Camper Van Beethoven (1986)

Side one
1"Good Guys and Bad Guys"

2"Joe Stalin's Cadillac"
3"Five Sticks"
4 "Lulu Land" (Paul MacKinney)
5"Une Fois"
6"We Saw Jerry's Daughter"
7 "Surprise Truck"
8 "Stairway to Heavan"

Side two
1 "The History of Utah"
2 "Still Wishing to Course"
3 "We Love You"
4"Hoe Yourself Down"
5"Peace & Love"
6"Folly"
7"Interstellar Overdrive" (Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason)
8"Shut Us Down"

[jsunk]

This album was the soundtrack to my awkward life back in the mid eighties, i saw them play live a dozen or so times, i loved them, havent listened to this album for years but apparently i still love them. I feel like the old man that says "if i only knew then what i now know..."

[duchampsrook]

One of the best albums ever recorded. A classic. Desert isle disc. Listen to the drumming, guitar and violin on History of Utah. Very underrated in how CVB reconstructed the 3 minute pop song over an arch of 5 albums.

[tyk]

A true hidden gem.. Billions on planet earth have yet to discover its mystical powers.

[LosHuxleys]

This shit hits so hard, i'm literally in tears... one of the greatest rock albums ever for sure

[sharongarrett]

I met David Lowery by his van in the parking lot of a Va Beach club 30 years ago. He gave me firecrackers. I still have them.

[rich]

I'll never understand how all the crackling you get from vinyl is somehow a better listening experience.

[djshowtrial]

Having this album around was critical in the early nineties. . .I would terrify people by playing The Residents and then switch to this album to kind of relax things. . .CVB could be really experimental too. . Don’t get me wrong. .. they could do dissonant and eerie as well. . .whatever they did, they did it right

[kalaharisurfer]

One of the 1st CVB songs i heard but in 1990 and I've been hooked ever since.

[TominNOLA]

This is fantastic.... If you like campers, MONKS OF DOOM kids.

[strace]

I saw them in Tuscaloosa in 1985. It was Halloween and they were all dressed in diapers and they were on acid, according to D Lowery. Saw them many many times over the next few years. I feel sorry for anyone who didn't get to see them live. Just incredible

[dannybaldauf]

I started working in kitchens the year this came out. Great cooking music!

[BlueArcStreaming]

Still have the LPs love the band, followed em live back in the day, lovely hippie 80s days

[michaeldavis]

What a fun bunch of misfits they were back in the beginning. I had them in the studio live for interviews numerous times on KFJC 89.7 FM in the early days. Rowdy as fuck and fun as hell.

[jacobjames]

"just get high while the radios on."

[TomHaneyArtwork]

I keep coming back here - love this album.

[steve]

I miss this band and it all comes back with the first song. long live camper van.

[acousticpsychosis]

Heard of these guys in 96/97 when I heard Sublime do a cover of The Day Lassie Went To The Moon, but never really listened to the rest of their music. Glad I found this, and sorry I waited so long to listen to it, great stuff here!

[mbokil]

Reminds me of early college years and discovering new music like Camper and some other things...

[stevemann]

i never noticed until now///their influence on the flaming lips

[andrewwestwood]

Thank so much for posting this album. What a gem. Had a CD copy I could never burn and no idea where it is now. A bona fide classic.