The Tape of Only Linda
Studio album by
The Loud Family
ReleasedOctober 25, 1994
Recorded1994
GenreRock, power pop
Length46:19
LabelAlias Records[1]
ProducerMitch Easter
The Loud Family chronology
Slouching Towards Liverpool
(1993)		 The Tape of Only Linda
(1994)		 Interbabe Concern
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[4]

The Tape of Only Linda is the second full-length album by The Loud Family, released in 1994.[5][6] The title of the album is a reference to the notorious tape recording of a live performance of "Hey Jude," by Paul McCartney, in which an engineer had isolated Linda McCartney's vocals.[7]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the sound is sharp, and the quintet rocks out with an epic mélange of amped-up guitars, odd rhythms and insinuating keyboard riffs, but the disappointing end result is neither particularly inventive nor especially tuneful."[8]

Track listing

  1. "Soul Drain" (Miller, Smith, Wieneke)– 4:12
  2. "My Superior" (Smith, Miller)– 4:49
  3. "Marcia and Etrusca" (Miller, Becker, Smith, Wieneke, Poor)– 7:14
  4. "Hyde Street Virgins" (Miller)– 4:02
  5. "Baby Hard-To-Be-Around" (Miller, Becker, Smith, Wieneke, Poor)– 3:32
  6. "It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas" (Miller, Smith, Wieneke, Poor, Becker)– 4:38
  7. "Better Nature" (Wieneke)– 3:25
  8. "Still Its Own Reward" (Miller)– 4:12
  9. "For Beginners Only" (Smith)– 2:41
  10. "Ballet Hetero" (Miller, Poor, Smith)– 7:27

Personnel

  • Jozef Becker - drums, percussion, drum programming
  • Scott Miller - lead vocal, guitar, classical guitar
  • R. Dunbar Poor - bass guitar and backing vocals
  • Zachary Smith - lead guitar, electromagnetic 12-string guitar, pedal effect guitar
  • Paul Wieneke - keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Better Nature" and "For Beginners Only"

with:

  • "Waxy" Bill Dupp - harmonica
  • Mitch Easter - producer
  • Kid Shaline - backing vocals
  • Ken Stringfellow - guitar, duet vocal on "Still Its Own Reward"

References

  1. ↑ "Loud Family". Alias Records.
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. The Tape of Only Linda at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 335.
  4. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 470.
  5. ↑ "Loud Family | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ "Keeping the Music in Mind : Scott Miller's Loud Family Goes for the Cerebral--Whether Playing Quietly or Living Up to Its Name". Los Angeles Times. June 22, 1996.
  7. ↑ Thompson, Dave (November 3, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Loud Family". Trouser Press. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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