Pack Up the Cats

Lou Donaldson, Local H | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 1998)
• Original Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000AFAZ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,486 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. All-Right (Oh, Yeah)

2. 'Cha!' Said The Kitty

3. Lucky

4. Hit The Skids Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Rock

5. 500,000 Scovilles

6. What Can I Tell You?

7. Fine And Good

8. Lead Pipe Cinch

9. Cool Magnet

10. She Hates My Job

11. Stoney

12. Laminate Man

13. All The Kids Are Right

14. Deep Cut

15. Lucky Time

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Local H: An International A+, October 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pack Up the Cats (Audio CD)

This is a surprisingly great CD, in part because it's all blended together like one giant song. This is one of the few CDs that does a good job of this, and you can't help but listen to the entire CD over and over. The lyrics to 'All the Kids are Right' are great, and every song on here is catchy. Forget drab monotonous garbage like Blink 182 and Lit and the pre-pubescent sound of Korn, Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit et al... Pack Up The Cats is a REAL rock album.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best album by the most unabashed ROCK band ever., September 10, 2005

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Luke Rounda "ThreeStarSmash.com" (Lawrence, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pack Up the Cats (Audio CD)

"The soundtrack of youthful aggression." That's rock music right there, and if a story of meteoric rise to fame followed by a harrowing plummet into obscurity and disintegration doesn't strike you as rock 'n' roll, you probably still listen to Michael Bolton.

Grimly prophetic -- "Pack Up the Cats" could have been Local H's breakout record, but hopes were dashed by corporate tomfoolery, and a lack of promotion sent these cats packing back to Illinois to regroup -- this is the H's best record to date, no contest.

Stack it next to "Dark Side of the Moon" -- "Pack Up the Cats" is among the greatest concept albums ever made. It's that simple. The songs bleed into one another via unexpected bursts of guitar squelch, recorded phone conversation, and other bits of found sound that add to the cohesively unusual feel of this album. It's something familiar and far out at the same time.

Tracks like "She Hates My Job" are enhanced by simple yet expertly placed blues slide guitar, and there are a couple riffs, such as the opening electric guitar hit of "Fine and Good," that rank among the best moments in rock guitar for sheer head-nodding power.

Even transition pieces, like the slow burning "Stoney," which takes on a cool, sinister vibe before seguing into the Sex Pistols-by-way-of-"Back in the USSR" clang of "Laminate Man," are, for once, an indispensible component of this album. Rather than mere throwaway "breaks," they're an integral part of what ends up being one long and excellent song. Once the brazen whollop of "All Right (Oh Yeah)" hits your ears, you'll be hard-pressed to want to turn this record off.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool cats., June 22, 2004

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Hogarth Hughes (Rockwell, ME) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pack Up the Cats (Audio CD)

Great party record. LOCAL H rocks with a spirited enthusiasm that hits the mark by not taking themselves as seriously as they take their music. This album is chock full of hard kicking beats, crunchy guitars, and good, clean hook. Cool band and a great recording that plays well (and LOUD) on fridays at quitting time.