Lovelyville
Lovelyville is the third album by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, released December 12, 1991 on LP and CD through Matador Records. The CD contains a set of bonus tracks titled "The Crowded Diaper".
| Lovelyville | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 12, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | Lowdown Studios, San Francisco, California | |||
| Genre | Noise rock, indie rock, experimental rock | |||
| Length | 57:17 | |||
| Label | Matador | |||
| Producer | Greg Freeman, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 | |||
| Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (B-)[2] |
Recording
In between the studio recordings on Lovelyville are a great number of lo-fi snippets of what the band calls "Feller filler"—"murkier meanderings recorded in rehearsals on a four-track or boom box."[3] A few bits of Feller filler are lo-fi version of the band's single "2×4s", and the song "Mother Uncle Delicious Tasty" is a sped-up voice speaking over a slowed-down recording of the song "Change Your Mind" from the band's previous album. Also present on the album are snippets of dialogue between Peter J. Haskett and Raymond Huffman from the Shut Up, Little Man! tapes that had been circulating in San Francisco.
Lovelyville also features a cover of "Green-Eyed Lady" by Sugarloaf.
Track listing
Lovelyville
All tracks are written by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, except "Green-Eyed Lady" by Jerry Corbetta and Dave Riordan.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Four O'Clocker 2" | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Not This World" | 1:13 |
| 3. | "Nail in the Head" | 6:04 |
| 4. | "Green-Eyed Lady" | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Mother Uncle Delicious Tasty" | 0:55 |
| 6. | "Street's Vibrated With the Traffic and Power Tools" | 0:16 |
| 7. | "Mark My Words" | 0:40 |
| 8. | "Push" | 0:32 |
| 9. | "More Glee" | 6:16 |
| 10. | "Big Hands" | 2:45 |
| 11. | "The Marshall" | 1:29 |
| 12. | "Sinking Boats" | 4:48 |
| 13. | "Motorin' Flarey Jenkins" | 2:34 |
| 14. | "2x4s" | 4:25 |
| 15. | "Nothing Solid" | 7:18 |
The Crowded Diaper
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 16. | "Maverick" | 1:36 |
| 17. | "Wonderbread Display" | 0:33 |
| 18. | "The Meat Display" | 1:31 |
| 19. | "Strife Is Good" | 2:08 |
| 20. | "The Marshall's Boonts" | 0:32 |
| 21. | "The World Is Changing for Good" | 0:53 |
| 22. | "The Demise of Craig" | 3:40 |
| 23. | "Horrible Hour" | 4:17 |
Personnel
- Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
- Paul Bergmann – drums
- Mark Davies – bass guitar, guitar, Casio synthesizer, drums, euphonium, vocals, trombone on "Nothing Solid"
- Anne Eickelberg – bass guitar, vocals
- Brian Hageman – guitar, viola, tape, vocals, mandolin
- Jay Paget – drums
- Hugh Swarts – guitar, vocals
- Production and additional personnel
- Paul Bergmann – accordion on "Nothing Solid"
- Chris Clougherty – clarinet on "Nothing Solid"
- Greg Freeman – production, engineering
- Margaret Murray – illustrations, oboe on "Nothing Solid"
- Chas Nielsen – illustrations
- Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – production
- David Tholfsen – contrabass clarinet on "Nothing Solid"
References
- Phares, Heather. "Lovelyville". Allmusic. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- Christgau, Robert. "Thinking Fellers Union Local #282: Lovelyville". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- Clements, Paul. "Thinking Fellers Union Local 282". Perfect Sound Forever. Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
