''Louden Up Now'' is the second studio album by American

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band

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. Released on July 27, 2004, through

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in the United States and

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in the rest of the world, the album was greeted by mainly positive reviews from critics, with

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hailing it as "a modern-day agit-pop indie dance-rock classic." ''Louden Up Now'' sees the group continue to meld

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s with

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influences. Originally one edition of the album included a bonus disc containing a

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. The LP edition track listing is the same as the CD version, although track 10 is omitted. Side one is tracks 1 and 2, side two is tracks 3 to 5, side three is tracks 6 and 7, and side four is tracks 8 and 9. A two-disc version was released in some countries containing 4 additional tracks on a second disc. One of the tracks was "Sunday 5.17 AM", which was later rerecorded for ''

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'' as "Yadnus". Two singles were released from the album: "Hello? Is This Thing On?" and "Pardon My Freedom" while the 2003 single "Me and

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Down by the Schoolyard" was included on the release.

Track listing

Personnel

*Mario Andreoni – bass, guitar *

Justin Van Der Volgen Justin Van Der Volgen is an American musician, mixer with Out Hud from 1996 to 2005 and with !!! from 1996 to 2007. Van der Volgen remixed Maserati's "Inventions" for their 2008 ''Inventions Remixed'' 12" on Temporary Residence A temporary res ...

– bass *Tyler Pope – drum programming, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards, guitar *John Pugh XI – drums, vocals, gong, percussion *Gorman Dan – keyboards, percussion, trumpet *

Nic Offer Nicholas Joseph Offer (born 1972) is a New York City–based musician. He is best known as the vocalist of the dance-punk band !!!, which he helped form in Sacramento, California, in 1996. Offer played bass and keyboards for the electronic ba ...

– vocals, keyboards *Allan Wilson – saxophone, keyboards, percussion

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2004 albums !!! albums Touch and Go Records albums Warp (record label) albums