''Freaky Little Story'' is the second album by American independent singer

Megan Slankard Megan Slankard (born June 6, 1983) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. Early life Megan Slankard was born on June 6, 1983 in Tracy, California. Slankard began learning the guitar when she was 10 years old. At age 17, Slankard produced ...

, released on June 22, 2004.

What Not to Wear

When Slankard appeared in an episode of the TLC show '' What Not to Wear'' in late 2004, her songs "Too Bad You" and "Mockingbird" were featured on that episode. Following the broadcast, sales of her album skyrocketed, eventually peaking at #5 on the

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chart and topping the

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album chart.

Track listing

# "Too Bad You" (Slankard) – 3:24 # "Mocking Bird" (Slankard) – 3:04 # "Dirty Wings" (Slankard) – 3:34 # "Captain Madness" (Slankard) – 4:00 # "Addy's Tattoo" (Slankard) – 3:40 # "Lose Me" (Slankard) – 3:47 # "Give Life" (Slankard) – 4:42 # "Forget" (Slankard) – 4:35 # "Nearly Almost Always Nearly Almost Anything" (Slankard) – 4:59 # "Holding Off" (Slankard) – 3:45 # "It's All My Fault (But I'm Not Sorry)" (Slankard) – 3:57 # "Flying Backwards" (Slankard) – 5:21 # "The Freak Out Song" (Slankard) – 6:19

Personnel

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestrat ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Anthony Cole - scratching, sampling * Mike Hsieh -

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

, additional acoustic guitar in "Nearly Almost Always Nearly Almost Anything" * Dave Moffat -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

* Ian Stambaugh -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

* Sam Leachman -

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

in "Addy's Tattoo" * Chris Holmes -

and

shaker Shaker or Shakers may refer to: Religious groups * Shakers, a historically significant Christian sect * Indian Shakers, a smaller Christian denomination Objects and instruments * Shaker (musical instrument), an indirect struck idiophone * Cock ...

in "Give Life"

External links

* Allmusic Freaky Little Story album page {{Authority control 2004 albums Megan Slankard albums