Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things

Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things
Studio album by The Loud Family
Released	1993
Recorded	1992
Genre	Rock
Length	57:25
Label	Alias Records
Producer	Mitch Easter
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The Loud Family chronology
— Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things (1993) Slouching Towards Liverpool (1993)

Having dissolved his critically acclaimed 80's band Game Theory, Scott Miller re-emerged in 1993 with his new band, The Loud Family. Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things was named after a line from the song A Horse With No Name by America.

Track listing

1. "He Do The Police in Different Voices" – 2:30
2. "Sword Swallower" – 1:44
3. "Aerodeliria" – 3:00
4. "Self Righteous Boy Reduced to Tears" – 3:52
5. "Jimmy Still Comes Around" – 4:19
6. "Take Me Down (Too Halloo)" – 3:11
7. "Don't All Thank Me At Once" – 1:26
8. "Idiot Son" – 2:40
9. "Some Grand Vision of Motives and Irony" – 2:44
10. "Spot the Setup" – 2:12
11. "Inverness" – 4:11
12. "Rosy Overdrive" - 6:04
13. "Slit My Wrists" - 2:48
14. "Isaac's Law" - 3:50
15. "The Second Grade Applauds" - 2:45
16. "Last Honest Face" - 4:43
17. "Even You" - 3:35
18. "Ballad of How You Can All Shut Up" - 1:21
19. "Give in World" - 3"15

Personnel

• Jozef Becker - drums and percussion
• Scott Miller - vocals and rhythm guitar
• R. Dunbar Poor - bass
• Zachary Smith - lead guitar
• Paul Wieneke - keyboards and backing vocals

Also credited:

• Don Tillman - ARP 2600 on "The Second Grade Applauds All Day
• Gil Ray - Recorder on "Inverness" and Temple Blocks on "Idiot Son"
• Mitch Easter - Backing Vocals on "He Do The Police in Different Voices" and Tambourine on "Last Honest Face" and "Give in World"
• Shalani Chatterjee - Backing vocals on "Ballad of How You Can All Shut Up," Bass on "Don't All Thank Me At Once," and Screaming Mouth on album cover
• Joaquin Maguire - Fence