''Too Much Guitar'' is the third album by the

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. It was released in 2004 by In the Red Records. Originally, bandleader Greg Cartwright toyed with the idea of calling the album ''PILL-POPPING MOM ONLY TAKING WHAT SHE NEEDS TO GET BY,'' a headline which he had seen in a Commercial Appeal medical advice column, but scrapped the idea when the album began to change direction musically

The album was recorded after original member and guitarist/keyboard player Alex Greene left the band in 2003, leaving lead vocalist and guitarist

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, bassist Jeremy Scott, and drummer Greg Roberson to carry the album through to completion as a three-piece. The album contains ten original songs written by the band and four cover songs recorded while the band split their time laying down tracks in

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. Several tracks were recorded at Cartwright's own now-defunct record store, Legba Records, in Memphis, Tennessee. The album was engineered by

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Track listing

Too Much Guitar LP/CD (In The Red, 2004, ITR 107) # We Repel Each Other (Cartwright) - 3:00 # Your Love Is a Fine Thing (Cartwright) - 2:43 # If You Can't Give Me Everything (Cartwright) - 2:41 # You Got Me Hummin' (Hayes, Porter) - 2:26 # When You Touch Me (Cartwright) - 2:57 # Funny Thing (Cartwright) - 3:07 # Get It! (Ballard) - 2:03 # I'll Cry (Cartwright) - 2:20 # Drowning (Cartwright) - 3:43 # Uptight Tonight (Dickinson) - 2:25 # Excedrine Headache #265 (Cartwright) - 3:24 # Let Yourself Go (Carpet Baggers) - 2:39 # So Easy (Cartwright) - 2:07 # Medication (Cartwright) - 1:23

Personnel

- Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Percussion, Group Member, Harmonica * Alex Greene - Organ, Guitar * Jeremy Scott - Bass, Group Member, Vocals (Background) * Greg Roberson - Drums, Group Member * Alicja Trout - Engineer * Jay Rensley - Engineer *

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References

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