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Released
  
March 1994

Artist
  
Lilys

Label
  
spinART Records

Length
  
22.03

Release date
  
March 1994

Genres
  
Indie rock, Power pop

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A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns (1994)
  
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A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns is a 1994 mini-album by the American indie rock band, Lilys, released on the SpinART label on 10-inch vinyl and CD. The lead track, "Ginger", was used in a CK1 commercial. The album was issued in the UK in 1998. The album saw the band make their first major stylistic shift; The early My Bloody Valentine-influenced sound had given way to what Trouser Press described as "pleasant, straightforward guitar pop".

Contents

Critical reception

Tim DiGravina of Allmusic described the mini-album as "a brief mini-album of amazing songs" and gave it a four-star review. He described it as "an essential release for fans of the Lilys and indie fans in general," going on to state "If music could define words, the first five songs here would be an pop/rock definition for the word beautiful." Trouser Press writer Douglas Wolk described "Any Place I've Lived" as "the best melody Heasley's written to date".

Track listing

All tracks written by Lilys.

Personnel

  • Kurt Heasley – guitar, vocals
  • Harold "Bear" Evans – drums
  • Paul "Pablo" Naomi – bass guitar
  • Adam Lasus - engineering, production, mixing
  • Songs

    1Ginger5:37
    2ycjcyaqftj1:43
    3Any Place I've Lived2:01

    References

    A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns Wikipedia


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