''Loco'' is the third studio album by American rap rock band
Fun Lovin' Criminals
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. It was released on March 6, 2001 via
Chrysalis Records
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. Recording sessions took place at The Magic Shop in
New York
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* ...
and at Hyperbolic Studios in
Maui
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. Production was handled by the band themselves, with
Tim Latham serving as additional producer.
Track listing
;Notes
*Track 8 is a cover of "
Microphone Fiend
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" written and performed by
Eric B. & Rakim.
*Track 14 contains a hidden track "Kill the Bad Guy".
Personnel
*Fun Lovin' Criminals – songwriters
(tracks: 1–7, 9–14), producers, arrangers, mixing, art direction
**
Huey Morgan
Hugh Thomas Diaz Morgan (born 7 August 1968) is an American musician best known as the former frontman of rock/hip hop band Fun Lovin' Criminals. Morgan performs both vocals and guitar and combines rock, hip hop, jazz, reggae, and funk influences ...
– vocals
(tracks: 1–11, 13, 14), guitar, sound effects
(track 1), talkbox
(track 9), vocoder
(track 12)
**Brian "
Fast
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" Leiser – bass guitar
(tracks: 1, 10, 11, 13, 14), grand piano
(tracks: 2, 5, 10–12, 14), electric piano
(tracks: 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14), Arp string synth
(tracks: 2, 5, 6, 9, 14), horns
(tracks: 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14), triangle
(tracks: 2, 5, 10, 12), programming
(tracks: 2–9, 12), bass keyboards
(tracks: 3, 5), sound effects
(tracks: 3, 4, 6–8), pianette
(track 6), vocoder
(track 7), harpsichord
(track 9), Hammond organ
(track 10), Prophet-5
(track 11)
**Maxwell "Mackie" Jayson – drums, percussion
(tracks: 2, 5–11, 13, 14), timbales
(track 9), sound effects
(track 10)
*
Descemer Bueno
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Early career
Bueno studied music and became a music teacher before form ...
– backing vocals
(track 2)
*
Xiomara Laugart
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Early life
Xiomara ...
– backing vocals
(track 2)
*
Tim Latham – slap bass
(track 2), additional producer, recording, mixing
*
Danny Madden
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– additional vocals
(track 3)
*MC Large – additional vocals
(track 3)
*
Simone Hines – additional vocals
(track 3), backing vocals
(track 6)
*Mateo DiFontaine – sound effects
(track 4)
*Peter Levin – electric piano
(track 8)
*Simi – strings
(track 8)
*Luke Mon – trombone
(track 8)
*Juan Garcia – recording assistant
*Reto Peter – recording assistant
*Ben Holt – mixing assistant
*Jay Rae – mixing assistant
*Gerb – art direction
*Matt Weber – photography
*Paulo Netto – photography
Charts
References
External links
*
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2001 albums
Chrysalis Records albums
Fun Lovin' Criminals albums