Freaky Little Story is the second album by American independent singer Megan Slankard

Megan Slankard

Megan Slankard is an American musician and singer-songwriter.-Career:Slankard produced and recorded her first album, “Lady is a Pirate” with a computer, and some at-home production equipment....

, released on June 22, 2004.

What Not to Wear

When Slankard appeared in an episode of the TLC show What Not to Wear

What Not to Wear (US version)

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in late 2004, her songs "Too Bad You" and "Mockingbird" were featured on that episode. Following the broadcast, sales of her album skyrocketed, eventually peaking at #5 on the Amazon.com

Amazon.com

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 chart and topping the CD Baby

CD Baby

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 album chart.

Track listing

1. "Too Bad You" (Slankard) – 3:24
2. "Mocking Bird" (Slankard) – 3:04
3. "Dirty Wings" (Slankard) – 3:34
4. "Captain Madness" (Slankard) – 4:00
5. "Addy's Tattoo" (Slankard) – 3:40
6. "Lose Me" (Slankard) – 3:47
7. "Give Life" (Slankard) – 4:42
8. "Forget" (Slankard) – 4:35
9. "Nearly Almost Always Nearly Almost Anything" (Slankard) – 4:59
10. "Holding Off" (Slankard) – 3:45
11. "It's All My Fault (But I'm Not Sorry)" (Slankard) – 3:57
12. "Flying Backwards" (Slankard) – 5:21
13. "The Freak Out Song" (Slankard) – 6:19

Personnel

• Megan Slankard
  Megan Slankard
  Megan Slankard is an American musician and singer-songwriter.-Career:Slankard produced and recorded her first album, “Lady is a Pirate” with a computer, and some at-home production equipment....
  
   - acoustic guitar, arranger
  Arranger
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  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Anthony Cole - scratching, sampling
• Mike Hsieh - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , additional acoustic guitar in "Nearly Almost Always Nearly Almost Anything"
• Dave Moffat - bass
  Bass (instrument)
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• Ian Stambaugh - drums
  Drum kit
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• Sam Leachman - cello
  Cello
  The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
  
   in "Addy's Tattoo"
• Chris Holmes - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
   and shaker
  Shaker (percussion)
  The word shaker describes a large number of percussive musical instruments used for creating rhythm in music.They are so called because the method of creating sound involves shaking them—moving them back and forth rather than striking them. Most may also be struck for a greater accent on certain...
  
  in "Give Life"

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2004	Amazon.com Sales Chart	5
2004	CD Baby Independent Album Sales Chart	1

External links

• [ Allmusic Freaky Little Story album page]