{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Living Room Scene | type = studio | artist = Dillon Fence | cover = Living Room Scene.jpg | alt = | released = 1994 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Ardent | genre = Rock | length = | label = Mammoth/Atlantic<ref>{{cite news |last1=Findlay |first1=Prentiss |title=Screamin' Cheetahs live the life they love |work=The Post and Courier |date=15 Dec 1994 |page=E14}}</ref> | producer = Mark Freegard | prev_title = Outside In | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Live at the Cat's Cradle | next_year = 2001 }} '''''Living Room Scene''''' is an album by the American band Dillon Fence, released in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dillon-fence-mn0000261912/biography|title=Dillon Fence Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Phialas |first1=Mark |title=Dillon Fence has plenty to hoot and crow about |work=The Herald-Sun |date=August 25, 1995 |department=Preview |page=3}}</ref> It was the band's final studio album; half the band left shortly after its release, forcing singer Greg Humphreys and drummer Scott Carle to support it with two new touring musicians.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indyweek.com/api/content/92bf487b-e8c0-5195-b77f-695f65c5ce10/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816201142/https://indyweek.com/music/features/quarter-century-making-music-triangle-greg-humphreys-heads-north/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 16, 2021|title=After a quarter-century of making music in the Triangle, Greg Humphreys heads north|first=Chris|last=Parker|date=December 19, 2012|work=Indy Week}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Menconi |first1=David |title=Fenced In |work=The News & Observer |date=December 9, 1994 |department=What's Up |page=10}}</ref> The title track, about living in a college town, was the first single.<ref name=SN/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Single Reviews |magazine=Billboard |date=Sep 24, 1994 |volume=106 |issue=39 |page=73}}</ref>
==Production== The bulk of the album was recorded over six weeks at Ardent Studios, in Memphis, Tennessee.<ref name="SN">{{cite news |last1=Knauss |first1=Christina Lee |title=Chapel Hill's Dillon Fence brings new sounds to the beach |work=The Sun News |date=2 Sep 1994 |page=13}}</ref><ref name=CO/> It was produced by Mark Freegard.<ref>{{cite news |title=Riding the Fence of Fame |url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19950317-1995-03-17-9503170212-story.html |work=Daily Press |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> "Fayetteville", the closing instrumental track, was written by Humphreys and performed by his grandmother on her Young Chang piano.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haymes |first1=Greg |title=Loud, Rowdy Everclear Trio to Visit Bogie's |work=Times Union |date=December 8, 1994 |page=P4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Futch |first1=Michael |title=It's a Family Affair |work=The Fayetteville Observer |date=November 4, 1994 |department=At Ease}}</ref> "High School Sap" is an instrumental.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Menconi |first1=David |title=Correcting that first impression |work=The News & Observer |date=16 Sep 1994 |department=What's Up |page=11}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/living-room-scene-mw0000118933|title=Living Room Scene|website=AllMusic}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Charlotte Observer'' | rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="CO">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Kenneth |title=Rock/pop |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=26 Aug 1994 |page=5F}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Music Week'' | rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-12-24.pdf#page=42|title=Reviews: Albums|magazine=Music Week|date=24 December 1994|page=26|access-date=17 June 2025}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Tampa Tribune'' | rev4score = {{rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="TT">{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Curtis |title=Dillon Fence, Living Room Scene |work=The Tampa Tribune |date=January 13, 1995 |department=Friday Extra! |page=21}}</ref> }} ''Trouser Press'' wrote that "Humphreys exercises a raspy Rod Stewart voice (which he intimated on ''Outside In'') and a fat ’70s Gibson SG tone on the title track, then downplays both in the cushy electric soul folds of 'Laughs' and the squalling harmony pop of 'Queen of the In-Between'."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Dillon Fence |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/dillon-fence/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> ''The Washington Post'' opined that "the band's most memorable songs tend to be its most derivative ones: 'Coffee Cup' begins with singer Greg Humphreys emulating Rod Stewart, while 'Unnoticed' bears more than a passing resemblance to the Church."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Dillon Straddles Consistency Fence |work=The Washington Post |date=23 Sep 1994 |page=N20}}</ref>
''The State'' called the album "superb," writing that Dillon Fence's music "is catchy, edgy and often Beatlesque."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Michael |title=Hootie Invites a Family of Bands to the Ballpark |work=The State |date=September 8, 1995 |page=D4}}</ref> ''The Record'' praised the "spontaneity and looseness" of the music, stating that on "Laughs" "Humphreys' vocals and layered background harmonies float amid turbulent rhythm guitars."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Porter |first1=Mark |title=In the Clubs |work=The Record |date=April 7, 1995 |department=Lifestyle |page=6}}</ref> The ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' stated: "Three-part harmonies, husky to screechy lead vocals, jangling or dense guitar tracks and propulsive drumming make for a fine pop and rock listen."<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCarty |first1=Patrick |title=Robbie Robertson Might As Well Have Recorded Himself Thinking |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=October 27, 1994 |page=D22}}</ref>
AllMusic wrote that the album "combines some absolutely stellar '90s power-pop with tasty, '70s, stud-rock guitars and a big dollop of blue-eyed soul."<ref name="auto"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | title1 = Living Room Scene | length1 = | title2 = Laughs | length2 = | title3 = Queen of the In-Between | length3 = | title4 = The Right Road | length4 = | title5 = Unnoticed | length5 = | title6 = High School Sap | length6 = | title7 = Day After Tomorrow | length7 = | title8 = Where's Your Kiss | length8 = | title9 = Coffee Cup | length9 = | title10 = Stranded | length10 = | title11 = Turnstile | length11 = | title12 = Chain Letter | length12 = | title13 = Fayetteville | length13 = | total_length = }}
==Personnel== *Kent Alphin - guitar *Scott Carle - drums *Chris Goode - bass *Greg Humphreys - vocals, guitar
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:1994 albums Category:Dillon Fence albums Category:Mammoth Records albums