Label: Drag City

Released 10/24/2025

Fred Armisen, long known as one of the most curious actor/comedian/musician/producer/author/all-round good guys in the business, likes unusual ways of entertaining people. Like this one: 100 Sound Effects is an album that that can be used as a library, an industrial tool for your own entertainment projects, or simply for brain-stimulating deep listening. From basic sounds to more abstract scenarios, 100 Sound Effects is an album like no other!

Track listing:

1. Needle on Record
   
2. Drum Sound Check at Medium Sized Venue
   
3. Guitar Tuned But Still Somehow Out of Tune
   
4. Band Sound Check Sound Guy and Band Agreeing for Too Long
   
5. Romanian Crowd at Rock Club Shouting for An Encore
   
6. Sparsely Attended Show Encore with Someone Shouting "Where's Jim?"
   
7. Music Venue Employee Kicking Everyone Out While Throwing Away Bottles
   
8. Music Store Around Christmas
   
9. Going from Main Room to Acoustic Room at a Music Store
   
10. Trying Out An Electronic Drum Kit with Headphones at a Music Store
    
11. Trying Out a Distortion Pedal at a Music Store
    
12. Testing Cymbals in a Cymbal Room at a Music Store
    
13. Keyboard Not Working at First at a Music Store
    
14. Music Store Exit with Security Checking Receipt
    
15. Car Door Closing Car Rental
    
16. Car Door Closing Fancy Car Service
    
17. Car Door Closing 1958 Ford
    
18. Car Door Closing Confident
    
19. Car Door Closing Automatically Van
    
20. Small Theater Small Audience
    
21. Small Theater Audience at Heavy Political Show
    
22. Small Theater Microphone Isn't Working
    
23. Small Theater Enthusiastic Audience
    
24. Small Theater Booing
    
25. Small Theater Audience Talking
    
26. Small Theater Audience Talking and Ignoring SHSHSH
    
27. Small Theater Audience Acknowledging SHSHSH
    
28. Disappointed Crowd Dublin
    
29. Small Theater Lighting Booth While Producers Are Checking Out the Stage
    
30. Small Theater One-Man Show Performer
    
31. Fake Applause
    
32. Fake Booing
    
33. Supportive Booing at a Speech
    
34. Obligatory Applause at a Speech
    
35. Obligatory Laugh at a Speech
    
36. Shocked Audience
    
37. Terrified Audience at An Authoritarian Nation Official Event
    
38. Champagne Glass Breaking on Wood Floor
    
39. Champagne Glass Breaking on Linoleum Floor
    
40. Wine Glass Breaking
    
41. Wine Glass Breaking with Reaction
    
42. Glass Falls But Doesn't Break
    
43. Glass Pitcher Shattering
    
44. Shot Glass Breaking
    
45. Wine Glass Breaking in Sink
    
46. Delicate Water Glass Breaking
    
47. Sweeping Up Glass
    
48. Sweeping Up Glass and Muttering
    
49. Businessman on Phone on Plane Before Takeoff - Work Tone
    
50. Businessman on Phone on Plane Still at the Gate - Casual Tone
    
51. Overhead Compartment Closing
    
52. Couple on Plane Mid-Flight Guy Opens Overhead Compartment
    
53. Window Shade Closing
    
54. Flight Attendant Opens Overhead Compartment
    
55. Flight Attendant Collecting Packaging
    
56. First Time Homeowner Switching Circuit Breakers
    
57. Tentative Sawing
    
58. Drilling Into Wood
    
59. Gift Wrapping
    
60. Thrift Store Perfunctory Search for Halloween Costume
    
61. Rolling Metal Market Door Opening
    
62. Shipping Container Door Opening
    
63. Campfire Conversation
    
64. Camping Breakfast Conversation
    
65. Camping Ready for the Day
    
66. Jacket Zipper
    
67. Tent Zipper
    
68. Short Bursts of Tent Zipper
    
69. Camping Lunch Conversation
    
70. Sleeping Bag Zipper Goodnight
    
71. Camping Pack Up Conversation
    
72. Basketball Bouncing
    
73. Basketball Slow Bounce
    
74. Basketball Slow to Fast
    
75. Basketball on Carpet
    
76. Signing a Basketball
    
77. Office Refrigerator Fitting in Bag with Lunch
    
78. Hotel Refrigerator Not Taking Anything
    
79. Room Service Lid
    
80. Room Service Ooh
    
81. Outdoor Event Walking on Pebbles
    
82. Outdoor Event Walking on Pebbles and Recognition
    
83. Outdoor Event Walking Quickly to Catch Up to Cart
    
84. Haunted House Demonic Voices
    
85. Haunted House Ghost Going Upstairs But the Door Is Locked
    
86. Haunted House Ghost But Nobody Is Home
    
87. Haunted House Piano
    
88. Well Reviewed Movie - Hand Washing Clothes in Basin
    
89. Well Reviewed Movie - Farm Work
    
90. Well Reviewed Movie - Cutting Root Vegetables on Wood Board
    
91. Important Film - Italian Woman Yelling Through a Doorway in a Small Italian Town
    
92. Walking Into a Video Room at An Art Museum and Walking Out Quickly
    
93. Dublin Street Crossing
    
94. European Hotel Door Opening
    
95. European Hotel Elevator
    
96. European Hotel Stairs
    
97. European Hotel Bedroom Door
    
98. European Front Entrance with Fob Opening and Luggage
    
99. European Small Washing Machine
    
100. European Small Dryer with Some Confusion
     
101. Fred Walking to Control Room