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- Artist: Loud Family
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- Release Date: 1992
- Total Time: 57:25
- Genre: Rock
Review
Scott Miller's final album with Game Theory suggested he was trying to iron out a few of the quirks in his musical personality, but five years later the debut album from his new group, Loud Family, found Miller's eccentricities taking center stage alongside his hooky and uniquely melodic pop songs. Anyone who loved Game Theory's Big Star-influenced smart pop will delight in Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things, as Miller's uncanny way with a hook remains unsurpassed, though Loud Family rocks harder than Game Theory and as players they're stronger than any of Game Theory's lineups. Those who loved the loopy montage of Game Theory's most ambitious album, Lolita Nation, will be pleased to note that Miller and producer Mitch Easter allow themselves plenty of room here for the incongruous, including the warped vocal samples of "Don't Thank Me All at Once," the darkly witty ranting of "Spot the Setup," and the bizarre split-channel effects of "Ballad of How You Can All Shut Up." And while Miller once called his songs with Game Theory "young-adult-hurt-feeling-athons," here hurt gets co-star billing with rage, anger, paranoia, and self-destructive angst; thematically, Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things slips into a lyrical darkness far deeper than Game Theory at its moodiest, making this pure pop for those who have a good time being unhappy. Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things was as strong as anything in Scott Miller's catalog, but it also made clear that Loud Family was going to push the outer edges of power pop harder than Game Theory; those who like their pop with a sharp citrus bite will find it highly refreshing, but those who prefer sweetness might want to program out a few cuts. ~ Mark Deming, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| He Do the Police in Different Voices | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (2:30) |
| Sword Swallower | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (1:44) |
| Aerodeliria | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (3:00) |
| Self Rightous Boy Reduced to Tears | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (1:07) |
| Jimmy Still Comes Around | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (4:19) |
| Take Me Down (Too Halloo) | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (3:11) |
| Don't All Thank Me at Once | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (1:26) |
| Idiot Son | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (2:40) |
| Some Grand Vision of Motives and Irony | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (2:44) |
| Spot the Setup | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (2:12) |
| Inverness | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (4:11) |
| Rosy Overdrive | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (6:04) |
| Slit My Wrists | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (2:48) |
| Isaac's Law | Loud Family | (3:50) | |
| The Second Grade Applauds | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (2:45) |
| Last Honest Face | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (4:43) |
| Even You | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (3:35) |
| Ballard of How You Can All Shut Up | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (1:21) |
| Give in World | Scott Miller | Loud Family | (3:15) |
