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Track Listing
1. All-Right (Oh, Yeah)
2. "Cha!" Said the Kitty
3. Lucky
4. Hit the Skids or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Rock
5. 500,000 Scovilles
6. What Can I Tell You?
7. Fine and Good
8. Lead Pipe Cinch
9. Cool Magnet
10. She Hates My Job
11. Stoney
12. Laminate Man
13. All the Kids Are Right
14. Deep Cut
15. Lucky Time
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Dean DeLeo | | Producer: | Roy Thomas Baker | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Local H: Scott Lucas (various instruments); Joe Daniels (drums, whistling).
Additional personnel: Dean DeLeo (guitar).
Recorded at RTB Audio Visual Productions, Lake Havasu, Arizona.
For a band that emits such a huge, walloping sound, its difficult to believe that Local H is merely a duo. Scott Lucas is the vocalist/multi-instrumental mastermind of the group, and he's ably accompanied by the savage skin-pounding of compatriot Joe Daniels. Rather than resort to endless multi-tracking to fill out the sound of PACK UP THE CATS, Local H keeps it basic, relying on the kind of primal guitar riffs and drum beats that have been the heart of rock & roll since time immemorial. One of the band's most valuable assets is a wacky sense of humor, which keeps their gonzo, slash-and-burn approach sounding fresh throughout the album. The band blends broad, '70s-style sounds with a more modern lo-fi aesthetic to achieve an idiosyncratic but immediately infectious sound.
Industry Reviews
Ranked #20 on Spin's list of Top 20 Albums of '98.
Spin (01/01/1999)
3.5 Stars (out of 5) - ...deserves to be remembered as an impassioned testament of the endangered alt life....It will move anyone who cares about the future of rock's stubbornest stalwarts.
Rolling Stone (09/17/1998)
...Equal parts sardonic brat...realist...and dreamer...vocalist Scott Lucas also cranks out the best crunchy guitar licks since Cheap Trick's heyday. - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (09/04/1998)
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