Loud (Half Japanese album)
Loud is an album by the rock group Half Japanese.[4] It was released on the Armageddon label in 1981.
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1981 | |||
Genre | Punk rock, experimental rock, indie rock, art punk, lo-fi | |||
Length | 39:22 | |||
Label | Armageddon | |||
Half Japanese chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Robert Christgau | B[2] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[3] |
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. | Title | Length |
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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" | 2:18 |
20. | "High School Tonight" | 2:09 |
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References
- Ankeny, Jason "Loud Review", AllMusic, retrieved 17 August 2012
- "Robert Christgau: CG: Half Japanese". www.robertchristgau.com.
- Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 174.
- Buckley, Peter (July 19, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
- Coley, Byron (1988) "Underground", SPIN, February 1988, p. 36-7, retrieved 17 August 2012
- "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Singing No Evil: Jad Fair Of Half Japanese Interviewed". The Quietus.
- Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira; Sprague, David "Half Japanese", Trouser Press, retrieved 17 August 2012
- "Half Japanese Loud and Horrible". exclaim.ca.
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