Freaked Out and Small

Freaked Out and Small
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2000
Recorded2000
GenreAlternative rock, grunge, pop punk
Length36:10
LabelMUSICBLITZ
ProducerMartin Feveyear
The Presidents of the United States of America chronology
Lump
(2000)
Freaked Out and Small
(2000)
Love Everybody
(2004)
Singles from Freaked Out and Small
  1. "Jupiter"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Tiny Explosions"
    Released: 2000
  3. "Last Girl on Earth"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(77/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Press[1]
Billboard(favorable)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Wall of Sound(74/100)[5]

Freaked Out and Small is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America. It was released in 2000 by MUSICBLITZ Records, which was a web based label. Copies of the album distributed through MUSICBLITZ included in the liner notes a special thanks to anyone who pre-ordered it from the MUSICBLITZ website. These fans are listed individually, by name.

An interesting note about this album is that all of the songs were played with normal guitars and bass guitars in standard tuning. This is different from all of the other albums by the band, as they usually played with guitbasses and basitars, which are modified guitars with fewer strings that are tuned to Drop D flat tuning (i.e. tuned to Drop D, then tuned a semitone lower).

This album was re-released in 2004 on the band's own label, PUSA Inc. with bonus tracks that included demos of 8 of the 12 songs on the album, as well as 2 other songs, as Chris Ballew originally recorded them between 1989 and 1996.

  1. ^ a b Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Billboard review
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 646-7. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone the presidents of the united states of america album guide.
  5. ^ Wall of Sound review