Too Much Guitar is the third album by the Reigning Sound

Reigning Sound

The Reigning Sound is an American garage punk band originally based out of Memphis, Tennessee, now located in Asheville, North Carolina. The band's current lineup includes former Oblivians and Compulsive Gamblers frontman Greg Cartwright on lead vocals and guitar, David Wayne Gay on bass, Lance...

. It was released in 2004 by In the Red Records

In the Red Records

In the Red Records is an independent record label in Los Angeles, CA formed in 1991 by Larry Hardy. It is known for hosting garage punk related bands on its label....

. Originally, bandleader Greg Cartwright toyed with the idea of calling the album PILL-POPPING MOM ONLY TAKING WHAT SHE NEEDS TO GET BY, a headline which he had seen in a Commercial Appeal medical advice column, but scraped the idea when the album began to change direction musically. http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/PrintFriendly?oid=oid%3A3851

The album was recorded after original member and guitarist/keyboard player Alex Greene left the band in 2003, leaving lead vocalist and guitarist Greg Cartwright

Greg Cartwright

Greg Cartwright, also known by his stage name Greg Oblivian, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee. He currently fronts Reigning Sound and lives in Asheville, North Carolina...

, bassist Jeremy Scott, and drummer Greg Roberson to carry the album through to completion as a three-piece.

The album contains ten original songs written by the band and four cover songs recorded while the band split their time laying down tracks in Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

 and Asheville

Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

. Several tracks were recorded at Cartwright's own now-defunct record store, Legba Records, in Memphis, Tennessee. The album was engineered by Lost Sounds

Lost Sounds

Lost Sounds was a rock band from Memphis, Tennessee. Starting in March 1999, the band was made up of Rich Crook on drums, Patrick Jordan on bass, Jay Reatard on synth, guitar and vocals, and Alicja Trout also on synth, guitar and vocals. The band, originally working within the garage rock genre,...

 bandmates Jay Reatard

Jay Reatard

Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr. , better known by the stage name Jay Reatard, was an American musician from Memphis, Tennessee. Lindsey was signed to Matador Records...

 and Alicja Trout

Alicja Trout

Alicja Trout is a Memphis-based American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and artist.She is best known for her work with the synth-heavy Lost Sounds, which she started with Jay Reatard...

. http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21483-too-much-guitar?artist_title=21483-too-much-guitar

Track listing

Too Much Guitar LP/CD (In The Red, 2004, ITR 107)

1. We Repel Each Other (Cartwright) - 3:00
2. Your Love Is a Fine Thing (Cartwright) - 2:43
3. If You Can't Give Me Everything (Cartwright) - 2:41
4. You Got Me Hummin' (Hayes, Porter) - 2:26
5. When You Touch Me (Cartwright) - 2:57
6. Funny Thing (Cartwright) - 3:07
7. Get It! (Ballard) - 2:03
8. I'll Cry (Cartwright) - 2:20
9. Drowning (Cartwright) - 3:43
10. Uptight Tonight (Dickinson) - 2:25
11. Excedrine Headache #265 (Cartwright) - 3:24
12. Let Yourself Go (Carpet Baggers) - 2:39
13. So Easy (Cartwright) - 2:07
14. Medication (Cartwright) - 1:23 http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2894338,00.html

Credits

• Greg Cartwright
  Greg Cartwright
  Greg Cartwright, also known by his stage name Greg Oblivian, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee. He currently fronts Reigning Sound and lives in Asheville, North Carolina...
  
   - Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Percussion, Group Member, Harmonica
• Alex Greene - Organ, Guitar
• Jeremy Scott - Bass, Group Member, Vocals (Background)
• Greg Roberson - Drums, Group Member
• Alicja Trout - Engineer
• Jay Rensley
  Jay Reatard
  Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr. , better known by the stage name Jay Reatard, was an American musician from Memphis, Tennessee. Lindsey was signed to Matador Records...
  
   - Engineer
• Doug Easley
  Easley McCain Recording
  Easley McCain Recording is an American recording studio, based in Memphis, Tennessee, notable for recording musicians such as Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Grifters, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Come, White Stripes, Townes Van Zandt, Pezz, Jeff Buckley, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Guided by Voices, Lydia...
  
  - Engineer http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2894338,00.html