II & III [Extra tracks]

Camper Van Beethoven | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Cooking Vinyl
• ASIN: B0001Z4OTW
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,291 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Abundance

2. Cowboys From Hollywood

3. Sad Lover's Waltz

4. Turtlehead

5. I Love Her All The Time

6. No Flies On Us

7. Down And Out

8. No Krugerrands For David

9. Goleta

10. 4 Year Plan

11. Devil Song (original version)

12. Vampire Club

13. (We're A) Bad Trip

14. Circles

15. Dustpan

16. Sometimes

17. Chain Of Circumstance

18. ZZ Top Goes To Egypt

19. Cattle (Reversed)

20. Form Another Stone

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide

almost like a parody of rock, but that never stopped Pavement, CVB sounds as inventive and inspired as ever.

Product Description

In 1986 Camper followed up Telephone Free Landslide Victory with II and III which further illustrated the kitchen sink apporach to song writing, but even more importantly strengthened the proto indie rock sound, with touches of country as evidenced in "Sad Lovers Waltz" that would influence the bands from Pavement to Uncle Tupelo. Before Sonic Youth were godfathers of college rock, Camper Van Beethoven had already covered their "I love Her All the Time." The re-issue contains 6 unreleased or original versions of songs not previoulsy found on II & III.

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Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm so happy to have this!, June 20, 2004

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Timothy Patrick Hinkle "Neutronflow" (Sandy, Utah United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: II & III (Audio CD)

I think this is the best album Camper Van Beethoven has done. I've been on the verge of buying the Cigarettes & Carrot Juice box set (which features this album and four others, all excellent) for a while now. The box was the only way that this music could be bought when I first came across it. Then I saw the new reissues with extra tracks when I was out shopping the other day. I'm a sucker for extra tracks. I usually prefer to have them at the end of the disc with some buffer space, rather than mixed in with the album as they have been here, but the new track listing seems to work pretty well, with the exception of the repetition of "(We're a) Bad Trip." It doesn't hurt the album much, though, it just leads to the inevitable need to explain it to my wife when she says "Didn't we already hear this song?" All the bonus tracks are worth having and I'm glad to have this new extended version of the album.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars cracker began here., December 7, 2006

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C. B. Gavel "Craig Gavel" (Naugatuck CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: II & III (Audio CD)

I have to say I bought this album becuase I'm a big fan of cracker if you like cracker you will love ths album, if you lik folk and country music you wil like this albumb if you just want to hear something different then the crap thats played on todays radio then you should all love this album it's very interesting though you hav to really listen to it for a few songs beforre you wil reall like it

hope this helps happy days to everyone