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Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart

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Released
  
May 24, 1988

Length
  
41:53

Artist
  
Camper Van Beethoven

Producer
  
Dennis Herring

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Recorded
  
Summer/Fall 1987

Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (1988)
  
Key Lime Pie (1989)

Release date
  
24 May 1988

Label
  
Virgin Records

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Camper Van Beethoven albums, Alternative rock albums

Camper van beethoven eye of fatima part 1


Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart is a 1988 album by Camper Van Beethoven, released on Virgin Records. It was the band's first major-label album, and was produced by Dennis Herring, the first time the band had used an outside producer.

Contents

The lineup on the album included David Lowery on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Jonathan Segel on violin, mandolin, keyboards, guitar and backing vocals, Victor Krummenacher on bass and backing vocals, Greg Lisher on lead guitar, and Chris Pedersen on drums. It was the first Camper Van Beethoven album not to feature founding guitarist/drummer/multi-instrumentalist Chris Molla.

The album featured the band's trademark eclectic mix of musics, including folk, ska, Eastern European music, Americana, psychedelic rock, and Middle-Eastern music. Despite this, it has a considerably smoother and more mainstream sound than the band's previous, more garage-rock oriented albums, largely due to Herring's production. The reunited Camper Van Beethoven features a number of tracks from the album in its setlists, including most of the first side, as well as Waka, Tania, and Life is Grand from the second side.

Track listing

All songs written by Camper Van Beethoven (David Lowery, Jonathan Segel, Greg Lisher, Victor Krummenacher, Chris Pedersen), except as shown.

Side one
  1. "Eye of Fatima (Part One)" - 2:37
  2. "Eye of Fatima (Part Two)" - 2:15
  3. "O Death" (Traditional) - 3:06
  4. "She Divines Water" - 3:53
  5. "Devil Song" - 1:56
  6. "One of These Days" - 3:27
  7. "Turquoise Jewelry" - 3:07
Side two
  1. "Waka" - 2:45
  2. "Change Your Mind" - 3:02
  3. "My Path Belated" - 2:35
  4. "Never Go Back" - 3:25
  5. "The Fool" - 2:36
  6. "Tania" - 3:46
  7. "Life Is Grand" - 3:23

2014 Omnivore Reissue

  1. "Eye of Fatima (Part One)" - 2:37
  2. "Eye of Fatima (Part Two)" - 2:15
  3. "O Death" - 3:06
  4. "She Divines Water" - 3:53
  5. "Devil Song" - 1:56
  6. "One of These Days" - 3:27
  7. "Turquoise Jewelry" - 3:07
  8. "Waka" - 2:45
  9. "Change Your Mind" - 3:02
  10. "My Path Belated" - 2:35
  11. "Never Go Back" - 3:25
  12. "The Fool" - 2:36
  13. "Tania" - 3:46
  14. "Life Is Grand" - 3:23
  15. "Love Is A Weed" - 2:04
  16. "Harmony In My Head" - 2:46
  17. "Wade In The Water" - 1:23
  18. "Eye of Fatima Pts. 1 & 2" (Edit) - 3:27
  19. "The Day That Lassie Went To The Moon" (Live) - 3:04
  20. "One Of These Days" (Live) - 3:25
  21. "Smash It Up" (Live) - 3:20
  22. "Seven Languages" (Live) - 4:16
  23. "Kodachrome" (Live) - 3:03
  24. "Hanging Around" (Live) - 3:42
  25. "Pope Festival" - 3:00

Songs

1Eye of Fatima - Part 12:37
2Eye of Fatima - Part 22:17
3O Death3:07

References

Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart Wikipedia
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