The Berry Vest of The Swirling Eddies

Description

The Berry Vest of The Swirling Eddies is a compilation album by the American alternative rock combo The Swirling Eddies, released on Alarma Records in August 1995, distributed by Diamante Distribution. In an unusual twist, the cassette version of this compilation included a bonus track not found on the CD entitled “Wacky Fan Letter.” The track featured Camarillo Eddy reading an actual letter from a fan in which the writer harshly criticized the band’s albums.

The years have flown but those anarchic, surreal and hugely enjoyable albums ‘Let’s Spin‘, ‘Zoom Daddy‘ and ‘Outdoor Elvis‘ have long been favourites for all those dedicated nuts who searched them out. Now here are all the best cuts, not to mention several Bonus Eddies plucked from the archives by chief Eddie, Terry Taylor. The tracks pack more lyrical punches than a Tyson/Bruno title fight, the almost Funkadelic of «Disco Love Grapes» is still a doozer while «Hide The Beer The Pastor’s Here» is the kind of song guaranteed to aggravate all fundamentalists. Lovers of the absurd will go for the «Arthur Fhardy’s Yodeling Party» while my absolute favourite is the previously unreleased «With The Tired Eyes Of Faith», a beautiful acoustic ballad which with its haunting harmonies sounds more like a Lost Dogs cut. Utterly original, occasionally wacko, but truly essential for Daniel Amos/Lost Dogs buffs. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, April 1996]

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CD tracklist:

01. Disco Love Grapes – 4:38
02. Driving In England – 3:32
03. Golden Girl of the Golden West – 5:29
04. What a World, What a World – 5:07
05. I’ve Got An Idea – 4:11
06. Pyro Sets a Wildfire – 4:39
07. Outdoor Elvis – 4:11
08. Strange Days – 2:43
09. Let’s Spin – 4:12
10. Arthur Fhardy’s Yodeling Party – 2:00
11. Hide The Beer, The Pastor’s Here – 3:18
12. Billy Graham – 1:16
13. Catch That Angel – 4:19
14. The Unsuccessful Dutch Missionary/Big Guns – 4:45
15. Like Lazarus (Bonus Eddie) – 3:24
16. The Twist – 4:55
17. Glorious Dregs (Bonus Eddie – Camarillo Unplugged) – 4:14
18. With The Tired Eyes Of Faith (Bonus Eddie – Camarillo Unplugged) – 2:35

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Alarma Records.