LUDO: Ludo

Ludo

Ludo

© 2003 Redbird Records & Touring, LLC (735885539221)

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Lyrically-Driven, Harmony-based, Power-pop Rock 'n Roll

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In the Spring of 2003 Ludo performed their lyrically-driven, harmony-based, power-pop rock 'n roll at upwards of 70 shows in over 30 cities across the country. Armed only with a van, 2 ferrets and a DIY 3-song demo, the band played to audiences in venues ranging from auditoriums to coffeehouses, abiding by only one rule - play every night!
With fans of the live show hot on their trail the band decided it was time to record. Ludo entered the studio that summer determined to create a take-home version of the exciting sound. They enlisted producer Jim Callahan from their hometown of St. Louis and began work on their first full-length effort with the same wreckless perfectionism that marks all that Ludo does. The self-titled album is also the first release of St. Louis-based independent label Redbird Records and captures the energy and aptitude that is Ludo.

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  • Best Band in the world!!
    author: Katie JO

    First song i ever heard was Goodwill Hunting by Yourself, i feel in love instantly!! Each song becomes more catchier then the next. I have memorized all the lyrics to all the songs! Top CD in my collection. LUDO has become my favorite Band! By the way they are absolutly amazing in concert! The members of Ludo are really great people too. =]

  • Ludo Rocks!
    author: Greg Woodruff

    I first heard Ludo from my girlfriend. Not actually this album, but their newest release Broken Bride (which, by the way, is an ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE). I actually heard this album for the first time on my way to see them live at the Pageant in their hometown St. Louis. I had the pleasure to meet every member of the band and they are all the nicest, most down to earth guys i've ever met. This album is start-to-finish one of the best albums I've ever heard (second to Broken Bride), and Ludo is quickly becoming one of my favorite new bands. They won't be playing small venues for long, so if you have a chance to see them, DO IT SOON!!! Because before you know it they are going to be HUGE!!!!!!! Thank you Andrew, Tim, Tim, Marshall, & Matt for 'setting the standard' when it comes to great new music. Proud to be a fan!!! Oh, and my fave songs? Roxy, Hum Along, Girls on Trampolines, Good Will Hunting By Myself, Saturday Night Thunderbolt, Hello My Name is your TV, Laundry Girl, Ode to Kevin Arnold, Summertime, Sara's Song & Air-Conditioned Love. Oh Wait thats all of them, isn't it????? Yesss!!!!! LUDO ROCKS!!!!!!!!

  • Ludo Rocks!
    author: Greg Woodruff

    I first heard Ludo from my girlfriend. Not actually this album, but their newest release Broken Bride (which, by the way, is an ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE). I actually heard this album for the first time on my way to see them live at the Pageant in their hometown St. Louis. I had the pleasure to meet every member of the band and they are all the nicest, most down to earth guys i've ever met. This album is start-to-finish one of the best albums I've ever heard (second to Broken Bride), and Ludo is quickly becoming one of my favorite new bands. They won't be playing small venues for long, so if you have a chance to see them, DO IT SOON!!! Because before you know it they are going to be HUGE!!!!!!! Thank you Andrew, Tim, Tim, Marshall, & Matt for 'setting the standard' when it comes to great new music. Proud to be a fan!!! Oh, and my fave songs? Roxy, Hum Along, Girls on Trampolines, Good Will Hunting By Myself, Saturday Night Thunderbolt, Hello My Name is your TV, Laundry Girl, Ode to Kevin Arnold, Summertime, Sara's Song & Air-Conditioned Love. Oh Wait thats all of them, isn't it????? Yesss!!!!! LUDO ROCKS!!!!!!!!

  • cd is great i'd recommend buying it
    author: tom

    disc is awesome - this is one of those cd's that once it's in the cd player, it doesn't get taken out for a long time.

  • author: Jessica

    I love this cd tis the best

  • new fan
    author: Elizabeth

    my sister in law has been to Ludo's shows a couple of times and talks to them some on the phone (yeah, they rock and they're nice). well, i rode with her to a family get- together and she put on this cd. IT ROCKED! the songs have been stuck in my head for the past 4 days now, and i HAVE to get the cd for myself. i look forward to seeing them live with her now. i've already forced my brother to listen to them.

  • i can see a future
    author: Willa Tharnish

    You are a band that has much potential; I’m impressed as your skills as a band and your energy that you give the crowd you are performing for. I’m excited to watch your band grow. You need a place to stay and some good (home cooked) food in Lincoln Nebraska ever, Let me know on myspace.com!

  • AWESOME!!!!
    author: Amanda

    The songs on this CD are great. Favorites include Good Will Hunting by Myself, Hum Along, and Girls on Trampolines.

