Lovelyville is the third album by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, released December 12, 1991, on LP and CD through Matador Records. The CD contains a set of bonus tracks titled "The Crowded Diaper".

Lovelyville
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 12, 1991
RecordedLowdown Studios, San Francisco, California
GenreNoise rock, indie rock, experimental rock
Length57:17
LabelMatador
ProducerGreg Freeman, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 chronology
Tangle
(1989)
Lovelyville
(1991)
Mother of All Saints
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB−[2]

Recording

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In between the studio recordings on Lovelyville are a great number of lo-fi snippets of what the band calls "Feller filler"—"murkier meanderings recorded in rehearsals on a four-track or boom box."[3] A few bits of Feller filler are lo-fi version of the band's single "2×4s", and the song "Mother Uncle Delicious Tasty" is a sped-up voice speaking over a slowed-down recording of the song "Change Your Mind" from the band's previous album. Also present on the album are snippets of dialogue between Peter J. Haskett and Raymond Huffman from the Shut Up, Little Man! tapes that had been circulating in San Francisco.

Lovelyville also features a cover of "Green-Eyed Lady" by Sugarloaf.

Track listing

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Lovelyville

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All tracks are written by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, except "Green-Eyed Lady" by Jerry Corbetta and Dave Riordan

No.TitleLength
1."Four O'Clocker 2"3:25
2."Not This World"1:13
3."Nail in the Head"6:04
4."Green-Eyed Lady"3:44
5."Mother Uncle Delicious Tasty"0:55
6."Street's Vibrated With the Traffic and Power Tools"0:16
7."Mark My Words"0:40
8."Push"0:32
9."More Glee"6:16
10."Big Hands"2:45
11."The Marshall"1:29
12."Sinking Boats"4:48
13."Motorin' Flarey Jenkins"2:34
14."2x4s"4:25
15."Nothing Solid"7:18

The Crowded Diaper

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No.TitleLength
16."Maverick"1:36
17."Wonderbread Display"0:33
18."The Meat Display"1:31
19."Strife Is Good"2:08
20."The Marshall's Boonts"0:32
21."The World Is Changing for Good"0:53
22."The Demise of Craig"3:40
23."Horrible Hour"4:17

Personnel

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Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Production and additional personnel

References

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  1. ^ Phares, Heather. "Lovelyville". Allmusic. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Thinking Fellers Union Local #282: Lovelyville". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  3. ^ Clements, Paul. "Thinking Fellers Union Local 282". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
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