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It's a Shame About Ray [Extra tracks]

Lemonheads | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (7 Dec 1992)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Extra tracks
  • Label: Warner
  • ASIN: B000002IUZ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 19,291 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Rockin Stroll (LP Version) 1:47£0.69
Listen  2. Confetti 2:46£0.69
Listen  3. It's A Shame About Ray 3:06£0.69
Listen  4. Rudderless 3:19£0.69
Listen  5. My Drug Buddy 2:51£0.69
Listen  6. The Turnpike Down (LP Version) 2:33£0.69
Listen  7. Bit Part (LP Version) 1:51£0.69
Listen  8. Alison's Starting To Happen (LP Version) 1:58£0.69
Listen  9. Hannah & Gabi (LP Version) 2:40£0.69
Listen10. Kitchen (LP Version) 2:55£0.69
Listen11. Ceiling Fan In My Spoon (LP Version) 1:48£0.69
Listen12. Frank Mills (LP Version) 1:44£0.69
Listen13. Mrs. Robinson 3:42£0.89

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Amazon.co.uk Review

American rock's very own boy-bimbo, Evan Dando, really wasn't happy with one particular part of this album: a rocking version of Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" (later to turn up on Wayne's World 2) which does, to be fair, seem a bit out of place on the best album the band have written. So let's ignore it and concentrate on the other twelve tracks of comparatively gentle (next to what other bands were up to at the time) melodies have to offer. Well, it's rather a lot actually. Dando's softly bewildered vocals seem to float over understated but perfect pop tunes like the sad little title track and "Rudderless," while "Bit Part" is adorably yearning, and about as unresistable as an Andrex puppy. Never underestimate the quiet boys. --Emma Johnston

BBC Review

Lemonheads is, aptly, a brand of American candy that's sour on the outside and sweet on the inside. For this was a band that deftly matched pop sensibility with grunge directness. And if you're thinking that the 'The!' is missing, you're half right. It was actually added before their next release Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993).

It's A Shame About Ray, their fourth release, was the album that pushed the band into the spotlight, after a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" that was recorded to coincide with the release of The Graduate (with Dustin Hoffman) onto video. The cover is fun but sounds rushed. It's the longest, weakest song on the album and was only added to the re-released version of the album.

It's in stark contrast to the opening track, "Rockin' Stroll". Here's the band's appeal in a nutshell: confident, concise, catchy and instantly accessible. They have country rock's ear for lyrical melodies matched with grunge's darker, heavier edge.

"Confetti", "Buddy", "Hannah & Gabi" and the title track express beautifully Evan Dando's lyrical directness and rare gift for fitting a compelling narrative into a sentence. he can conjur summers in less than three minutes, and several years of joy and pain into less than half an hour.

The title track, alongside "Buddy" and "Ceiling Fan In My Spoon", hint at the darker themes: The slide into adulthood, alienation and drug abuse.

Once sales of the album took off, Dando started to live this for real. He became the 'slacker sex-kitten' poster boy for the grunge generation, and was touted as its next rising star. His minor celebrity, newfound 'friends' (including Johnny Depp and Courtney Love) and over-exposure even briefly prompted the publication of an anti-Dando fanzine called 'I Hate Evan Dando'.

But by their next release Come On Feel The Lemonheads Dando was combating his addiction and the band's popularity had peaked. Talk about wasted talent. Luckily Dando is still writing and touring and back from the dark side. But It's A Shame... is where his genius took flight... --Eamonn Stack

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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A bright and breezy collection of immaculate acoustic pop, this is one of the finest albums ever made. Why? Three reasons:

1. The opener, "Rockin' Stroll" describes the world from a toddlers point of view, something I never appreciated until I saw the video. This alone makes it a genius record.

2. The whole album clocks in at not much more than 28 minutes (without Mrs Robinson which was added after it became a hit), but crams about 56 stupendous tunes in each of it's twelve tracks (that's a definite guaranteed FACT). Brevity and more tunes than you can shake a stick at- marvellous!

3. Even the addition of a slightly cack-handed version of Mrs Robinson doesn't detract from this albums overall loveliness. It's that fantastic.

A pure melodic pop rush that you'll have on repeat time after time after time- yet still have plenty of time to enjoy the other finer things in life. Life's too short for long records!

This is, quite simply, a glorious, life affirming record.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A true 5/5 album. 18 Mar 2009
Format:Audio CD
The problem with reviews on Amazon is that, most people only rate an album if they love it, so it inevitably gets a 5, when it should really be a 3 or 4. Make no mistakes here though, this is a truly great album, possibly the best of a generation of music called grunge, although I've always struggled to put it in this category myself. After nearly twenty years since it's release it sounds ultra fresh, an album that completely transcends both time and category. I bought it more or less when it first came out, and re bought it on CD, and still listen to it. I could go through the whole album bit by bit, but an album that isn't in a cardboard box under the bed after nearly twenty years should be testament enough to the brilliance of this pop classic!
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33 Minutes Of Bliss 8 Feb 2012
Format:Audio CD
I hadn't listened to this cd for about a decade, so when I tossed it into the player and cranked up the volume to an indecent level, I was expecting the usual mix of faint nostalgia and mild disappointment. I was wrong! This bright, buzzing (and definitely brief) album hasn't dated at all and is just as brilliant as it was twenty years ago. Evan Dando and his playmates cram more musical invention and energy into thirty minutes of music than most bands manage in their entire careers. A rock classic.
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