''The Tape of Only Linda'' is the second full-length

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, released in 1994. The title of the album is a reference to the notorious tape recording of a live performance of " Hey Jude," by

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, in which an engineer had isolated Linda McCartney's vocals.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "the sound is sharp, and the quintet rocks out with an epic mélange of amped-up guitars, odd rhythms and insinuating keyboard riffs, but the disappointing end result is neither particularly inventive nor especially tuneful."

Track listing

#"Soul Drain" (Miller, Smith, Wieneke)– 4:12 #"My Superior" (Smith, Miller)– 4:49 #"Marcia and Etrusca" (Miller, Becker, Smith, Wieneke, Poor)– 7:14 #"Hyde Street Virgins" (Miller)– 4:02 #"Baby Hard-To-Be-Around" (Miller, Becker, Smith, Wieneke, Poor)– 3:32 #"It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas" (Miller, Smith, Wieneke, Poor, Becker)– 4:38 #"Better Nature" (Wieneke)– 3:25 #"Still Its Own Reward" (Miller)– 4:12 #"For Beginners Only" (Smith)– 2:41 #"Ballet Hetero" (Miller, Poor, Smith)– 7:27

Personnel

Jozef Becker The Loud Family was a San Francisco-based power pop band formed in 1991 by songwriter and guitarist Scott Miller, who previously led the 1980s band Game Theory. The Loud Family released six studio LPs and one live LP from 1991 through 2006. Af ...

- drums, percussion, drum programming * Scott Miller - lead vocal, guitar, classical guitar *R. Dunbar Poor - bass guitar and backing vocals * Zachary Smith - lead guitar, electromagnetic 12-string guitar, pedal effect guitar *Paul Wieneke - keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Better Nature" and "For Beginners Only" with: *"Waxy" Bill Dupp - harmonica *

Mitch Easter Mitchell Blake Easter (born November 15, 1954) is a musician, songwriter, and record producer. Frequently associated with the jangle pop style of guitar music, he is known as producer of R.E.M.'s early albums from 1981 through 1984, and as fron ...

- producer *Kid Shaline - backing vocals *

Ken Stringfellow Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow (born October 30, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer. Best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star, Stringfellow's discography includ ...

- guitar, duet vocal on "Still Its Own Reward"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tape of Only Linda, The 1994 albums The Loud Family albums Albums produced by Mitch Easter