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More Than Lazy expands 1994's Lazy

Lazy (Hot Monkey album)

Following two 7" singles , Shangri-La Records released the seven song 10" EP, Lazy in 1994. Two years later it would be expanded into More Than Lazy. Like other Hot Monkey releases, Lazy features song elements and lyrics that would later be recorded by the Grifters...

from seven songs to nineteen and gives even more insight into Scott Taylor's song writing, as the listener is treated to the greatest number of "Grifterized" Hot Monkey tunes.

Track listing

"Favors" 2:28
"That Certain Thing" 2:34
"4 Eyes" 1:17 (instrumental)
"Steam" 4:38
"Wheel" 2:24
"Sometimes" 3:40
"Monty Carlo" 4:22
"Hide-N-Seek" 6:08
"Wait Up" 3:53
"Dandy Lion" 4:05
"Other Ideas" 4:06
"The Strap" 4:24 (instrumental)
"Sooner" 3:08
"I Won't Tell" 2:03 (instrumental)
"Meat Truck" 1:18
"Hours" 3:25
"Think I Love You" 3:43
"Dinosaur Angel" 3:33 (instrumental)
"Sain" 2:16

"Grifterized" songs

The short instrumental "4 Eyes" features the lead guitar riff of Crappin' You Negative
Crappin' You Negative
Crappin' You Negative is the third full-length album from The Grifters and was released on Shangri-La Records.-Track listing:# "Rats" - 3:46 # "Maps of the Sun" - 3:52 # "Dead Already" - 4:18...

's "Cinnamon".
"Steam" appeared as "Stream" on the 1995 single for Derivative Records.
"Wait Up" appeared as "Parting Shot" from Ain't My Lookout
Ain't My Lookout
Ain't My Lookout is the fourth full-length album by Memphis indie rock band The Grifters, and their first for Sub Pop Records. While Sub Pop released the Compact Disc, the Grifters remained true to their old home, Shangri-La Records, which was able to receive the licensing for the vinyl release...

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The Eureka E.P.
The Eureka E.P.
The Eureka E.P. is the third E.P. album by Memphis indie rock band The Grifters. Tripp Lamkins' liner notes state the reason for an EP instead of a full-length album:...

's "Banjo" is a composite of "Meat Truck" and "Think I Love You"
"Hours" would appear a year later on the final Grifters album, Full Blown Possession
Full Blown Possession
Full Blown Possession is the fifth full-length album by Memphis indie rock band The Grifters.-Track listing:#"Re-Entry Blues" – 3:56 #"Fireflies" – 4:18 #"Spaced Out" – 4:52...

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"Sain" appeared "Grifterized" on 1993's One Sock Missing
One Sock Missing
One Sock Missing is the second album from the Grifters released in 1993 on Shangri-La Records. "Certainly the most low-key of the Grifters' early records, 1993's One Sock Missing is less noisy and aggressive than its immediate predecessor, So Happy Together []" The album received comparisons to...

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Hot Monkey

Scott Taylor - vocals, guitars, slide, bass, drum machine, percussion, keys, drums, recorder.

Additional credits

Cover photograph by Shannon Kelly-Taylor
Cover model and voice on beginning of "Think I Love You" Chelsea Scott Taylor
Inside photography by Dan Ball
Graphic assembly by David Thompson

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