Loud (Half Japanese album) explained

Loud
Type:Album
Artist:Half Japanese
Cover:LoudHalfJapanese.jpg
Released:1981
Genre:Punk rock, experimental rock, indie rock, art punk, lo-fi
Length:39:22
Label:Armageddon
Prev Title:1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Horrible
Next Year:1982

Loud is an album by the rock group Half Japanese.[1] It was released on the Armageddon label in 1981.

The album was the band's first release since the line-up was expanded with four new members (two saxophone players, a guitarist, and a drummer); it contains elements of free jazz.[2] [3] [4] The album includes a cover version of The Doors' "The Spy."[5]

It was reissued on compact disc in 2004 on Drag City, together with the Horrible EP, as Loud and Horrible.[6]

Critical reception

The Spin Alternative Record Guide called it "Half Jap's finest hour, and one of the ultimate recorded documents of inchoate teenage angst."[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. July 19, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.
  2. Ankeny, Jason "Loud Review", AllMusic, retrieved 17 August 2012
  3. Coley, Byron (1988) "Underground", SPIN, February 1988, p. 36-7, retrieved 17 August 2012
  4. Web site: The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Singing No Evil: Jad Fair Of Half Japanese Interviewed. The Quietus.
  5. Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira; Sprague, David "Half Japanese", Trouser Press, retrieved 17 August 2012
  6. Web site: Half Japanese Loud and Horrible. exclaim.ca.
  7. Book: Spin Alternative Record Guide . 1995 . Vintage Books . 174.

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