Big Notebook for Easy Piano

Big Notebook for Easy Piano was the debut release by Murfreesboro, Tennessee band Fluid Ounces. It was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee with producer Ross Rice. Rice had formerly been with the band Human Radio.

Big Notebook for Easy Piano
Studio album by Fluid Ounces
Released	June 3, 1997
Recorded	1996
Genre	Piano rock, Power pop, College rock
Label	Spongebath Records
Producer	Ross Rice, Fluid Ounces
Fluid Ounces chronology
Big Notebook for Easy Piano (1997) In the New Old-Fashioned Way (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Melodic.net	(4 stars) link
Nashville Scene	link
Drop D Review	link
CMJ	link

The album featured two of the most popular and definitive Fluid Ounces songs, "Shamrock" and "Record Stack." The track "Big Empty" is often cited as one of the band's masterpieces.

While several of the songs were opaque lyrically, "Spill Your Brains" was a not-so-subtle lampooning of Alanis Morissette, and "Liquorish Vampires" was written about Timbs' experiences working in a coffee shop in Murfreesboro.

The album was received very well critically, and was distributed by Caroline Distribution.

Track listing

1. "Shamrock" – 3:28
2. "Tricky Fingers" – 3:34
3. "Birdbrained" – 3:49
4. "Liquorish Vampires" – 3:41
5. "Daddy Scruff" – 5:42
6. "Record Stack" – 3:32
7. "Role Call" – 4:03
8. "Spill Your Brains" – 3:10
9. "Milk Moustache" – 3:27
10. "Kept Alive by Science" – 4:10
11. "Big Empty" – 4:52
12. "Poor Man" – 3:30
23. "Killjoy" – 5:03 (hidden track)

Credits

• Seth Timbs (piano/guitar/vocals/songwriter)
• Brian Rogers (guitar, vocals)
• Ben Morton (bass)
• Sam Baker (drums)
• Richard Dortch (mixing, mastering)
• Kathy Morgan (Photography)
• Brian Bottcher (Artwork)