Jamboree (Beat Happening album)

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Jamboree
Studio album by Beat Happening
Released	1988
Recorded	1988
Genre	Indie rock/Twee pop
Length	23:58
Label	K Records/Rough Trade Records
Producer(s)	Steve Fisk, Mark Lanegan and Gary Lee Conner
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Beat Happening chronology
Beat Happening (1985)	Jamboree (1988)	Black Candy (1989)

Jamboree is the second album by Beat Happening, released in 1988 through K Records/Rough Trade Records. All songs were produced by Steve Fisk with Screaming Trees members Mark Lanegan and Gary Lee Conner (who plays a brief guitar solo on "Midnight a Go-Go"), except "Cat Walk," produced by Patrick Maley, and "The This Many Boyfriends Club," recorded live by Rich Jensen. The album marks a darker approach to the Twee pop for which the band is known. Lead singer Calvin Johnson, at the time of recording, described its sound as "dark and sexy."

This album was reportedly one of Kurt Cobain's favorites.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks were written by Beat Happening.

1. "Bewitched" – 3:06
2. "In Between" – 2:21
3. "Indian Summer" – 3:05
4. "Hangman" – 2:31
5. "Jamboree" – 0:58
6. "Ask Me" – 1:16
7. "Crashing Through" – 1:16
8. "Cat Walk" – 1:58
9. "Drive Car Girl" – 2:00
10. "Midnight a Go-Go" – 2:18
11. "The This Many Boyfriends Club" – 3:18