Beachwood Sparks
02. Ballad of Never Rider
03. Silver Morning After
04. Singing Butterfly
05. Sister Rose
06. This Is What It Feels Like
07. Canyon Ride
08. The Reminder
09. The Calming Seas
10. New County
11. Something I Don’t Recognize
12. Old Sea Miner
13. See, Oh Three
14. Sleeping Butterfly
The first Beachwood Sparks album! Probably one of the most influential albums of the early 00’s!
The classic line-up of Sperske, Scher, Rademaker, Gunst had by this time stabilized and they came up with a wonderful debut.
Both youthful and ambitious, the album mixes beautiful ballads, like The Reminder, with straight foreword up-tempo pop songs, like Sister Rose.
Other highlights of the album are the essential bagatelle Ballad of Never Rider, the new countrified version of Desert Skies and the soulful epic Something I Don’t Recognize.
With amazing songs and exciting production, mixing retro and modern, Beachwood Sparks claimed their rightful place as revolutionaries of the Cosmic American Music-tradition.
The album was released on CD by Sub Pop and on vinyl by Bomp. The vinyl version has a different sequence and features the additional track Surfing Saints. The Japanese version of the CD includes yet another bonus track, We’d Love to See You.
Format:
CD, Sub Pop (spcd0503)
LP, Bomp! (blp4077)
CD, Japan import (tkcb71920)
CD, Houston Party Records (hrp025)
Release date:
2000-03-21 (spcd0503)
2000-04-26 (tkcb71920)
2000-07-04 (blp4077)
2000-07-04 (HPR release)
Recording details:
Produced by Michael Deming and Beachwood Sparks at Studio .45
Mastered by John Golden at John Golden Mastering, Ventura, CA
Written and performed by Beachwood Sparks
Line up:
Chris Gunst
Brent Rademaker
Dave Scher
Aaron Sperske
Michael Deming (additional piano)
Further information:
Beachwood Sparks press release
Discogs entry
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