Attractive Nuisance
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Attractive Nuisance, released in 2000, is The Loud Family
's fifth full length album. It featured the same line-up as on 1998's Days for Days
. At the time of its release, it was announced as the final Loud Family album.
The Loud Family (band)
The Loud Family is an American band based in San Francisco that began in 1991, went on hiatus in 2000 and returned in 2006. The band is named after the real-life Loud family, stars of the 1973 TV show An American Family, the first reality TV show...
's fifth full length album. It featured the same line-up as on 1998's Days for Days
Days for Days
The Loud Family's fourth full length album. Loud Family leader Scott Miller and bass player Kenny Kessel are the only members of the band returning from the last album. Gil Ray, who had been a member of Scott Miller's 1980s band Game Theory, rejoined Miller as of this album.Odd-numbered tracks on...
. At the time of its release, it was announced as the final Loud Family album.
Track listing
All songs written by Loud Family- "720 Times Happier Than the Unjust Man" - 3:46
- "One Will be the Highway" – 3:42
- "Save Your Money" – 4:06
- "Nice When I Want Something" – 5:32
- "Years of Wrong Impressions" - 3:19
- "Blackness, Blackness" – 4:46
- "Backward Century" – 4:11
- "Soul D.C." – 5:12
- "The Apprentice" - 3:06
- "No One's Watching My Limo Ride" – 3:06
- "Motion of Ariel" – 4:26
Personnel
From the CD sleeve...- Scott MillerScott Miller (Californian musician)Scott Miller was formerly a member of the 1980s power pop group Game Theory and lead singer of the group The Loud Family. Both bands were based in the San Francisco Bay Area...
- lead vocals on all songs except 5 and 9, guitar, some of synthesizer on 1 and 11, backing vocals on 9 - Kenny Kessel - bass, backing vocals on 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
- Alison Faith LevyAlison Faith LevyAlison Faith Levy is an American musician, who is a member of the San Francisco based band The Loud Family and the children's band The Sippy Cups. She has released 3 solo albums....
- lead vocals on 5 and 9, piano, synthesizer and sampled instruments, backing vocals on 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12 - Gil Ray - drums, percussion, guitar on 11, some of synthesizer on 11
- Mike KeneallyMike KeneallyMichael Joseph Keneally is an American guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer. Allmusic says: "With his wide-ranging talents and ability to be creative in almost any musical situation, Keneally is the leading progressive rock genius of the post-Zappa era."Born on Long Island, New York, he...
- guitar solo on 4