Pack Up the Cats

Pack Up the Cats is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Local H, released on September 1, 1998, through Island Records. This would be their last album released on Island before they split from the label, as well as the last album with original drummer Joe Daniels.[8] Local H described the album as "our little concept record about a shitty mid-level band".[9] The album's working title was That Fucking Cat.[10][11]

Pack Up the Cats
Studio album by
Local H
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1998
RecordedApril–May 1998
GenreGrunge, alternative rock
Length47:38
LabelIsland
ProducerRoy Thomas Baker
Local H chronology
As Good as Dead
(1996)		 Pack Up the Cats
(1998)		 The '92 Demos
(1999)
Singles from Pack Up the Cats
  1. "All the Kids Are Right"
    Released: August 1998
  2. "All-Right (Oh, Yeah)"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA−[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
MusicHound Rock[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Wall of Sound77/100[7]

The album was released around the time when PolyGram, the parent label of Island, merged with Universal, causing the album to be all but forgotten during the transition. It was ranked #20 on Spin's list of the 20 best albums of 1998,[12] #17 on Robert Christgau's 1998 Dean's List,[13] and #2 on Greg Kot's list of the best albums of 1998.[14]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."All-Right (Oh, Yeah)"3:09
2."'Cha!' Said the Kitty"2:57
3."Lucky"0:48
4."Hit the Skids or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Rock"4:38
5."500,000 Scovilles"1:36
6."What Can I Tell You?"4:52
7."Fine and Good"4:08
8."Lead Pipe Cinch"1:04
9."Cool Magnet"4:07
10."She Hates My Job"4:08
11."Stoney"1:41
12."Laminate Man"3:17
13."All the Kids Are Right"3:48
14."Deep Cut"2:26
15."Lucky Time"4:59

Bonus disc
  1. "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" (AC/DC cover) - 4:52
  2. "Answering Machine" - 7:41

Personnel
Local H
Guest musicians
Production
  • Roy Thomas Baker – producer, mixing
  • Nick DiDia – engineer, mixing
  • Lisa Ellis – assistant
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Eric Hoffman – assistant
  • Ryan Williams – engineer
  • Kevin Allison – assistant

Chart positions
Charts (1998) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[15] 140
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[15] 7

References
  1. "Pack Up the Cats - Local H". AllMusic.
  2. "CG: Local H". Robert Christgau.
  3. Kim, Jae-Ha (September 4, 1998). "Music Review: 'Pack Up the Cats'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-08-28. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  4. Fuoco, Christina (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 1127 – via Internet Archive.
  5. Christgau, Robert (September 17, 1998). "PACK UP THE CATS". Rolling Stone (795): 98, 100 – via ProQuest.
  6. The new Rolling Stone album guide. Internet Archive. New York : Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 492. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. Graff, Gary. "Wall of Sound Review: Pack Up the Cats". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on 2001-02-11. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  8. "Local H - Here Comes The Zoo - On Second Thought - Stylus Magazine". 2006-03-29. Archived from the original on 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2017-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. "Archived copy". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2021-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Fischer, Blair R. (April 15, 1998). "Local H Heading Back Into Studio: Local H : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  11. Layne, Anni (May 14, 1998). "Local H "Pack Up The Cats" For New Album: Local H : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  12. "Rocklist.net...Spin Magazine (USA) End Of Year Lists..." 2013-07-29. Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2017-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. "Robert Christgau: Pazz & Jop 1998: Dean's List". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  14. Kot, Greg (1998-12-06). "Sound Decisions". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  15. "Local H". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
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