The Tape of Only Linda
# The Tape of Only Linda

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The Tape of Only Linda is the second full-length album by The Loud Family, released in 1994. The title of the album is a reference to the notorious tape recording of a live performance of "Hey Jude," by Paul McCartney, in which an engineer had isolated Linda McCartney's vocals.

## Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the sound is sharp, and the quintet rocks out with an epic mélange of amped-up guitars, odd rhythms and insinuating keyboard riffs, but the disappointing end result is neither particularly inventive nor especially tuneful."

## Track listing

* "Soul Drain" (Miller, Smith, Wieneke)– 4:12
* "My Superior" (Smith, Miller)– 4:49
* "Marcia and Etrusca" (Miller, Becker, Smith, Wieneke, Poor)– 7:14
* "Hyde Street Virgins" (Miller)– 4:02
* "Baby Hard-To-Be-Around" (Miller, Becker, Smith, Wieneke, Poor)– 3:32
* "It Just Wouldn't Be Christmas" (Miller, Smith, Wieneke, Poor, Becker)– 4:38
* "Better Nature" (Wieneke)– 3:25
* "Still Its Own Reward" (Miller)– 4:12
* "For Beginners Only" (Smith)– 2:41
* "Ballet Hetero" (Miller, Poor, Smith)– 7:27

## Personnel

* Jozef Becker - drums, percussion, drum programming
* Scott Miller - lead vocal, guitar, classical guitar
* R. Dunbar Poor - bass guitar and backing vocals
* Zachary Smith - lead guitar, electromagnetic 12-string guitar, pedal effect guitar
* Paul Wieneke - keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Better Nature" and "For Beginners Only"

with:

* "Waxy" Bill Dupp - harmonica
* Mitch Easter - producer
* Kid Shaline - backing vocals
* Ken Stringfellow - guitar, duet vocal on "Still Its Own Reward"
