Sebadoh - Bakesale [Deluxe Edition]

Artist:

Sebadoh

UPC:

098787094428

Description:

Sebadoh: Lou Barlow (vocals, guitar, organ); Jason Loewenstein (vocals, guitar, bass); Bob Fay (vocals, drums).
Additional personnel: Anne Slinn (vocals, organ); Eric Gaffney, Tara Jane O`Neil (drums).
Principally recorded at Fort Apache, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Personnel: Lou Barlow (vocals, guitar); Jason Loewenstein (vocals); Eric Gaffney, Bob Fay (drums).
Audio Mixer: Tim O`Heir.
Liner Note Authors: Mike Flood; Jason Loewenstein; Lou Barlow.
Recording information: Chicago, IL; Fort Apache; Newbury Sound.
Photographers: Mike Flood; Mom Barlow; Mikala Taylor; Judith Flood.
Sebadoh started out as the hobby of two guys hanging out in a dorm room with a four-track cassette machine and some weed, but by 1994, Lou Barlow`s side project had matured into a real rock band, and on Bakesale, they sounded more like one than ever before. With Eric Gaffney gone, the spotlight was firmly on Barlow and his songs, and he stepped out with some of his best work to date; the navel-gazing confessions of "Not a Friend" and "Dreams" were more articulate and deeply felt than his previous efforts, and there`s an edgy grace in his melodies, while he brings some scrappy but committed rock & roll guitar bashing to "License to Confuse" and "Magnet`s Coil." Bassist Jason Loewenstein`s tunes aren`t as strong overall as Barlow`s, but they`re effective in context, and their minor-key twists and turns complement his bandmate`s work very well. And though Sebadoh had clearly learned a lot from their years of lo-fi woodshedding, on Bakesale they were working in genuine recording studios with functioning equipment, and instead of having to struggle to hear the songs through layers of aural murk, here Sebadoh burst forth from the speakers loud and clear. And this version of the band stood up well to scrutiny; Barlow, Loewenstein, and drummer Bob Fay may not have been the tightest band on earth, but they had the energy and the commitment to make these songs work, and the simple, direct, and emotionally naked sound of Bakesale served them well, and the album ranks with the most powerful and accessible music they would ever release. Bakesale confirmed that in both theory and execution, Sebadoh had matured into a great indie rock band, and if their obsession with doomed love and fractured self-worth still seemed adolescent, they had at very least grown from eighth graders to high school seniors, and that`s a pretty big leap if you`re willing to look back on it. ~ Mark Deming

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. License to Confuse
2. Careful
3. Magnet`s Coil
4. Not a Friend
5. Not Too Amused
6. Dreams
7. Skull
8. Got It
9. Shit Soup
10. Give Up
11. Rebound
12. Mystery Man
13. Temptation Tide
14. Drama Mine
15. Together or Alone

DISC 2:

1. Mor Backlash
2. Not a Friend
3. Foreground
4. 40203
5. Mystery Man
6. Drumstick Jumble
7. Lime Kiln
8. Fancy Ass/Destitute
9. Perfect Way
10. Give the Drummer Some
11. Cementville
12. Social Medicine
13. On Fire [Acoustic]
14. Magnet`s Coil [Acoustic]
15. Rebound [Acoustic]
16. Punching Myself in the Face Repeatedly, Publicly
17. Sing Something/Plate of Hatred
18. III Screams - (remix)
19. Monsoon
20. Rainbow Farm
21. Hank Williams
22. Careful
23. Drama Mine
24. Not Too Amused
25. Shit Soup

Album Information

Release Date:

06/14/2011

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Lo Fi

Label:

Sub Pop (USA)

Catalog Number:

SP944

Original Release Year:

1994

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

103 : 11

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