Fools Want Noise! Explained

Fools Want Noise is an album by Oh My God.^[2] It was released in 2007 by Split Red Records.^[3]

The band employed guitar instrumentation on the album, the first time in its recording career that it had done so.^[4]

Critical reception

The Chicago Reader wrote that the band "go over the top of over-the-top: with heavy guitar added to their already comically heavy sound, the stadium-rock bravado of the arrangements would now make Freddie Mercury blush ... the key, though, is their underlying sincerity."^[1]

Illinois Entertainer wrote that "from power pop bliss ('Two-Hand Touch') to punk aggression (title track) and bombastic hard rock ('Facewash') to psychedelic flirting ('Ancient Sanskrit Proverb (The Splendor Of Beauty)'), [Oh My God] never stick around long enough to set stakes in any one style."^[4]

Track listing

1. "Houston (Now You've Got A Problem)" - 3:42
2. "Facewash" - 2:16
3. "Fly A Kite" - 2:34
4. "(Fools Want Introductions)" - 0:33
5. "Fools Want Noise" - 2:33
6. "(The Fools)" - 0:20
7. "Better Than That" - 3:13
8. "But That's Just Me" - 3:42
9. "Put It In A Song" - 3:46
10. "(Untitled)" - 0:31
11. "Get Out To Sea" - 3:42
12. "Two-Hand Touch" - 3:26
13. "(Untitled)" - 0:23
14. "Everything is Good" - 3:43
15. "(Untitled)" - 0:27
16. "Ancient Sanskrit Proverb" - 3:32

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Treatment. Chicago Reader.
2. Web site: Oh My God lives for live shows. Chicagotribune.com.
3. Web site: Soundbites. Stephen. Seigel. Tucson Weekly.
4. Web site: oh my god preview . Illinoisentertainer.com.