Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart

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OK, so there's no "Where the Hell is Bill" or "Take the Skinheads Bowling" here, but Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart does include the best ode to Patty Hearst in all of pop music: the track "Tanya" (which was Hearst's SLA moniker) brings together everyone's favorite Camper Van Beethoven elements, from Jonathan Segal's Eastern European-influenced violin work to the acid-etched wit that David Lowery would take with him to his next band, Cracker. From the traditional "O Death" to the uncharacteristically optimistic "She Divines Water" and "Life Is Grand," this 1988 major-label debut from Santa Cruz's premiere ska-polka-surf-Balkan-country-alternative-pop band is more consistent than its indie predecessors, just not as sporadically brilliant. --Bill Forman

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I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself [CD-single] [Import]

Dining and the Opera in Manhattan

Cream of the Guards

Music: Prix Choc [CD-single] [Import]

Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Da Hype [CD-single] [Import]

Dove Sei Sei [Import]

Calm Before the Storm

Clifford Brown & Max Roach [Extra tracks]

Complete Orchestral Works 16

Deep Song [Soundtrack]

Carsten Dahl Solo/Copenhagen: Aarhus [Live] [Import]

Cold as Ice [Explicit Lyrics]

Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4