{"product_id":"the-lemonheads-it-s-a-shame-about-ray-30th-anniversary-edition","title":"Lemonheads - It’s A Shame About Ray (30th Anniversary Edition) (Fire Records)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLemonheads’ seminal album is back on vinyl, featuring Evan Dando classics such as ‘My Drug Buddy’, ‘Rudderless’ and ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’, lovingly reissued by Fire Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDescribed by music journalist and author Everett True as “A 30-minute insight into what it’s like to live hard and fast and loose and happy with like-minded buddies, fueled by a shared love for similar bands and drugs and booze and freedom.”. ‘It's A Shame About Ray’ had a considerable impact back in those heady, carefree days of '92, the record perfectly captures Dando’s ability to effortlessly encapsulate teenage longing and lust over the course of a two-minute pop song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe reissue includes a download card with a slew of extra material, including the ‘My Drug Buddy’ KCRW session track from 1992 featuring Juliana Hatfield, B-sides from singles ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’ and ‘Confetti’, a track from the ‘Mrs. Robinson\/Being Round’ EP. Singles such as 'My Drug Buddy' and the breezy perfect pop of the title track might stand out (plus the add-on of 'Mrs. Robinson' which later copies included), but the album's real strength lies in the tracks in-between; the truly fantastic 'Confetti' (written about Evan's parents' divorce), and the eye-wateringly casual acoustic cover of 'Frank Mills' (from the \"hippie\" musical Hair), a version that seems to resonate with every ounce of pathos and emotion felt for the lost 1960s generation. 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