In celebration of their 25th anniversary, Camper Van Beethoven will release a long-overdue greatest hits collection on CD and in digital format entitled Popular Songs. The album will feature 18 of the group’s most beloved songs, spanning from their 1985 debut Telephone Free Landslide Victory to their 1989 release Key Lime Pie, and including “Club Med Sucks,” “Border Ska,” and “Circles.”
The collection also includes five songs from the group’s critically acclaimed albums on Virgin Records – 1988’s Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart and 1989’s Key Lime Pie. However, when trying to buy back the rights to the original masters to be included on Popular Songs, Virgin Records refused. Instead, Camper Van Beethoven re-recorded these songs to be included on the album in response to Virgin Records’ decision.
Tracklisting:
1. The Day That Lassie Went to the Moon
2. Border Ska
3. Take the Skinheads Bowling
4. Pictures of Matchstick Men °
5. Skinhead Stomp
6. Opi Rides Again/Club Med Sucks
7. Eye of Fatima (Parts 1&2) °
8. ZZ Top Goes to Egypt
9. Sad Lovers’ Waltz
10. When I Win the Lottery °
11. The History of Utah
12. Seven Languages
13. All Her Favorite Fruit °
14. Good Guys & Bad Guys
15. Circles
16. One of These Days °
17. Ambiguity Song
18. Shut Us Down
° new re-recordings of originals
The group will also be embarking on a tour starting this week in California. Tour dates listed below:
06/24/08 Point Arena, California @ Point Arena Theater
06/28/08 San Luis, Obispo @ Downtown Brewing Co.
06/26/08 Los Angeles, California @ House of Blues (with Everclear and Soul Asylum)
06/28/08 San Francisco, California @ The Fillmore / Silver Anniversary Show!
06/29/08 San Francisco, California @ The Bottom of the Hill with Jonathan Segel Band and Victor Krummenacher Band
09/11/08 Pioneertown, California @ 4th Annual CAMPOUT / Pappy & Harriet’s
09/12/08 Pioneertown, California @ 4th Annual CAMPOUT / Pappy & Harriet’s
09/13/08 Pioneertown, Caifornia @ 4th Annual CAMPOUT / Pappy & Harriet’s
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