Loud (Timo Maas album)


Loud is an album by Timo Maas released in 2001. Maas had previously released albums of other performers' material he remixed but Loud is his own debut album.

Critical reception

Allmusic's John Bush gives the album four out of five stars but other reviews were more mixed. Lunar Magazine's Sean Meddel writes that Maas "gets it mostly right" but Entertainment.ie complains that, except for "Help Me", the album contains "far more perspiration than inspiration" and that the "result is a confusing mix of electronic genres that throws up a few exciting moments but largely fails to set the pulse racing".

Chart performance

In the United Kingdom, the album hit #41 on the UK Albums Chart on 16 March 2002 and three singles from the album hit the UK Singles Chart that same year: "To Get Down", "Shifter", and "Help Me". In the United States, the album hit #47 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart and #7 on the Top Electronic Albums chart. Two songs from the album, "To Get Down" and "Shifter", hit the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Music

Several reviewers have noted a distinctive 1980s feel to the music on Loud. The first track, "Help Me", "a '50s sci-fi soundtrack with theremin and horns", features vocals by Kelis and also contains a sample of the title music from The Day the Earth Stood Still, composed by Bernard Hermann. Other guest performers on the album include MC Chickaboo, Martin Bettinghaus, and Finley Quaye.

Track listing

  1. "Help Me"
  2. "Manga"
  3. "Hash Driven"
  4. "Shifter"
  5. "Hard Life"
  6. "That's How I've Been Dancin'"
  7. "We Are Nothing"
  8. "Old School Vibes"
  9. "O.C.B."
  10. "To Get Down"
  11. "Ubik: The Breakz"
  12. "Like Love"
  13. "Caravan"
  14. "Bad Days"