Science Faire

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Science Faire
Compilation album by The Apples in Stereo
Released	1996
Genre	Indie pop
Length	38:45
Label	spinART Records (spart 48), Elephant 6 (E6 007)
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media 7.7/10 link
The Apples in Stereo chronology
Fun Trick Noisemaker (1995)	Science Faire (1996)	Tone Soul Evolution (1997)

Science Faire is a compilation album by indie pop Elephant Six group The Apples in Stereo. The album is comprised of two EPS and various singles that were released from 1993 to 1995, leading up to the production of Fun Trick Noisemaker. All of the selections were recorded the summers of 1993 and 1994 and appear on the compilation in the order they were recorded.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Schneider except where noted.

1. "Tidal Wave" (R. Schneider/C. Parfitt) – 2:57
2. "Motorcar" – 3:39
3. "Turncoat Indian" – 2:26
4. "Haley" – 3:50
5. "Not The Same" (R. Schneider/C. Parfitt) – 2:54
6. "Stop Along The Way" (J. McIntyre/R. Schneider) – 2:46
7. "Running In Circles" – 2:29
8. "Hypnotic Suggestion" – 2:09
9. "Touch The Water" (J. McIntyre) – 2:10
10. "Glowworm" – 2:42
11. "To Love The Vibration Of The Bulb" (J. McIntyre) – 2:20
12. "Time For Bed/I Know You'll Do Well" – 5:14
13. "Rocket Pad" – 3:09

• "Side One" (tracks 1-6) were originally released in 1993 as the original self-titled Apples EP.
• Tracks 7-10 on "Side Two" were originally released as the Hypnotic Suggestion EP in 1994.
• Track 11 on "Side Two" was previously unreleased.
• Track 12 on "Side Two" was originally released on a 7" split EP with the The Olivia Tremor Control in 1994.
• Track 13 on "Side Two" was originally released on a flexi-disc split with the Heartworms.

[edit] Personnel

• Hilarie Sidney - drums, vocals, acoustic guitar
• Robert Schneider - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, Casio keyboards
• Jim McIntyre - bass guitar, vocals
• Chris Parfitt - electric guitars on "Side One"
• John Hill - guitar on tracks 11-13.

[edit] Miscellanea

• Artwork for the compilation was done by William Cullen Hart.
• The songs "Tidal Wave" and "Glowworm" would appear on the band's 1995 debut LP, Fun Trick Noisemaker.
• The opening guitar riff of "Running in Circles" is the same opening riff for "High Tide" (which appears as the third track on Fun Trick Noisemaker).