Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Studio album by
Camera Obscura
ReleasedNovember 12, 2001
GenreIndie pop
LabelAndmoresound
ProducerStuart Murdoch
Camera Obscura chronology
Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
(2001)		 Underachievers Please Try Harder
(2003)

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10)[2]

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

All tracks are written by Tracyanne Campbell

No.TitleLength
1."Happy New Year"4:03
2."Eighties Fan"4:20
3."Houseboat"3:22
4."Pen and Notebook"3:26
5."Swimming Pool"3:56
6."Anti-Western"3:08
7."I Don't Do Crowds"3:55
8."The Sun on His Back"2:50
9."Double Feature"5:50
10."Arrangements of Shapes and Space"3:48
Total length:38:38

2002 and 2004 re-releases

  1. "Happy New Year"
  2. "Eighties Fan"
  3. "Houseboat"
  4. "Shine Like a New Pin"
  5. "Pen and Notebook"
  6. "Swimming Pool"
  7. "Anti-Western"
  8. "Let's Go Bowling"
  9. "I Don't Do Crowds"
  10. "The Sun on His Back"
  11. "Double Feature"
  12. "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

References

  1. 1 2 Sendra, Tim. "Biggest Bluest Hi Fi > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 Hogan, Marc. "Biggest Bluest Hi Fi > Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 16 October 2011.


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