''Prepare the Preparations'' is the third full-length studio album by
St. Louis
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band
Ludo
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. It is the band's second release on
Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...
. The album was originally scheduled for an August 17 release date, but was pushed back to September 7, 2010.
Album information
The album was produced by
Matt Wallace
Matt Wallace is an American record producer. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley,Moon, Jill. (2010-09-01) Ludo strikes again The Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-09-01. Volpe said of the new album, "I like to write from my imagination, so there are songs about skeletons, grave robbing lovers, a cyclops and of course love and all that stuff."Shiner, Ryan. (2010-08-17) Ludo milks it on new single "Whipped Cream" The Maneater. Retrieved 2010-09-01.