The Broken Down Comforter Collection

The Broken Down Comforter Collection
Compilation album by Grandaddy
Released 1999
Genre Indie rock
Label Big Cat
Grandaddy chronology
Under the Western Freeway
(1998)		 The Broken Down Comforter Collection
(1999)		 The Sophtware Slump
(2000)

The Broken Down Comforter Collection is an album by the band Grandaddy, released in June 1999 by Big Cat Records.[1] It is a combination of the tracks from the mini-album A Pretty Mess By This One Band and the EP Machines Are Not She.[1]

Reception

The NME gave it 8/10 and called it "patchy" but stated "there are gems hidden on here iridescent enough to render the collection essential".[2] Allmusic writer Ben Davies gave it a three-star review, stating that the "low points come around rarely, and are far outnumbered by the quality tracks".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Gentle Spike Resort"
  2. "Wretched Songs"
  3. "Levitz"
  4. "Away Birdies with Special Sounds"
  5. "Kim You Bore Me to Death"
  6. "For the Dishwasher"
  7. "Pre Merced"
  8. "Sikh in a Baja VW Bug"
  9. "Lava Kiss"
  10. "Fentry"
  11. "Taster"
  12. "Egg Hit and Jack Too"
  13. "You Drove Your Car into a Moving Train" (hidden track)

All tracks witten by Jason Lytle.

References

  1. ^ a b Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 773
  2. ^ "The Broken Down Comforter Collection", NME, May 28, 1999, retrieved 2011-08-07
  3. ^ Davies, Ben "Broken Down Comforter Collection Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-08-07
Grandaddy
Aaron Burtch · Tim Dryden · Jim Fairchild · Kevin Garcia · Jason Lytle
Studio albums
Self-released albums
Prepare to Bawl (1992) · Recorded Live Amongst Friends and Fidget (1994) · Complex Party Come Along Theories (1994) · Happy Happy X-Mas from Jason (1996)  · Live at the Art Factory (1997) · The Windfall Varietal (2000)
Unreleased albums
Don't Sock the Tryer (1996)
Compilations
The Broken Down Comforter Collection (1999) · Concrete Dunes (2002) · Below the Radio (2004)
EPs
Singles
"Could This Be Love" · "Taster"/"Nebraska" · "Everything Beautiful Is Far Away" · "Laughing Stock" · "Summer Here Kids" · "A.M. 180" · "The Crystal Lake" · "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot." · "Hewlett's Daughter" · "El Caminos in the West" · "I'm on Standby"/"Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake" · "Now It's On" · "Nature Anthem" · "Elevate Myself"
Promotional singles
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