Popular Songs of Great Enduring Strength and Beauty

Camper Van Beethoven | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: June 24, 2008
• Label: Cooking Vinyl USA
• Copyright: 2008 Cooking vinyl USA under exclusive license from Camper Van Beethoven
• Genres: Alternative Rock/American Alternative, Alternative Rock/Indie & Lo-Fi
• ASIN: B001AZ47GC
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Wish Your Band Was This Cool, November 10, 2008

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Schmuddude (VP, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Popular Songs of Great Enduring Strength and Beauty (MP3 Download)

A fine primer for the uninitiated, or the perfect compilation for your cocktail party or condo association's elevator. This collection offers a taste of many of the things that made and make CVB such a pleasure; songcraft that ranges from punk to folk to rawk to ethnic to dissonance to savage beauty to subversively stupid and funny, often in a single song. No doubt the non-subliminal messages throughout this album will cause you and your friends to run out and buy all their other albums and concert t-shirts and pile their myspace pages full of inane comments. Don't say I didn't warn you.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A collection of originals and re-recordings., January 29, 2011

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This review is from: Popular Songs of Great Enduring Strength & Beauty (Audio CD)

So when Camper Van Beethoven decided to release a Best Of, the evil meanies at Virgin said no to the inclusion of songs from the 1988 and 1989 albums. Hence they were re-recorded for this collection. I can't imagine how frustrating that is for bands, to be told "no you can't use your songs". They still sound good though, some might not even notice. I personally had to take away a star since my most favorite song is missing, "Sweethearts". I remember listening to CVB alot in high school. I had a tape with Key Lime Pie on one side, and some Jesus And Mary Chain on the other. Truth be known a better match would have been with Violent Femmes or Uncle Tupelo. Alt-country punk is what I often think of CVB as. Anyway, this is a decent "hits" album, and their only one. Remember when you go bowling, take the skinheads.