Big Notebook for Easy Piano

Big Notebook for Easy Piano
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 1997[1]
Recorded1996
Genre
LabelSpongebath Records[2]
ProducerRoss Rice[3]
Fluid Ounces chronology
Big Notebook for Easy Piano
(1997)
Vegetable Kingdom
(1998)

Big Notebook for Easy Piano is the debut studio album by the American power pop band Fluid Ounces, released by Spongebath Records on June 3, 1997.[4][5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Tennessean[6]

Big Notebook for Easy Piano received generally positive reviews.[7] Nashville Scene called the album "one of the year's brightest pop records—an explosion of striking hooks and barbed wordplay, set off by a bouncy piano-based sound that veers from vaudeville to lush balladry."[3]

Accolades

At the 1998 Nashville Music Awards, Fluid Ounces received a nomination for the Rock Album of the Year and the Best Album Artwork categories for Big Notebook for Easy Piano.[8]

Nominations for "Big Notebook for Easy Piano"
Year Organization Award Result
1998 Nashville Music Awards Rock Album of the Year Nominated
Best Album Artwork Nominated

Track listing

All tracks are written by Seth Timbs.

Big Notebook for Easy Piano track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Shamrock"3:28
2."Tricky Fingers"3:34
3."Birdbrained"3:49
4."Liquorish Vampires"3:41
5."Daddy Scruff"5:42
6."Record Stack"3:32
7."Role Call"4:03
8."Spill Your Brains"3:10
9."Milk Moustache"3:27
10."Kept Alive By Science"4:10
11."Big Empty"3:07
12."Poor Man"4:10
23."Killjoy" (Hidden track)5:07
Total length:53:18

Notes

  • "Killjoy" begins after 11 tracks of seven-second silence.

Credits

Credits adapted from liner notes.[9]

  • Seth Timbs (piano/guitar/vocals/songwriter)
  • Brian Rogers (guitar, vocals)
  • Ben Morton (bass)
  • Sam Baker (drums)
  • Richard Dortch (mixing, mastering)
  • Kathy Morgan (Photography)
  • Brian Bottcher (Artwork)

References

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20040618004630/http://fluidounces.org/disco.htm
  2. ^ Gray, Michael (23 May 1997). "Piano man scales rock, pop spectrum". Nashville Banner. p. D1.
  3. ^ a b Ridley, Jim (May 29, 1997). "Music notes". Nashville Scene. Nashville Cream.
  4. ^ "Fluid Ounces Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Flippo, Chet (August 9, 1997). "Murfreesboro: An Emerging Music Mecca". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 32. pp. 66–67. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  6. ^ Roland, Tom (June 2, 1997). "Big Notebook for Easy Piano - Album review". The Tennessean. p. 30. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  7. ^ "Up Close and Personal with Fluid Ounces". Murfreesboro Pulse. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  8. ^ "Nashville Music Award ballots". The Tennessean. December 7, 1997. p. 140. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
  9. ^ Fluid Ounces (1997). Big Notebook for Easy Piano (liner notes). Spongebath Records.