| Mobile Safari | ||||
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| Released | February 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1994, Cava Sound Workshops and Stuffhouse, Glasgow | |||
| Genre | Indie pop, alternative rock, indie rock | |||
| Length | 37:59 | |||
| Label | Domino [1] | |||
| Producer | Paul Chisholm, The Pastels | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
Mobile Safari is the third album by the Scottish band The Pastels, released in 1995. [4] [5]
The album was recorded at Glasgow's Stuffhouse Studios and CAVA Sound Workshops. [2] Dean Wareham contributed guitar to a few tracks. [6]
"Flightpaths to Each Other" was also the name of an art exhibit organized by the band in 1994, in Glasgow. [7]
AllMusic wrote that the band "stretched out to an American audience with their calm and reflective style of blissful indie pop." [2] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "an enjoyable collection of ragamuffin odes to life in and outside of an underachieving indie band." [3] Trouser Press wrote that the album "builds upon the Pastels’ oft-copied shambling pop sound, but rounds off some of the songs’ rough edges with fleshed-out arrangements and sensitive, clear production." [6] Martin C. Strong called it "a wryly self-deprecating look at an indie band’s lot." [8] Spin wrote that "this spacious record goes way beyond the shambly pop aesthetic with which the Pastels are associated." [7]
All songs written by Stephen McRobbie, except where noted.
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Galaxie 500 was an American alternative rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums: Today, On Fire and This Is Our Music. The band was made up of guitarist/vocalist Dean Wareham, drummer Damon Krukowski and bassist and vocalist Naomi Yang.
The Vaselines are a Scottish alternative rock band. Formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1986, the band was originally a duo between its songwriters Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Eugene's brother Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively from the band Secession. McKee had formerly been a member of a band named The Pretty Flowers with Duglas T. Stewart, Norman Blake, Janice McBride and Sean Dickson. Eugene Kelly had formerly played in The Famous Monsters.
The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History is a compilation album by the indie rock band The Vaselines. It was released in May 1992 on Sub Pop Records, catalogue SP145b. The album compiles every previous release by the band, the two EP's Son of a Gun and Dying For It, as well as their first long-playing album Dum-Dum, in chronological order of release. Three additional tracks are included: "Dying for It ", "Let's Get Ugly", and the previously unreleased "Bitch."
The Pastels are an indie rock group from Glasgow formed in 1981. They were a key act of the Scottish and British independent music scenes of the 1980s, and are specifically credited for the development of an independent and confident music scene in Glasgow. The group has had a number of members, but currently consists of Stephen McRobbie, Katrina Mitchell, Tom Crossley, John Hogarty, Alison Mitchell and Suse Bear.
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Shop Assistants were a Scottish indie pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 1984, initially as 'Buba & The Shop Assistants'. After achieving success with independent releases they signed to Chrysalis Records sublabel Blue Guitar, releasing their only album in 1986. After splitting in 1987, with singer Alex Taylor moving on to The Motorcycle Boy, they reformed for two further singles in 1990.
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Sittin' Pretty is the second album by the Scottish band The Pastels, released in 1989.
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Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock is a compilation album by the American indie rock band Sebadoh. It was released in 1992, and marked the band's debut on Sub Pop.
Sinsemilla is the third album by Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru, released in 1980 on the Island Records subsidiary Mango. The album helped the band achieve a global fanbase.
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The Last Great Wilderness is a soundtrack album by the Scottish band The Pastels, containing music from the film The Last Great Wilderness.
Suck On is a compilation album by The Pastels, released in 1988. It consists of a number of singles and B-sides released by the band between 1983 and 1985, as well as three tracks from a BBC session recorded in 1984. Tracks 4, 6 and 7 come from this session. The Rough Guide to Rock writes that it "served to maintain the band's profile during a largely unproductive 1988."
Truckload Of Trouble is a compilation album by The Pastels, released in 1993. The album compiles songs from their EPs and singles released between 1986 and 1993, with some popular album tracks. Included are well known songs such as "Comin' Through", "Nothing to be Done", "Truck Train Tractor", "Crawl Babies", "Speeding Motorcycle" and "Baby Honey".
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Slow Summits is the fifth studio album by the Scottish band The Pastels, released via Domino Recording Company in 2013. The album was their first proper studio album since 1997's Illumination, having released a soundtrack album and a collaborative album with Japanese avant-pop band Tenniscoats in between.
The Just Joans are a Scottish Indie Pop band formed in Glasgow in 2005. Fronted by siblings David Pope and Katie Pope, the band gained cult popularity for their "acerbic yet winsome Scottish indiepop". Initially a bedroom lo-fi recording project, David Pope in time enlisted more members to expand the recorded sound and to take the music live.
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