Leave Your Light On

Infobox Album | Name = Leave Your Light On
Type = Album
Artist = Aloud


Released = May 2, 2006
Recorded = Dayville, CT and
Brighton, MA
May — October 2005
Genre = Rock
Length = 46:00
Label = Lemon Merchant
Producer = Hugh Wyman
Reviews =
*"The Boston Phoenix " rating|3|4 [http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid12906.aspx link]
*"Performer Magazine" (Favorable) [http://www.northeastindie.com/Press/performerakrreview.htm link]
*"The Noise" (Favorable) [http://thenoise-boston.com/viewpage.asp?id=20 link]
Last album = "The Sooner It Comes (EP)"
(2004)
This album = "Leave Your Light On"
(2006)
Next album = "Fan The Fury"
(2008)

"Leave Your Light On" is the name of Aloud's debut full-length album, which was released on May 2, 2006 on Lemon Merchant Records. The majority was recorded from May through August 2005 in Dayville, Connecticut with the rest being completed in Brighton, Massachusetts. It was produced by Hugh Wyman (ex-guitarist of Baby Strange and The Luxury).

The album was released to college radio stations (and some commercial stations) the second week of May. National radioplay for the album peaked on the RIYL Music chart in July at #191 (out of 875).

"Leave Your Light On" also received many favorable reviews upon its release, most notably in the Northeast United States and online music blogs. [ [http://stuffatnight.com/rd0405/music/documents/05221562.asp "Aloud and Clear", Stuff@Night Magazine, May 9, 2006] ] [ [http://thenoise-boston.com/viewpage.asp?id=20 CD Review, The Noise, July 2006] ] [ [http://www.northeastindie.com/Press/performerakrreview.htm CD Review, Performer Magazine (Northeast), July 2006] ] [ [http://myspacemusicreview.blogspot.com/2006/05/aloud.html "Aloud", MySpace Music Review, May 6, 2006] ] [ [http://hotstof.blogspot.com/2006/09/dont-trust-beaches.html Hot Stof: Don't Trust the Beaches, September 12, 2006] ]

In April, a music video was released for the song "Beaches", the album's leadoff single. Another video for "Can You Hear Me Now?" was released in early March 2007.

Track listing

#"Release"
#"Palm of Your Hand"
#"Beaches"
#"Can You Hear Me Now?"
#"All I Can Do"
#"Slipped In Your Dream"
#"Bleeding Heart"
#"Love is a Beast"
#"Wouldn't It Be Sweet"
#"Late Last Nite"
#"Godspeed"

Personnel

*Jen de la Osa - lead vocals, guitar, organ
*Henry Beguiristain - lead vocals, guitar, piano
*Roy Fontaine - bass guitar, vocals
*Ross Lohr - drums, percussion

with
*Hugh Wyman - producer
*Tom Polce - mixing, mastering
*Wendy Mittelstadt - viola on "Slipped In Your Dream"
*Chris Phillips - engineering (Dayville, CT)
*Scott Brown — engineering (Dayville, CT)

Additional engineering by Hugh Wyman and Aloud.

External links

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=cpB5wj4IA_k Can You Hear Me Now?] - Music Video (YouTube)
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=zXSLNbcFQP4 Beaches] - Music Video (YouTube)

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