More Than Lazy

More Than Lazy
Studio album by The Hot Monkey
Released	1996
Recorded	(home recordings) Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Lo-fi, Indie Rock
Length	63:33 (CD)
Label	Shangri-La Records Shangri-La 020(CD)
Producer	Scott Taylor

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More Than Lazy expands 1994's Lazy 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

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

"Grifterized" songs

• The short instrumental "4 Eyes" features the lead guitar riff of Crappin' You Negative's "Cinnamon".
• "Steam" appeared as "Stream" on the 1995 single for Derivative Records.
• "Wait Up" appeared as "Parting Shot" from Ain't My Lookout.
• The Eureka E.P.'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.
• "Sain" appeared "Grifterized" on 1993's One Sock Missing.

Album information

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