| Attractive Nuisance | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | The Loud Family |
| Cover: | Attractive_Nuisance.jpg |
| Released: | February 22, 2000 |
| Recorded: | 1999 |
| Genre: | Rock, power pop |
| Length: | 50:09 |
| Label: | Alias Records |
| Producer: | Scott Miller |
| Prev Title: | Days for Days |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | From Ritual to Romance |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
Attractive Nuisance, released in 2000, is The Loud Family's fifth full-length album. It has the same line-up as the 1998 album, Days for Days. At the time of its release, it was announced as the final Loud Family album.
All songs written by Loud Family
PopMatters called the album "orchestral in [its] tapestry of sounds," with a variety of styles ranging "from catchy up-tempo pop, to blistering psychedelic rock, to piano balladry."
The Chicago Tribune pointed out contrasting styles in specific songs: "the lush orchestral contours of 'One Will Be the Highway,' the nearly avant-garde interludes of 'Save Your Money' or the acid-metal roar of "Nice When I Want Something.'" The review by Greg Kot also cited Scott Miller's "supple melodies" and "dense, often opaque lyrics", calling him a "quirky visionary [who] still delights in the possibilities of the three-minute pop song."
AllMusic's Mark Deming wrote that the album's "alternately bracing and pensive melodies, angular guitar figures, and superb keyboard textures harked back to the best work of Miller's previous band, Game Theory," and called the result "a wickedly arch slice of intelligent power pop" with "smart, energetic hooks, and emotionally compelling melodies".
From the CD sleeve: