greatest hits volume one is a collection of early songs louis wrote between 1994 and 1998.

greatest hits track list:

melody in D
cinderella to the third
coffeehouse blues
anne of horns
debutante
photoelectric effect
susanna song
song for edgar
just an old dog
i sure hope (things turn out right)/ strawback

vanity is my sanity was recorded in 2005, but is a collection of songs culled from two unreleased albums, in carpenter days, and vanity is my sanity, both written between 1998 and 2001.

vanity is my sanity track list:

she's a momma (but she gave me the eye)
slipping away
sunday clouds
hannah (haven't)
summer-camp acquaintance
dream to chicago
goin' to a hoedown
loretta dies young
joey ramone
lake of memory

(meet me at) the boxwood lodge was written in the fall of 2003, in almost one sitting, and was recorded on a fostex four-track with matt hopkins doing a little slide work now and again. includes classics like three black dogs, nylon, chop 'em down, and of course, meet me at the boxwood lodge.

boxwood lodge track list:

(meet me at) the boxwood lodge
law of the campfire girls
nylon
(how we gonna) make this party bigger
i'm on tv
you must miss xmas much
sometime summertime
three black dogs
chop 'em down
the horse and chain are gone

spook rock written in 2004. several of the songs were written when louis was bedridden for a week with a terrbile case of the flu. four of the ten songs on this seventy minute lp clock in at or beyond ten minutes. inlcudeds classics rock n roll, dwayne sueno, workin' on the range, and love across the ocean.

spook rock track list:

rock n roll
dwayne sueno
horseless carraige
workin' on the range
all night
in the kitchen
love across the ocean
man in the black hat
queen on the floor
eastridge

field trip to the fox farm songs were written from 1998 to 2002, but were performed live by the band the fox farm, with louis on guitar, tucker dalton on drums, and matt hertzberg on synth, with occasional help from matt casuccio on bass, and matt hopkins and john gnorski on guitars. thses versions were recorded half on four track in january '00 or '01, and half during the spook rock sessions. and perhaps you are holding a copy of the album that contains the nude reunion take of wild things (mummy).

fox farm track list:

king street
could've told you that
dusk 'til dawn (with the lights on)
johnny went away
shoulderpad ciudad
fuck the president
mummy
light memory
good christ
sea of love

a conactor christmas was recorded in the fall of 2004 with louis' step-father, robert anders, an excellent professional musician who has many albums to his credit and who plays professionally in and around asheville, nc and now abroad on cruise ships through the world. also with anna raupp and matt hertzberg on vocals. this album is all covers except for the louis song, you must miss xmas much, taken from the boxwood lodge. i hope nobody sues us for this record.

conactor xmas track list:

fleas navidad
bring a torch
favorite things
nutballs
white xmas
horse before car
lettuce, no
little lord jesus (interlude)
who's baby?
sycamore jesus
dogs
rudoloh
you must miss xmas muuch


east asheville and west asheville are two eps released together in the winter of 2005. the first louis original all pro tools album. east asheville is electronic and vocoder heavy, west asheville is fairly folk-rocky. includes the smash hit legpit sexcapades, and she's a momma (but she gave me the eye), fisherman's daughter, and the song of the flaming fish.

east asheville/west asheville track list:

she's a momma (but she gave me the vocoder)
big eye
oh, joe (black book)
juno 1,2,3
captain
legpit sexcapades

fisherman's daughter
big zeroes
song of the flaming fish
kluane lake
the shaky table

nude reunion (2006) is a rocker recorded by a band that only ever played one show.
alex mignolo on drums and vocals, matt hertzberg on synth, bass and vocals, and louis playing guitar and singing. includes queen of communication, hamburghers of calais, and greenlife girls.

nude reunion track list:

queen of communication
fucked up
unfunny anne
nude reunion
hamburghers of calais
really big truck
greenlife girls
time to go

8080 A.D. (2006) is a collection of nude reunion outtakes, recorded during practice, of songs the boys made up on the spot. we might've borrowed some ideas in a coupla places...

8080AD track list:

white shirt
mean old man
break a leg
too hot
catbone head
rude boy (rebel)
big white shirt/ wearin' stilettos ho
like rush
jam
8080AD
coconut cake

'Louis Munroe' (2008) was written and recorded in upstate new york. lots of help from john gnorski on instruments. tucker dalton says it's the best one yet, but he mixed it, so who knows... mastered by greg davis in burlington. includes i only cry when i cut onions, let's eat food, she looks good doin' it, worklove, beaver and eel (don't mix) and windfall.

louis munroe track list:

let's eat food
she looks good doin' it
my guitar's got a broken heart (and so do i)
i only cry when i cut onions
the waiter
worklove
going to burlington
too many hairy guys walkin' 'round with guitars
beaver and eel (don't mix)
dancing alone
windfall

the box set, which includes all these albums, and possibly anything else that may be laying around, is sometimes available. terrifically limited quantities...