Everything Is Nice Matador Records

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 14, 1999
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Matador Records
• ASIN: B00000JITP
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,814 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Stereo - Pavement

2. Count Five Or Six - Cornelius

3. Talk About The Blues - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

4. Cross Bone Style - Cat Power

5. Flight '96 - Chavez

6. Fire In The Middle - Nightmares On Wax

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Xmas Steps - Mogwai

2. Sugarcube - Yo La Tengo

3. The Official Ironmen Rally Song - Guided By Voices

4. Banned From The End Of The World - Sleater-Kinney

5. Our Louder Solex - Solex

6. The Banjo's Categorical Gut - Matmos

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Windblown - The Lynnfield Pioneers

2. Naked - The Jon Spencer Blues Explotion

3. Sleewalkers - Non Phixion

4. Universal Skills - Arsonists

5. One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Barbie Dolls - Pizzicato Five

6. Oh Cripes! - Solex

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars money always affects the ratings, September 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Everything Is Nice Matador Records (Audio CD)

This set gets 5 stars for the price tag. However, its got a lot going for it in other ways too. Great packaging, great bands, expansive variety, solid tunes. One draw back: this is not a 10 year retrospective. Its a compilation to promote the latest recordings of the label. But that's OK. Music is a product that is sold shamelessly so bite the hook and enjoy some good music. Consolation prize for Matador fans: the 3rd CD offers unreleased cuts from various Matador darlings.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best indie pop in one little package, July 13, 2000

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J. Rossi (Downers Grove, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everything Is Nice Matador Records (Audio CD)

Not all of the bands included in this box set are great, but as a sampler/retrospective it works. I applaud Matador for doing something like this for the fans, when it would have been 10 times easier not to do anything at all. Even if you don't like Cat Power that much or think Mogwai are self-indulgent, it doesn't matter. You get Guitar Wolf, Modest Mouse, Bardo Pond, JSBX, Cornelius and (seemingly) hundreds of others. You can't go wrong, especially when you stop to consider that if a major label had done this it would cost you about $40. Buy it. Enjoy it. Be happy. After all, Everything is Nice.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Inexpensive Sampler of a Wide Variety of Music, February 17, 2000

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Craig Larson (Maple Grove, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everything Is Nice Matador Records (Audio CD)

As in the other reviews, I'll say that one of the things which attracted me was the incredibly low price. You get 3 brand new CDs for almost the price of one used. And the variety of styles and groups represented is another plus--I've read about a lot of these groups in the pages of _Alternative Press_ and _CMJ_, but this is the first time I've had a chance to hear them. There's hiphop and techno and guitar-based rock. You can't beat a deal like this!