Loco (Fun Lovin' Criminals album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Loco
| type = studio
| artist = Fun Lovin' Criminals
| cover = FLC-Loco.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2001|3|6}}
| recorded = May – September 2000
| studio = {{hlist|The Magic Shop (New York, NY)|Hyperbolic Sound (Maui, HI)}}
| genre = Alternative hip-hop
| length = {{Duration|m=58|s=46}}
| label = Chrysalis
| producer = Fun Lovin' Criminals
| prev_title = Mimosa
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Bag of Hits
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Loco
| type = studio
| single1 = Loco
| single1date = February 2001
| single2 = Bump"/"Run Daddy Run
| single2date = September 2001
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Dean |title=Loco - Fun Lovin' Criminals {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/loco-mw0000738748 |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}
| rev2 = laut.de
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |last=Cordas |first=Alexander |title=Kleines Kunstwerk aus Soul, Funk und Hip Hop. |url=https://laut.de/Fun-Lovin-Criminals/Alben/Loco-388 |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=laut.de |language=de}}
| rev3 = NME
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web |last=Beaumont |first=Mark |date=September 12, 2005 |title=Fun Lovin' Criminals : Loco |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-4077-342567 |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}
| rev4 = The Guardian
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |date=February 23, 2001 |title=Felonious funk |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/feb/23/shopping.culture2 |access-date=February 12, 2025 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
}}
Loco is the third studio album by American rap rock band Fun Lovin' Criminals. It was released on March 6, 2001 via Chrysalis Records. Recording sessions took place at The Magic Shop in New York and at Hyperbolic Studios in Maui. Production was handled by the band themselves, with Tim Latham serving as additional producer.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Where the Bums Go
| length1 = 2:57
| title2 = Loco
| length2 = 3:53
| title3 = The Biz
| length3 = 3:01
| title4 = Run Daddy Run
| length4 = 3:45
| title5 = Half a Block
| length5 = 4:19
| title6 = Swashbucklin' in Brooklyn
| length6 = 3:45
| title7 = Bump
| length7 = 3:42
| title8 = Microphone Fiend
| length8 = 5:32
| title9 = My Sin
| length9 = 3:36
| title10 = Underground
| length10 = 4:46
| title11 = She's My Friend
| length11 = 3:34
| title12 = There Was a Time
| length12 = 4:41
| title13 = Dickholder
| length13 = 2:30
| title14 = Little Song
| length14 = 8:45
| total_length = 58:46
}}
;Notes
- Track 8 is a cover of "Microphone Fiend" written and performed by Eric B. & Rakim.
- Track 14 contains a hidden track "Kill the Bad Guy".
Personnel
{{div col}}
- Fun Lovin' Criminals – songwriters (tracks: 1–7, 9–14), producers, arrangers, mixing, art direction
- Huey Morgan – vocals (tracks: 1–11, 13, 14), guitar, sound effects (track 1), talkbox (track 9), vocoder (track 12)
- Brian "Fast" Leiser – bass guitar (tracks: 1, 10, 11, 13, 14), grand piano (tracks: 2, 5, 10–12, 14), electric piano (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14), Arp string synth (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 9, 14), horns (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14), triangle (tracks: 2, 5, 10, 12), programming (tracks: 2–9, 12), bass keyboards (tracks: 3, 5), sound effects (tracks: 3, 4, 6–8), pianette (track 6), vocoder (track 7), harpsichord (track 9), Hammond organ (track 10), Prophet-5 (track 11)
- Maxwell "Mackie" Jayson – drums, percussion (tracks: 2, 5–11, 13, 14), timbales (track 9), sound effects (track 10)
- Descemer Bueno – backing vocals (track 2)
- Xiomara Laugart – backing vocals (track 2)
- Tim Latham – slap bass (track 2), additional producer, recording, mixing
- Danny Madden – additional vocals (track 3)
- MC Large – additional vocals (track 3)
- Simone Hines – additional vocals (track 3), backing vocals (track 6)
- Mateo DiFontaine – sound effects (track 4)
- Peter Levin – electric piano (track 8)
- Simi – strings (track 8)
- Luke Mon – trombone (track 8)
- Juan Garcia – recording assistant
- Reto Peter – recording assistant
- Ben Holt – mixing assistant
- Jay Rae – mixing assistant
- Gerb – art direction
- Matt Weber – photography
- Paulo Netto – photography
{{div col end}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Austria|65|artist=Fun Lovin' Criminals|album=Loco|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|13|artist=Fun Lovin' Criminals|album=Loco|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|35|artist=Fun Lovin' Criminals|album=Loco|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Finland|39|artist=Fun Lovin' Criminals|album=Loco|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|France|80|artist=Fun Lovin' Criminals|album=Loco|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|45|artist=Fun Lovin' Criminals|album=Loco|id=3596|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|24|artist=Fun Lovin' Criminals|album=Loco|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|2|date=20010304|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|86|artist=Fun Lovin' Criminals|album=Loco|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|5|date=20010304|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|153035|Fun Lovin' Criminals – Loco}}
{{Fun Lovin' Criminals}}
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