Genre: Rock
Original Release: 1/1/1985
1. Take The Skinheads Bowling
2:32
2. Mao Reminisces About His Days In Southern China
2:00
3. I Don't See You
2:24
4. Balalaika Gap
2:14
5. Opi Rides Again
0:50
6. Club Med Sucks
3:06
7. Ambiguity Song
6:23
8. The Day That Lassie Went To The Moon
2:46
9. Border Ska
3:12
10. Wasted
1:57
11. Yanqui Go Home
2:38
12. Oh No!
1:50
13. 9 Of Disks
2:35
14. Payed Vacation: Greece
1:48
15. Where The Hell Is Bill?
2:02
16. Wasting all your time
2:20
17. Epigram #5
1:43
18. atkuda
1:34
19. Epigram #2
2:28
20. Cowboys from Hollywood (original)
1:55
21. Colonel Enrique Adolfo Bermudez
2:22
22. Vladivostock
2:08
23. Skinhead Stomp
3:51
24. Tina
They say "never say never," but it's still extremely unlikely something so goofily low-key, inventive, and fun will ever achieve cult status so quickly again, especially in terms of musical range on display. Not simply a rock group but not anything else, Camper Van Beethoven pulled off a series of entertaining fusions throughout its debut record, as the opening song "Border Ska" indicates by name alone. Eastern European folk, tropical grooves, post-punk atmospherics, country laid-back good times, psych/garage band aesthetics, lyrics about Mao, Greece, and more -- a lot of stuff went into the Santa Cruz band's brew, and most of it came up trumps on Telephone Read More
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