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What If It Works

Anton Barbeau Loud Family Format: Audio CD

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Recording five acclaimed albums for Alias Records during the 1990s, the Loud Family, featuring Scott Miller and an ever-changing cast of musicians, made some of the best pop music of the decade. Aimee Mann (who told Pulse magazine's Brett Milano that Scott Miller is "the best songwriter out there right now") and Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt (who raved about the Loud Family's "gloriously catchy hooks" in Time Out New York) hand-picked the Loud Family to open for them on tour. Scott called it quits after the LF's final Alias release, 2000's "Attractive Nuisance", but he has been coaxed out of retirement to record "What If It Works?," which features the newest member of the Loud Family, Sacramento power pop hero Anton Barbeau (best known for his collaboration with England's Bevis Frond, "King of Missouri"). "What If It Works?" features several originals as well as dynamic covers of the Rolling Stones' "Rocks Off," the Zombies' "Remember You" and Cat Stevens' "I Think I See The Light."

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 5.75 x 0.5 inches; 2.33 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ 125 Records
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 11, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ 125 Records
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000GDH8QU
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Cathy

RIP Scott Miller

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 12, 2013

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This isn't technically The Loud Family, but the record company insisted on using that name versus the name Scott Miller, in order not to confuse the record-buying public, who apparently can't be trusted to differentiate between this Scott Miller and the other one, who I think is more of a country artists (?). Anyway, there are ex-Loud Family members on the CD, in addition to Miller himself, including bassist extraordinaire Kenny Kessel.

Anton Barbeau is something of an acquired taste, though I do like most of his contributions on here, but the Miller material and the covers shine. Scott's voice was just as good as ever on this one (his detractors would no doubt have some snarky comments here), and the covers of Cat Stevens and the Stones are great.

As you may or may not know, Scott passed away in April, so this really is his last recording project. He will be missed by his many dedicated and heartbroken fans, of which I proudly include myself.

RIP, Scott, you were the best.

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michael24339

A welcome return - impressive balance of Scott Miller and Anton Barbeau's approaches

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 11, 2007

In 2005, Scott Miller and the his old band lineup (Gil Ray, Alison Faith Levy, Kenny Kessel) began an album with Sacramento pop songwriter Anton Barbeau. The first studio record in more than a half-decade under the Loud Family name, What If It Works? is am emphatically democratic affair: four Miller tracks, four Barbeau tunes, one co-written number and three covers. At first glance, the pairing with Barbeau is potentially alarming -- while he is an unabashed disciple of Miller's songwriting, the two write very differently. Miller contemplates grand themes and alludes to Joyce and Nabokov; Barbeau wrote and performed the "Pudenda Song" and "Please Sir I've Got a Wooden Leg" and has always been something of a goof. But What If It Works? actually has both more gravitas from Barbeau and more humor from Miller than one might expect. The songwriting is lean, catchy and few sonic oddities. All told, the album is delightful. Kicking off with a skinny-tie rendition of the Stones' "Rocks Off," What If It Works? then immediately deconstructs the former with "Song About 'Rocks Off'," in which Miller coolly surveys Mick and Keef's romantic plight. "What if it's 'back off'? / What if it's 'come a little closer'? / But the mademoiselle hides it well / Ask someone who knows her."

Barbeau's contributions begin with a badly dated R.E.M. joke title, "Pop Song 99," but even this buzzy power-pop confection packs a lot of hidden depth with references to visiting a girlfriend's home, meeting the mother and the ghost of the father, bemoaning that "the problem with the kids today / is that they don't care about magic." He cutely name-drops "St. Nick's Pink Moon" as well. Although the album lacks a consistent theme or even sound, its many highlights includes a killer old Miller track ("Total Mass Destruction"), the spiraling "Mavis of Maybelline Tower," a nifty Cat Stevens cover ("I Think I See the Light") and Barbeau's splendid title track. There's a relatively feeble Zombies cover ("Remember You") and a so-so shared number ("(Kind of) In Love"), but the album has plenty of victories to overcome the few weak points. Barbeau's facility with keyboards adds some novel touches to the familiar Loud Family hooky pop. All told, if you're looking for power pop with brains, hooks, and enough wordplay to entice a whole Scrabble tournament, What If It Works? is a great place to find it.

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H.G. Lovecraft

Not Lolita Nation, but then again, what is?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 28, 2007

Being a devoted Game Theory fan since the begining I was very very excited about this release & I think for lack of a better term, I kind of doomed it by building it up too much because as far as I'm concerned Scott Miller can never do anything less than spectacular.

To be perfectly honest, I really did not care for Barbeau's contributions, but thats me. You can hear he has attributes, but in my opinion the style & sound is much more different than Miller's & I felt that it clashed. I was only really taken by the Game Theory/Loud Family tracks. Remember You, In Love, Mavis Of Mabeline Towers, Don't Bother Me While I'm Living Forever, , Total Mass Destruction are all great tracks. However, the best by far is Song About Rocks Off. This song is like an incredible lost bonus track left off of Two Steps From the Middle Ages or Distortion Of Glory. This song alone merrits four stars.

All in all a must for fans & it would be a true shame if this is Miller's last release as nobody will ever come nearly close to comparing to him in regards of talent.

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