Biggest Bluest Hi Fi
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Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi is the debut LP from the indie pop band Camera Obscura. It was released in 2001 by Andmoresound and in 2002 by Elefant, then re-released in 2004 by Merge.
Reception
Template:Album ratings Writing for AllMusic, critic Tim Sendra praised the album, writing that it "makes a strong case for Camera Obscura as one of the best indie pop bands to come down the pike since, well, Belle and Sebastian."[1] Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media called it "charmingly understated."[2]
Track listing
2002 and 2004 re-releases
- "Happy New Year"
- "Eighties Fan"
- "Houseboat"
- "Shine Like a New Pin"
- "Pen and Notebook"
- "Swimming Pool"
- "Anti-Western"
- "Let's Go Bowling"
- "I Don't Do Crowds"
- "The Sun on His Back"
- "Double Feature"
- "Arrangements of Shapes and Space"
Personnel
Band
- Tracyanne Campbell – vocals, guitar
- Gavin Dunbar – bass
- John Henderson – vocals, percussion
- Kenny Mckeeve – guitar, mandolin, vocals
- Lee Thomson – drums
- Lindsay Boyd – keyboards
Other
- Arranged By [Strings] – Camera Obscura, Stuart Murdoch
- Bells [Sleighbells] – Geoff Allan
- Design, Layout – Anne Maclean
- Engineer – Geoff Allan
- Mastered By – Frank Arkwright
- Other [The Cover Star] – Fiona Morrison
- Strings – Cheryll Crockett, Elin Edwards, Greg Lawson, Lisa Webb, Lorna Leitch, Murray Ferguson
- Trumpet – Nigel Baillie
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