| Prepare the Preparations | ||||
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| Released |  September 7, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, power pop | |||
| Label | Island/Redbird Records | |||
| Producer | Matt Wallace | |||
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Prepare the Preparations is the third full-length studio album by St. Louis band Ludo. It is the band's second release on Island Records. The album was originally scheduled for an August 17 release date but was pushed back to September 7, 2010.
The album was produced by Matt Wallace. The lead single off the album is "Whipped Cream." Topics on the new album include, "skeletons, pirates, cyborgs, robots, leprechauns, witches, curses, Bonnie and Clyde and 1950s R&B."[1] Volpe said of the new album, "I like to write from my imagination, so there are songs about skeletons, grave robbing lovers, a cyclops and of course love and all that stuff."[2]
All tracks are written by Andrew Volpe (except "Safe in the Dark", which was written by Tim Ferrell)
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Too Tired to Wink" | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Cyborgs vs. Robots" | 3:26 |
| 3. | "Whipped Cream" | 2:56 |
| 4. | "Anything for You" | 3:23 |
| 5. | "Manta Rays" | 3:54 |
| 6. | "Skeletons on Parade" | 5:49 |
| 7. | "I'll Never Be Lonely Again" | 3:39 |
| 8. | "All the Stars in Texas" | 3:13 |
| 9. | "Rotten Town" | 3:24 |
| 10. | "Overdone" | 4:39 |
| 11. | "Battle Cry" | 3:53 |
| 12. | "Safe in the Dark" | 3:47 |
| 13. | "Skeletons Lullaby (Hidden Track)" | 0:44 |
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