If Lovey captured Evan Dando as he found his signature blend of punk-pop, jangle pop, and folk-rock, It's a Shame About Ray is where he perfected that style. Breezing by in under half an hour, the album is a simple collection of sunny melodies and hooks, delivered with typical nonchalance by Dando. None of the songs are about anything major, nor do they have astonishingly original melodies, but that's part of their charm -- they're immediately accessible and thoroughly catchy. Dando...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2009! After numerous lineup changes and independent releases Boston's Lemonheads signed to Atlantic Records for 1990's Lovey. It was with that record that Evan Dando began to move from Replacements style punk-pop into more gentle and jangly territory, and it's here, on It's A Shame About Ray, that he perfects his vision and launches the Lemonheads into international stardom. It's A Shame About Ray, is one of the hookiest and catchy records of the "alternative" era and hol...   [ read more ]

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Insound Staff Pick - 2009! Rhino gives you even more to love about The Lemonheads' 1992 modern rock masterpiece with It's a Shame About Ray (Collector's Edition), a deluxe two-disc CD+DVD reissue. In addition to the original album, this expanded edition features previously unreleased tracks and forty-five minutes of video content. When It's a Shame About Ray was released in 1992, lead singer Evan Dando's tart, literate alt-pop came together in a way that made it the Boston-based band's major breakthrough. ...   [ read more ]

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