Tracks:
1. Absolutely Cuckoo
2. I Don't Believe In The Sun
3. All My Little Words
4. A Chicken WIth Its Head Cut Off
5. Reno Dakota
6. I Don't Want To Get Over You
7. Come Back From San Francisco
8. The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side
9. Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
10. The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
11. I Think I Need A New Heart
12. The Book Of Love
13. Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long
14. How Fucking Romantic
15. The One You Really Love
16. Punk Love
17. Parades Go By
18. Boa Constrictor
19. A Pretty Girl Is Like...
20. My Sentimental Melody
21. Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
22. Sweet-Lovin' Man
23. The Things We Did and Didn't Do
24. Roses
25. Love Is Like Jazz
26. When My Boy Walks Down the Street
27. Time Enough for Rocking When We're Old
28. Very Funny
29. Grand Canyon
30. No One Will Ever Love You
31. If You Don't Cry
32. You're My Only Home
33. (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy
34. My Only Friend
35. Promises of Eternity
36. World Love
37. Washington, D.C.
38. Long-Forgotten Fairytale
39. Kiss Me Like You Mean It
40. Papa Was a Rodeo
41. Epitaph for My Heart
42. Asleep and Dreaming
43. The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing
44. The Way You Say Good-Night
45. Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
46. I Shatter
47. Underwear
48. It's a Crime
49. Busby Berkeley Dreams
50. I'm Sorry I Love You
51. Acoustic Guitar
52. The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure
53. Love in the Shadows
54. Bitter Tears
55. Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget
56. Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
57. Experimental Music Love
58. Meaningless
59. Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin
60. Queen of the Savages
61. Blue You
62. I Can't Touch You Anymore
63. Two Kinds of People
64. How to Say Goodbye
65. The Night You Can't Remember
66. For We Are the King of the Boudoir
67. Strange Eyes
68. Xylophone Track
69. Zebra
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Yeah. Great band. The Charm of the Highway Strip is another album by them that I would recommend.
As for this album, 90/100
Like, obviously it's too long and stuff, but it's part of the appeal.
I also think that either this, or Have One On Me are the most expensive CD's in history The last time I saw this in an HMV it was $70 _________________ Doubles & Conch
First off, the notion that this is "typical indie pop" is ludicrous (I read that comment from someone one time). It's incredibly eclectic going through at least 10 different genres. Granted it's Stephen Merritt's interpretation of those genres, which might not be 100% authentic, but that's what makes it wonderfully unique. It does have its flaws: It's too long, it does it have its share of filler tracks, but it also is a tour de force of outstanding songwriting, and Stephin Merritt is one of a kind when it comes to crafting catchy melodies and writing lyrics and stories like nobody else. He's sort of like a musical Coen Brothers... You know, quirky, but there's heart and soul there too. Do what the booklet says: Get the whole thing and then make a mix of your favorite songs.
Best track: Papa Was a Rodeo..... No, wait! The Book of Love... No, wait! I Don't Want to Get Over You, No, wait! Yeah, oh Yeah!... All my Little Words?...? (You get the idea)
It is long, but listening to individual tracks kind of ruins the whole experience. When you've got time to listen to it all it's definitely worth it.
You know, as much as I love it, I would say you need a fair amount of patience to listen to the whole thing in one sitting. It's a concept album, but I don't think it was intended to be listened to in order, necessarily.
Actually, if I had pick one best track, it would be, Papa Was a Rodeo. It's a hilarious country song parody!
I'm curious: Fans of this album, what's your favorite song on it?
own it, but never listened to it alone. I always throw it in a mix with some Belle & Sebastian, acoustic Young, and select Pavement and Built to Spill. I wouldn't say it's great, but it's interesting.
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The last time I saw this in an HMV it was $70
