It's A Shame About Ray | Deluxe Edition : 30th Anniversary Edition

'Ray sounds revelatory in its restlessness, mixing college pop with country flair and relocating Gus Van Sant's Portland atmosphere to New England.' Pitchfork Both LPs include a download and are on black vinyl. Standard LP has a gatefold sleeve. Standard CD is a Gatefold wallet. Lemonheads? seminal album ?It?s A Shame About Ray?, lovingly reissued for it?s 30th Anniversary. The long overdue reissue includes a slew of extra material, including an unreleased ?My Drug Buddy? KCRW session track from 1992 featuring Juliana Hatfield, B-sides from singles ?It?s A Shame About Ray? and ?Confetti?, a track from the ?Mrs. Robinson/Being Round? EP, alongside demos that will be released for the first time on vinyl. This reissue celebrates their prestigious fifth album, these deluxe bookback editions feature new liner notes and unseen photos. Described by music journalist and author Everett True as 'A 30-minute insight into what it?s like to live hard and fast and loose and happy with like-minded buddies, fuelled by a shared love for similar bands and drugs and booze and freedom.'. ?It's A Shame About Ray? had a considerable impact back in those heady, carefree days of '92, the record perfectly captures Dando?s ability to effortlessly encapsulate teenage longing and lust over the course of a two-minute pop song. Singles such as 'My Drug Buddy' and the breezy perfect pop of the title track might stand out (plus the add-on of 'Mrs. Robinson' which later copies included), but the album's

Tracks

1~1~Rockin' Stroll
1~2~Confetti
1~3~It's A Shame About Ray
1~4~Rudderless
1~5~My Drug Buddy
1~6~The Turnpike Down
1~7~Bit Part
1~8~Alison's Starting To Happen
1~9~Hannah & Gabi
1~10~Kitchen
1~11~Ceiling Fan In My Spoon
1~12~Frank Mills
2~1~Mrs Robinson
2~2~Shakey Ground
2~3~My Drug Buddy (Kcrw Session, 1992)
2~4~Knowing Me, Knowing You (Acoustic)
2~5~Confetti (Acoustic)
2~6~Alison's Starting To Happen (Acoustic)
2~7~Divan
3~1~It's A Shame About Ray (Demo)
3~2~Rockin' Stroll (Demo)
3~3~My Drug Buddy (Demo)
3~4~Hannah & Gabi (Demo)
3~5~Kitchen (Demo)
3~6~Bit Part (Demo)
3~7~Rudderless (Demo)
3~8~Ceiling Fan In My Spoon (Demo)
3~9~Confetti (Demo)

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Lemonheads
Release Date: 04 March 2022
Genre: Pop
Label: FIRE
Distributor: Rocket Group