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LEMONHEADS, THE

CAR BUTTON CLOTH (DELUXE EXPANDED CLOTHBOUND YELLOW LP) (FIRE RECORDS)

LEMONHEADS, THE - CAR BUTTON CLOTH (DELUXE EXPANDED CLOTHBOUND YELLOW LP) 166956
format:
2 LPB
release:
31.01.2025
label:
FIRE RECORDS
item ID:
166956
barcode:
0809236002488
STRICTLY LTD DELUXE CLOTH BOUND GATEFOLD SLEEVE EDTION, YELLOW DOUBLE VINYL W/ DLC! "The first three songs alone are like love at first hearing." - Jack Rabid/allmusic.com Deluxe 2xLP clothbound sleeve edition of 'Car Button Cloth', featuring Lemonheads classics 'If I Could Talk I'd Tell You' and 'The Outdoor Type'.

This reissue includes the original record alongside a whole extra LP of rarities and unreleased cuts, continuing Fire Records in-depth series of reissues from the legendary band.

'Car Button Cloth' is an extraordinary affair of musical and emotional extremes, a soundscape spanning "the most beautiful piano-led mourning in the history of the broken heart" that switches into perky jangle-pop for fleeting moments and contains the ultimate self-deprecating classic 'The Outdoor Type', penned by Smudge cohort Tom Morgan, as well as a cover of the bluegrass standard 'Knoxville Girl' and 'If I Could Talk I'd Tell You' co-written with The Vaselines' Eugene Kelly.

All bases are covered. To further unravel where Evan's head was at during the period of its creation, this deluxe double album comes with a record of exquisite and typically eclectic scene setting covers that occupied B-sides and alternative format versions, plus other super rare offcuts, live takes and remixes.

A diet of Volcano Suns, Glen Campbell, The Jacobites, The Sir Douglas Quintet and Whitney Houston influenced Evan's thinking and added further colour to an album that remains something of a Dorian Gray-style masterpiece.

The first side of extras is rounded off with the never before released 'Arise', originally set for the remake of Great Expectations and later realised as Rancho Santa Fe on solo album 'Baby I'm Bored'.

"One of the most distinctive voices of the '90s" The New York Times
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. IT'S ALL TRUE
  • 1.2. IF I COULD TALK I'D TELL YOU
  • 1.3. BREAK ME
  • 1.4. HOSPITAL
  • 1.5. THE OUTDOOR TYPE
  • 1.6. LOSING YOUR MIND
  • 1.7. SOMETHING'S MISSING
  • 1.8. KNOXVILLE GIRL
  • 1.9. 6IX
  • 1.10. C'MON DADDY
  • 1.11. ONE MORE TIME
  • 1.12. TENDERFOOT
  • 1.13. SECULAR ROCKULIDGE
  • 2.1. IF I COULD TALK I'D TELL YOU (SINGLE VERSION)
  • 2.2. THE OUTDOOR TYPE (REMIX)
  • 2.3. PIN YR HEART
  • 2.4. BALANCING ACT
  • 2.5. GALVESTON
  • 2.6. ARISE
  • 2.7. KEEP ON LOVING YOU
  • 2.8. IT'S ALL TRUE (NO DRUMS)
  • 2.9. LOSING YOUR MIND (LIVE ACOUSTIC VERSION)
  • 2.10. HOW WILL I KNOW (ACOUSTIC)
  • 2.11. I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME
  • 2.12. FADE TO BLACK
  • 2.13. LIVE FOREVER