing is the same as the CD version, although track 10 is omitted. Side one is tracks 1 and 2, side two is tracks 3 to 5, side three is tracks 6 and 7, and side four is tracks 8 and 9. A two-disc version was released in some countries containing 4 additional tracks on a second disc. One of the tracks was "Sunday 5.17 AM", which was later rerecorded for Myth Takes as "Yadnus".

Two singles were released from the album: "Hello? Is This Thing On?" and "Pardon My Freedom" while the 2003 single "Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard" was included on the release.

Track listing

Louden Up Now track listing
No.TitleLength
1."When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Karazzee"6:17
2."Pardon My Freedom"5:51
3."Dear Can"4:37
4."King's Weed"1:19
5."Hello? Is This Thing On?"7:33
6."Shit Scheisse Merde, Pt. 1"5:06
7."Shit Scheisse Merde, Pt. 2"6:10
8."Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)"9:03
9."Theme from Space Island"2:31
10."Shit Scheisse Merde, Pt. 1 (Instrumental)"4:41


Bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Sunday 5:17 AM"5:13
2."Dear Can" (Maurice Fulton Vocal Mix)4:47
3."When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Gets Karazee" (Serious Bonus Beats Mix)6:59
4."Pardon My Freedom" (Maurice Fulton Instr. Mix)5:55

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Louden Up Now
Chart (2004)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 66
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 169
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 135
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [15] 4

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