Editorial Reviews
II & III [Extra tracks]
Music Review:
Music Review
Handel - Clori, Tirsi e Filemo / Hunt, Feldman, Minter; PBO, McGegan
Hope & Wait [CD-single] [Import]
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places [Original recording remastered] [Import]
...E la Vita Continua [Import]
I Am the Avalanche [Explicit Lyrics]
Figure 8 [Extra tracks] [Import]
H [CD-single] [Limited Edition] [Import]
All Music Guide
almost like a parody of rock, but that never stopped Pavement, CVB sounds as inventive and inspired as ever.
From the Artist
"When we made this record, we recorded half of it in the summer of '85 after the release of TFLV, then went back at the end of the year to record more. We were negotiating with Rough Trade to put out our own label, because IPR couldn't handle a release so soon. Chris Molla, the guitarist, drummed on most of the record. It came out in Feb of 86 I think, and soon thereafter we started playing with Chris Pedersen (his first shows with us were opening for the Butthole Surfers, that must have been... read more
Album 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.