  • ludo rocks
    author: allie

    omg! ludo is the best most greatest band in the world! everytime they come to java jazz down here in good old spring,Texas there is always a crowd to get in. I LOVE MATT! he is soo hot! i have met them about 2 times they dont come to matt's hometown much but he at least they come! i cant believe they are performing at the x-games. i love yall so much! i hope they come back soon so me and my friends can chill with them again!

  • loved it
    author: lexie

    i love this cd

  • astounding
    author: andrew

    everything you have ever thought bundled into one glorious cd. finally, a witty feel-good band, with a sweetass rhythm, playing the part of the good guy.

  • best cd ever
    author: carol

    this cd is absolutely wonderful. i haven't stopped listening to it since i got it. it is highly recommended.

  • Its great!
    author: Jules

    Hey i heard about this band and cd from a friend and i like it alot... the songs are good and catch on real quick... hope to hear more from this band soon!

  • Superb, witty prose, singable tunes, and feel-good rhythms
    author: Slavinicus

    They just won the Fuse.TV video contest and will soon be on the TV with the head-nodding "hum along" and next on radios around the country with the rest. Catch the next great thing before they become household names.

  • Outstanding! I give it four swish em's!!
    author: J.B.
  • Catchy songs, great music... gotta love it!
    author: Stephanie Beckman

    The CD is awesome! I saw you guys in concert and the CD is the next best thing... I am happy to report that I got my sister who is into hard core rock to give you guys a chance and she even asked to borrow the CD the other day. Your tunes are very catchy and easy to sing along with. I have a feeling that your fans feel like they can relate to the silly little anecdotes that are contained in your songs. Keep rockin'! I hope you have many great CDs to come, and I can't wait to see you again when you come back to Madison.

  • You gotta get this CD
    author: Shaun Nelson

    This album is amazing. It's loaded with catchy tunes, and doesn't lose that rock edge in the process. Did I mention that I laughed my ass off through several of the songs? Anyways, if you are into power pop or pop punk in any of it's various formats, you'll enjoy this one.

  • amazing
    author: adam

    simply awesome

  • Kick Ass
    author: Nick

    Great CD. Everyone who hears this cd wants to know where I got it. Hopefully they are all going to buy it too.

  • Such A great Band
    author: Korin

    Alright, I first want to say that the concert that was put on was amazing!!!! I never expected such great music as a pre show (I've been disapointed many times) you guys really rocked me and the others in the audience!! Ok and the CD is everything I expected and more!! you guys are funny.. Urban and well loved by all. so keep up the good work and i will definately get your next CD when it comes out!!

  • Ludo rocks my face off!!!!
    author: Robin

    May I just say for the record that Ludo rocks my face off. [especially Tim Convy] The cd is badass with a good variety of songs that can strike any emotion inside you while still making you laugh. I love them and can't wait until new music comes out! Get workin' boys! I'm waitin! You guys rule and I am jealous that I don't rule as much as you do!

  • ludo rox0rz meh box0rz
    author: sarah

    this cd absolutely rules! these guys really put together a great album...there is not a track on here that i dont like =) keep up the great work!!

  • Unbelievable catchy
    author: Zack

    This CD Rocks. The lyrics are so catchy you wont be able to get them out of your head. 5 stars all the way.

  • Ludo Rocks the Cazbah
    author: Brian

    This cd is a hilarious and brilliant compilation of well written and performed songs. The only thing better than the songs on this cd is hearing them live. Good Will Hunting By Myself is a classic live performance, you can almost feel the bitterness. This cd rocks; there's no doubt about that.

  • LUDO GUARENTEE FRESH, EXCITING MUSIC WITH A DOZEN SMILES ON DEBUT DISC
    author: Jeremy Hanichak

