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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. It s a Shame About Ray | |||
| 2. Into Your Arms | |||
| 3. Big Gay Heart | |||
| 4. Ride With Me | |||
| 5. Luka | |||
| 6. Hospital | |||
| 7. My Drug Buddy | |||
| 8. Just Can t Take It Anymore | |||
| 9. It s About Time | |||
| 10. The Great Big No | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Mrs Robinson | |||
| 2. If I Could Talk I d Tell You | |||
| 3. Confetti | |||
| 4. Rick James Style | |||
| 5. Brass Buttons | |||
| 6. Down About It | |||
| 7. Frank Mills | |||
| 8. Losing Your Mind | |||
| 9. Ballarat | |||
| 10. Break Me | |||
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Boston singer-songwriter Evan Dando broke through to the mainstream in 1992 with Mrs Robinson , a Simon and Garfunkel cover that took his band the Lemonheads to the UK Top 20. But this was the tip of a musical iceberg founded on an indie-label career that had set the press purring. Our generous 47-track compilation profiles the idiosyncratic talent behind the classic It s A Shame About Ray album and much more zesty music.
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2CD set. Massive 47-track compilation features "Into Your Arms" ; "It's A Shame About Ray" ; "Mrs Robinson" ; "My Drug Buddy" and more classics!
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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My only concern about buying a 47 track Lemonheads compilation for under a fiver was whether the sound quality would be poor. Having listened to it, the sound is just as good (and in some instances better) than from the original albums. This compilation contains all 'the greats' and some hard to find tracks like 'Different Drum' which would be worth the purchase price alone. My only half serious complaint is that I almost wish it didn't include tracks from 'Shame about Ray' as they are best heard in the context of that classic album. Every Lemonheads fan subconsciously knows that 'Rudderless' should segue gorgeously into 'My Drug Buddy'. Anybody getting started with the Lemonheads should begin with 'Shame about Ray' and then move onto this.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This review will be biased, as i love The Lemonheads! At 47 tracks, 'Laughing All The Way To The Cleaners' is a pretty comprehensive collection of The Lemonheads, though i did wonder, as the owner of all their studio albums, what was in it for me? It turns out that the inclusion of a few b-sides and rare cover versions means that it's a must buy, even for the die-hards. It's not compiled chronologically, so it has a real random quality to it, which shows their versatility. This is a far superior compilation than the 'Atlantic Years-best of', which managed to virtually ignore the 'Lovey' album. Evan Dando is a genius, and the poster boy of a generation/slacker tag does him no justice at all.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The Lemonheads are a band who shone so brightly for a short period of time (Come on Feel and Shame About Ray) and then seemed to fade. Here we have 47 tracks from their entire career (although only three tracks from Shame About Ray don't appear) that shows the thrashy beginnings to the most recent covers CD. Its a real joy to hear pretty much everything on the first CD. That is apart from the awful (for me) cover of Step By Step. Yes the New Kids On The Block track. There was an ease when listening to the band in their full flow and rudderless, Drug Buddy, Big Gay Heart, Mallo Cup and Alisons Starting To Happen show this, the last two being on CD Two. Its CD two that has the alternate versions of Rick James Style and Down About It amongst others. And this doesn't quite work as the second CD doesn't flow as easily to these ears.
The minor quibbles aside this is 47 tracks for a fiver. This is a band that just made you smile (except when I saw them live a couple of years ago as they were the only band I have ever seen without an encore, he looked miserable). The odd track might be missing but overall this is a great reminder of how good Evan Dando and his chums at that particular moment could be.
The minor quibbles aside this is 47 tracks for a fiver. This is a band that just made you smile (except when I saw them live a couple of years ago as they were the only band I have ever seen without an encore, he looked miserable). The odd track might be missing but overall this is a great reminder of how good Evan Dando and his chums at that particular moment could be.
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A couple of points...
1. This budget-priced double-disc compilation-provides a career-spanning retrospective of the ups-and-downs of this likeable alternative rock... Read more
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Published 7 days ago by S. Bailey
Good, but....
I suppose with these Best Of packages there are always going to be issues for fans with certain songs being omitted in favour of others. Read more
Published 2 months ago by D. A. Macleod
Sprawling, unfocussed, but full of gems
This is one of the oddest compilation albums I've ever purchased. At 47 tracks long it is far too sprawling to be a straightforward greatest hits, too mainstream to be a proper... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. T. S. Guy
Sprawling but awesome
The Lemonheads are a band who seem to have fallen completely off the radar for most music fans, despite making some of the most awesome music of the 90s. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Michael Cater
Missing some great tunes
This would be a 5 star best of compilation album if only it was more complete and less arbitrary. Some of their greatest songs are missing, and some weaker entrants are included. Read more
Published 4 months ago by lopez
The Lemonheads 1987-2009 in 47 Tracks.
First off, Evan Dando is a brilliant country singer and writer of great, simple songs; and this is a great compilation. Read more
Published 4 months ago by adizzle
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