Theme Park

BMX Bandits | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Big Deal Records
• ASIN: B000000ICS
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #527,915 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. We're Gonna Shake You Down

2. Girl Nextdoor

3. Nuclear Summertime

4. Teenage Slaughtertime

5. This Lonely Guy

6. I Wanna Fall In Love

7. One Big Heart

8. Opel Mantra

9. Milky Way

10. Motorboat

11. Love Makes The World Go Round

12. Before The Blue Moon

13. Lonely Love

14. Evel knievel

15. Ride The Iron Horse

16. In The Afterglow

17. Sparkle Finish

18. Our Time Has Come

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the Scottish Indie Rock band's 1996 including bonus tracks. Their sound is as much West Coast Americana as it is West Scotland. Their songs are full of heartbreak and humor mixed with a laid back guitar sound that amongst many others attracted the attention of Kurt Cobain who was famously photographed wearing their T-shirts and claiming that they were the only other band he would like to be in. Theme Park features sleeve notes by leader Duglas T. Stewart and images dug out from his loft! 27 tracks. Cherry Red. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming, goofy Scottish indiepop, July 4, 2003

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This review is from: Theme Park (Audio CD)

It would not be unfair to refer to the goofy, intermittently brilliant head Bandit, Duglas Stewart, as a Glaswegian Jonathan Richman... he's boyish, he's mopey, he has an irrepressible love for his music, and doesn't worry to much whether folks think it's too silly or not... But perhaps a comparison to Art Blakey would be equally apt. If you traced one of those who-was-in-which-band charts for the Glasgow scene, the last couple of decades would look like a spiderweb, inexorably leading back to the sinister clutches of the BMX Bandits. Members of the Soup Dragons, Teenage Fanclub, and even newbies from Belle and Sebastian have at one time or another entered the Bandits' hallowed ranks. Apparently, this is the only full Bandits album to be released domestically in the States -- and, sadly, the Big Deal label went under a little while back. The disc is still out there, though, and well worth tracking down... Plenty of charming nuggets are crammed into this naif-pop lovefest, including "Nuclear Summertime" and "One Big Heart," which are both delightfully goofy and cute. The Bandits are also capable of sweet, wistful pop ballads like the femme-voxed "I Want To Fall In Love," another winner on this disc. Guests and friends include Teen Fanclub's Norman Blake, and the Battlefield Band's trad fiddler, John McCusker. If you're willing to get onto the BMX wavelength, this is a very rewarding album.