Scrapbook (Portastatic EP)
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| Scrapbook EP | |
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| EP by | |
| Released | 1995 |
| Genre | Indie rock |
| Label | Merge (MRG080)[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [3] |
Scrapbook EP is a double 7-inch single and CD EP by the band Portastatic. It was released on the Merge Records label in 1995.[4][5]
"St. Elmo's Fire" is a Brian Eno cover. "Why Pinch Yourself" and "A Bear That Chokes" were previously released on Hello CD of the Month EP.
Yo La Tengo appears on the EP.[6]
Critical reception
[edit]AllMusic wrote that the EP "is the sort of work that sets a blueprint for things to come ... the record is fantastic in every respect."[2] Spin called the version of "St. Elmo's Fire" a "stunner ... which sounds like a '70s country-rock tune piped into a truckstop diner in cyberspace."[7]
Track listing
[edit]Double 7":
Side A:
- "St. Elmo's Fire"
Side B:
- "Why Pinch Yourself"
Side C:
- "A Bear That Chokes"
Side D:
- "My Favourite Sound"
CD EP:
- "St. Elmo's Fire"
- "Why Pinch Yourself"
- "A Bear That Chokes"
- "My Favourite Sound"
Personnel
[edit]- Mac McCaughan
- Georgia Hubley "St. Elmo's Fire"
- Ira Kaplan "St. Elmo's Fire"
References
[edit]- ^ "Portastatic - Scrapbook". www.mergerecords.com.
- ^ a b "Scrapbook EP - Portastatic | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink. 1999. p. 1110.
- ^ "Superchunk". Trouser Press. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ McGibney, Matthew (July 22, 2009). "Merge's sizable discography". INDY Week.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 601.
- ^ LLC, SPIN Media (May 23, 1995). "Singles". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC – via Google Books.