    The first thing I did when I put this album on for the first time was smile. From the opening lyrics of THUNDERBOLT to the last distorted chord in GIRLS ON TRAMPOLINES, LUDO hold the listener's attention with a feel good, uplifting, and promising debut. As a person that owns several hundred albums by now, I can honestly judge the playability on this disc. There is not one song here that loses that initial spark of a group of guys doing what they love most. You can hear the fun they have as they rip through such particularly memorable tracks as HUM ALONG, ODE TO KEVIN ARNOLD, and HELLO MY NAME IS YOUR TV. The stories within each song kick ass standing alone, but then are reflected equally as effective by the music. With Lines like "Singing nonsense songs in 12 bars to the jaguars", "I feel like Elliot when ET drank the beer" "milkshakes melt, people change" or "You found me all alone, I found myself a blarney stone", the audience is able to follow the story, relate, and have fun all at once. One things in particular that REALLY impressed me is that, I am not usually a big fan of this type of music, but I truly enjoyed it again and again because of the influences that each member of the group carry into the music. It has a little punk mood, with a rock edge, some comedy, crazy guitar solos, kick ass moog synth, bass to guide the groove of the beat, and a drummer that brings it all to headbang status. I have showed this album to literally over 20 people just since I've had it for a week or two. There is not a one that didn't come back to me YELLING at me how CRAZY GOOD it is and how they love it, LOL including even my 50 year old parents and 11 year old sister. You just have to check it out, seriously, you'll see for yourself, they're about the music and know how to connect it to their audience. LUDO capture something rare these days: an album that is enjoyable from start to finish, with live performances to match it up. Check out such other stand out tracks as Good Will Hunting By Myself about getting over a break up, Laudry Girl about a laudramat romance, and Girls on Trampolines ='s one party I want to be at. If anything else you're guarenteed a SMILE. L.T.D. -Jeremy Hanichak

  • The Most Beautiful CD EVER!!!!
    author: IHOP Girl aka Kaleigh

    The CD is great. I love absolutely all of the songs. Even my super 90's grunge boyfriend doesn't mind listening to this one. I love the way the band fell into my life cause they are just what I was looking for. Keep up the excellent work, Kaleigh

  • TFA
    author: M

    Awsome CD! The songs are strong from start to finish all the way through the CD.

  • Ludo Rocks...
    author: Casi

    Okay so I must admit I don't have the cd yet, however, Ludo is coming back to BSU in Jan.!!! So I will be getting it then! YAY!! They rock... I saw them open for Blessid Union of Souls and both are awesome!!! The show was amazing!! And Andrew is hot!! :o) Okay so I am a dork and can say that cause he does not really know me... hehe. :o)Keep on rockin' guys... take care, hope all is well! XOXO Always A Proud Ludo Fan, Casi

  • Ludo is just awesome!
    author: Travis

    I remember playing drums for you in OK, I had a blast. Although oranges on the pizza was a little wierd. Glad to see that you all are touring and got the group together. Everyone that has heard this CD loves it. I listen to it a lot. Best of luck. Travis... Jake says hey too. GET THIS CD, ITS AWESOME. Peace

  • Ludo Prepares to Rock!
    author: The Badger Herald

    I can't know for sure, but I'm close to positive that I could tell you whether you will or will not like Ludo without even meeting you. If you have a sense of humor, I'm fairly confident you will enjoy the rollicking lyrics lead singer Andrew Volpe belts out in songs with titles like "Girls On Trampolines." On the other hand, if you're one of the humorless fiends I see wandering in and out of the Law Library sporting the gravest expression you can muster, you might find the band a bit too unruly for your taste. If you had a childhood, there's a good chance that "Ode to Kevin Arnold" will remind you of all of your fondest "Wonder Years" memories. On the other hand, if you're one of those people who was born at age 40, thought "The Wonder Years" was cheesy 10 years before any of the rest of us realized it and hated movies like "Labyrinth" (the David Bowie classic from which the band's name was taken), you may find the band a bit too immature for your taste. If you think that a good time is a good time, I'm pretty sure that you'll have exactly that if you come see the St. Louis-born quintet rock Union South this Saturday night. On the other hand, if you're one of those people who think that drunkenness is a "social construction," that class should never, ever meet outside, that Weezer's blue album could never be as worthwhile as Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and that "Girls on Trampolines" isn't the best song title you've ever heard of, don't even bother showing up. Ludo is simply a breath of Alpine Valley fresh air in a Nuevo-punk rock scene that often seems far too focused on being cool and punkish and not focused nearly enough on writing good music. Volpe, lead guitarist Tim Ferrell, keyboardist Tim Convy, bassist Marshall Fanciullo and drummer Matt Palermo collectively manage to make pop songs rock. Touring for the past year, Ludo has made a name for itself everywhere from Midwestern college towns to the Big Apple (where it recently played with The Big Wu) based on Volpe's clever lyrical style and storytelling ability. The band tells stories about everything from love lost to depression to high-school parties and manages to bring Eddie Murphy-sized grins to its appreciative audience in the process. Ludo's self-titled debut album sports 11 tracks. The album is available online at the band's website www.ludorock.com, or you can get it at the show this Saturday. It's an admirably solid first effort, with no noticeable filler tracks and at least five songs that will have you humming to yourself for weeks. The band's sound is something of a mixture. In a style similar to Ben Folds or Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Volpe jam-packs his lyrics into verses. The guitar sound, on the other hand, has more similarity to a power-punk band like Blink 182. The band then mixes in a bit of Beach Boy-fashion '50s-pop appreciation and a sense of humor that can only be described as one-of-a-kind. The combination is irresistible and can make you actually bang your head, tap your foot and laugh hysterically all at the same time. Ludo often will get grouped in with so many pop-punk contemporaries because of the band's ability and desire to blow audiences away with guitars. But such an impression is misleading. "If you're in a rock band with clever lyrics that make people laugh, people want to throw you in with Blink 182 or Good Charlotte," Ferrell explained. "What we play is rock. There's nothing really punk about it." The band definitely does have much more to offer through Volpe's lyric-writing talent than other current bands in its genre. In the song "Roxy," Volpe tells the tale of a European adventure involving a French girl he knows only by the name on her shirt. "Oh Roxy, don't you love me? / Is it because I'm American?" he sings. On "Hum Along," probably the album's strongest track, Volpe tells of his genuine love for a girl he's never talked to. He goes on to make up scenarios from which he would rescue her. "Maybe you'd be kidnapped by pirates / who would take you to their hideout / as pirates often do." Many songs, like the Beach Boys-esque "Summertime" and the '50s-influenced "Laundry Girl" are in fact drenched in oldies with their three-part harmonies and delicate phrasings. But Tim Ferrell's driving guitar, along with a splash of synthesizer, gives the songs an updated, unique sound. You wouldn't think that heavy-metal guitars and '50s-influenced pop songs could appear on the same record, much less the same song, but throughout the album it's the seamless marriage of these two characteristics that sets Ludo apart from its peers. The metal/oldies relationship is most evident on "Sara's Song," which starts out sounding like an Everly Brothers ballad and ends in typical rock desperation with the full band begging poor "Sara" to stay. The album itself is wonderful, but seeing Ludo play live Saturday night, opening for Longwave is the only way to get a real taste of Volpe and company. "We've always loved coming up to Madison, and we really can't wait to play with Longwave," says Palermo. Come see Ludo this Saturday night. You'll be in for a treat. by Jake Leonard, ArtsEtc. Writer October 16, 2003

