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Track Listing
1. Faith Healer
2. San Quentin, Ca
3. What in Sam Hill...?
4. Wrong in the Charts
5. Ancers
6. Loch Ness Monster
7. She's Fetching
8. Man of War
9. Easter Eve
10. Humason
11. Lunar Module
12. All Going Out Together
13. Younger Bums
14. When Men Were Trains
15. Wet Weekend
16. Mr. Woods
DISC 2:
1. Meet the Witch
2. Ron Klaus Wrecked His House
3. Insane Girl, The
4. Semjase
5. Stardom Because
6. Bonnie
7. Hey! Mr. Lincoln
8. Bells of Love
9. Sont to Be Beautiful, A
10. Golden Shame
11. Lou Gehrig's Disease
12. You're Not Patsy
13. San Quentin, Ca
14. Which Would You Rather?
15. He Is God
16. Guitar Named Desire
17. Ron Klaus Demo'd His House
18. Life Inside the Cemetery
DISC 3:
1. Wake up the King
2. Edith
3. Beast, The
4. Restaurant Cloud
5. Missing Time
6. Beginning of the End, The
7. Lifetime Achievement Award
8. Dead River
9. Silentium
10. Approach of a Human Being
11. Mineral Man
12. Ghost of Emily, The
13. Winsor Dam
14. Nowhere to Put My Love
15. Extraordinary Worm
| Details | | Producer: | Gary Waleik (Compilation) | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
When "indie-rock" became a viable commercial entity in the early 2000s, many a tear was shed for the pioneering bands of the '80s and '90s who invented the template for the genre but never got their due. One of those underrated bands was Boston's Big Dipper, who wrote catchy but unpredictable tunes with a candy heart and a gritty exterior.
Their talent is crystallized in their most successful song, "Faith Healer," with its breathtaking, harmony-laden chorus tempered by a vaguely sinister bass line and a tense, neurotic beat. Other highlights include the sweet "She's Fetching," an ode to a girl who doesn't yet feel her power, and the insanely catchy "All Going Out Together," a lovely power-pop paean to the nuclear holocaust. This anthology--three discs of re-mastered material--will appease old fans and impress new ones. The package includes voluminous liner notes and a video.
Industry Reviews
Big Dipper shares early R.E.M.'s penchant for writing frisky pop tunes....The group's awkward yet winning charm never faltered.
4 stars out of 5 -- Big Dipper dropped pop melodies of undeniable grandeur into songs ablaze with distorted guitars, fierce rhythms, and lyrics defying convention.
[B]rainy songs about UFOs and sea monsters, they sounded like Jeopardy! contestants who'd spent their winnings on amplifiers and cowbells. -- Grade: B+
CMJ Big Dipper had an odd, surreal humor and ambitious songcraft that never floundered into insular psychedelics...
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