Faster & Llouder

Faster & Llouder is the second album released by American country music duo Foster & Lloyd. It contained their last Top 10 song, "Fair Shake". The other singles released, "Before the Heartache Rolls In" and "Suzette" failed to break into the top 40. The album itself peaked at #44 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It was, however, their only album to appear on the Billboard 200, charting at #142.[2]

Faster & Llouder
Studio album by
Foster & Lloyd
Released1989
Recorded1988
Studio16th Ave. Sound, Nashville, TN[1]
GenreCountry
Length35:50
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerBill Lloyd
Radney Foster
Rick Will
Foster & Lloyd chronology
Foster & Lloyd
(1987)		 Faster & Llouder
(1989)		 Version of the Truth
(1990)

Content

The duo co-wrote most of the songs on the album, with Guy Clark co-writing for the successful single "Fair Shake" and Pat Terry co-writing the last track with Bill Lloyd. The track "Before The Heartache Rolls In" was covered by Hootie & the Blowfish in 1997 and included as a B-side to the band's single, "Old Man & Me". Vince Gill contributes his guitar playing skills on the opening track "Faster and Louder".

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic -[3]

Rudyard Kennedy of Allmusic called the album a "superior example of new country..before the term 'New Country' was invented" and calling the material on the album "Just as good, if not better, than that of the songs on the first album.[3]

Track listing
  • Songs written by Bill Lloyd and Radney Foster unless otherwise noted
  1. "Faster and Louder" - 2:33
  2. "Fair Shake" (Guy Clark, Foster, Lloyd) - 3:26
  3. "She Knows What She Wants" - 3:39
  4. "Happy for Awhile" – 4:08
  5. "Fat Lady Sings" - 4:34
  6. "After I'm Gone" - 3:10
  7. "I'll Always Be Here Loving You" (Foster) – 2:56
  8. "Suzette" (Lloyd) - 2:42
  9. "Before The Heartache Rolls In" - 3:49
  10. "Lie to Yourself" (Lloyd, Pat Terry) – 4:41

Chart performance

Album
Chart (1989) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 44
U.S. Billboard 200 142

Singles
Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1988 "Fair Shake" 5 5
1989 "Before the Heartache Rolls In" 43 77
"Suzette" 48 52

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[1]

Foster & Lloyd

Musicians

Sources
  1. Faster & Llouder (CD). Foster & Lloyd. RCA Records. 1989. 9587.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. allmusic ((( Foster & Lloyd > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))
  3. Kennedy, Rudyard. "Foster & Lloyd — Faster & Llouder". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
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