  • Ludo's Debut Has it All
    author: Mind Set Magazine - University of Notre Dame

    Ludo has put together an album as good as Ultimate Fakebook’s This Will Be Laughing Week, except with more diversity; an album as good as Weezer’s Maladroit, except with better lyrics; and an album as funny as Blink 182’s Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, except funnier. With their debut, self-titled record, this 5-piece band from St. Louis has done what other pop punk bands have tried to do for years. The album takes off immediately with “Saturday Night Thunderbolt,” a song with verses that remind me of Mest, but with better melody changes and surprisingly remarkable lead vocals by Andrew Volpe. “Hum Along” has some of the best lyrics on the album. Members of the band say this is one of their favorite songs to perform. Matt Palermo’s talent really shows off in this song, and the muted guitars of Volpe and Tim Ferrell are very effective throughout the track. Volpe says, “the problem with music today is that the lyrics are always so predictable. No one ever writes songs with decent storylines anymore.” This song tells a great love story, taking unpredictable twists of what a man would do in ridiculous situations, like if his girl were “kidnapped by pirates” and the lengths he would go to rescue her. The song continues into an instrumental interlude and then a fast-paced bridge with a suddenly soft ending. The band’s diversity comes out in the song “Summertime,” written by guitarist Tim Ferrell. Its Pacific influences, combined with Palermo’s cymbals and exciting drum rolls into the loud chorus reminds me of Weezer’s “Death and Destruction” with more power, depth, and much stronger lyric writing. “Good Will Hunting by Myself” might be the most exciting track on the album. An opening with instrumental and keyboard effects is followed by the best story on the album. The song is about a man who used to watch Good Will Hunting with his girlfriend. But then she dumped him on his birthday, and now he has to watch Good Will Hunting by himself. The wah-wah effects on the guitar solo are really effective when followed by a slow, Lucky Boys Confusion-esque riff. The song takes a hilarious turn, however, involving a minute-long tirade about hatred for the ex-girlfriend and concluding when the man moves on. “Air Conditioned Love,” another of the band’s favorites, has strong verses with a good neo-punk chorus. The highlight of the track is the guitar solo at its conclusion. Ferrell’s effects are like Tom Morello playing around with his guitar (back when he was good, in RATM). At the very end, the keyboard and guitar effects of destruction are like the conclusion of a Trail of Dead song. The album concludes with a great track about youth, about not being old enough to go to drinking parties. The song, “Girls on Trampolines,” is traditional mid-90s punk rock style: fast and heavy. With a loud and memorable finish, this song is a great conclusion to a great album. The album may be hard to find now, but you can listen to some of the tracks off of the band’s website (www.ludorock.com) and order the CD from there as well. by: Joe Lattal

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