Leave Your Light On Explained

Leave Your Light On
Type:Album
Artist:Aloud
Cover:Aloud-LYLO.jpg
Released:May 2, 2006
Recorded:Dayville, CT and
Brighton, MA
May — October 2005
Genre:Rock
Length:46:00
Label:Lemon Merchant
Producer:Hugh Wyman
Prev Title:The Sooner It Comes (EP)
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Fan The Fury
Next Year:2008

Leave Your Light On is the name of Aloud's debut full-length album, which was released on May 2, 2006 on Lemon Merchant Records. The majority was recorded from May through August 2005 in Dayville, Connecticut, with the rest being completed in Brighton, Massachusetts. It was produced by Hugh Wyman (ex-guitarist of Baby Strange and The Luxury).

The album was released to college radio stations (and some commercial stations) the second week of May. National radioplay for the album peaked on the RIYL Music chart in July at #191 (out of 875).

Leave Your Light On also received many favorable reviews upon its release, most notably in the Northeast United States and online music blogs.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

In April, a music video was released for the song "Beaches", the album's leadoff single. Another video for "Can You Hear Me Now?" was released in early March 2007.

Personnel

Aloud

Additional personnel

Additional engineering by Hugh Wyman and Aloud.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://stuffatnight.com/rd0405/music/documents/05221562.asp "Aloud and Clear", Stuff@Night Magazine, May 9, 2006
  2. http://thenoise-boston.com/viewpage.asp?id=20 CD Review, The Noise, July 2006
  3. http://www.northeastindie.com/Press/performerakrreview.htm CD Review, Performer Magazine (Northeast), July 2006
  4. Web site: Blogger. myspacemusicreview.blogspot.com.
  5. Web site: Hot Stof: Don't Trust the Beaches, September 12, 2006.