Biggest Bluest Hi Fi

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Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Studio album by Camera Obscura
Released 2001
Genre Indie pop
Label Andmoresound
Producer Stuart Murdoch
Camera Obscura chronology
Biggest Bluest Hi Fi
(2001)
Underachievers Please Try Harder
(2004)

Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi is the debut LP from the indie pop band Camera Obscura. It was released in 2001 by Andmoresound and in 2002 by Elefant, then re-released in 2004 by Merge.

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[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]
Pitchfork Media 7.5/10 stars [2]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Tim Sendra praised the album, writing "makes a strong case for Camera Obscura as one of the best indie pop bands to come down the pike since, well, Belle & Sebastian."[1] Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media called it "charmingly understated".[2]

[edit] Track listings

[edit] 2001 release

  1. "Happy New Year"
  2. "Eighties Fan"
  3. "Houseboat"
  4. "Pen and Notebook"
  5. "Swimming Pool"
  6. "Anti-Western"
  7. "I Don't Do Crowds"
  8. "The Sun on His Back"
  9. "Double Feature"
  10. "Arrangements of Shapes and Space"

[edit] 2002 and 2004 re-releases

  1. "Happy New Year"
  2. "Eighties Fan"
  3. "Houseboat"
  4. "Shine Like a New Pin"
  5. "Pen and Notebook"
  6. "Swimming Pool"
  7. "Anti-Western"
  8. "Let's Go Bowling"
  9. "I Don't Do Crowds"
  10. "The Sun on His Back"
  11. "Double Feature"
  12. "Arrangements of Shapes and Space"

[edit] References

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