Pack Up The Cats

by Local H

Pack Up The Cats cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 September 1998
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:46
  • Community rating: 4/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Dean DeLeo, Scott Lucas, Joe Daniels

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Pack Up The Cats' is a concept album by the Illinois duo Local H, telling the story of a band's rise to fame and subsequent fall from grace. The record is celebrated for its strong, hard-hitting melodies and unpretentious, fuzzed-out grunge sound, drawing comparisons to Nirvana but with a unique and playful personality. Despite critical acclaim, the album was notoriously overlooked due to a record label merger, but it remains an impassioned testament to the '90s alternative rock scene.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, witty

Tracklist

  1. All-Right (Oh, Yeah) (3:09)
  2. "Cha!" Said The Kitty (2:57)
  3. Lucky (0:48)
  4. Hit The Skids (4:38)
  5. 500,000 Scovilles (1:36)
  6. What Can I Tell You? (4:52)
  7. Fine And Good (4:08)
  8. Lead Pipe Cinch (1:04)
  9. Cool Magnet (4:07)
  10. She Hates My Job (4:08)
  11. Stoney (1:41)
  12. Laminate Man (3:17)
  13. All The Kids Are Right (3:47)
  14. Deep Cut (2:26)
  15. Lucky Time (4:59)

Credits

  • Local H - primary artist, written-by
  • Tia Johnson - design, art direction
  • Joe Daniels - drums, whistling
  • Ryan Williams - engineer [second]
  • Russ Fowler - engineer [sound effects editing]
  • George Marino - mastered by
  • Nick DiDia - mixed by, recorded by
  • Roy Thomas Baker - mixed by, producer
  • Mary Wisniewski - photography by
  • Scott Lucas - vocals, guitar, bass
  • Dean DeLeo - soloist, guitar

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