All songs written by Camper Van Beethoven except "Lulu Land" (Paul McKinney) and "Interstellar Overdrive" (Barrett/Waters/Wright/Mason).
Contains a Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker/Monks Of Doom discography.
"Good Guys and Bad Guys," the opener on Camper Van Beethoven's self-titled third album, is one of those songs that makes you feel like you're 16, in love, tan, carefree, and intoxicated. For anyone interested in accessing these feelings regularly, CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN is worth purchasing for this track alone. Fortunately, there is plenty of other fun to be had here (and if this eclectic California ensemble is anything, it's fun). Country, ska, punk, folk, Balkan dance, and experimental noise are mixed with art-school ambition and grade-school levity in a way that somehow works, and is all the more appealing for its originality.
The pell-mell explosion of "Surprise Truck," the twangy political allegory of "Joe Stalin's Cadillac," and the reverent, sonically remarkable cover of Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive" shift gears with zany aplomb. The band moves from minstrel-like twee ("Folly") to crunchy rock song ("Shut Us Down") in the blink of an eye. Singer/guitarist David Lowery, violinist Jonathan Segal, and the rest of the motley crew are in fine, shape-shifting form here. This album represents the band at its most eclectic, before they streamlined their sound in the major-label releases that followed.
Recorded at Fox Studio, Felton, California in May & June, 1986.
Camper Van Beethoven: David Lowery (vocals, guitar); Victor Krummenacher (vocals, bass guitar); Jonathan Segel (guitar, violin); Greg Lisher (guitar); Chris Pedersen (drums).
Camper Van Beethoven: David Lowery (vocals, guitar, steel guitar); Greg Lisher (guitar); Eugene Chadbourne (guitar, banjo); Jonathan Segel (guitar, bass); Christopher Molla (pedal steel guitar, guitar, vocals); Victor Krummenacher (bass, vocals); Crispy Derson (drums).
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