Vampire Can Mating Oven

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Vampire Can Mating Oven
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EP by
Camper Van Beethoven
Released1987
Genre Alternative rock
Length21:48
Label Pitch-A-Tent [1]
Producer Camper Van Beethoven, Wally Sound, Harry Parker [2]
Camper Van Beethoven chronology
Camper Van Beethoven
(1986)		Vampire Can Mating Oven
(1987)		 Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau A− [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
New Musical Express 2/10 [6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 5/10 [8]

Vampire Can Mating Oven is an EP of rarities and unreleased songs by the alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven, released in 1987 in the US on their own Pitch-A-Tent Records label. [9] [10]

Contents

The EP includes satirical liner notes relating false stories behind the songs. "Photograph" and "Never Go Back" were taken from a BBC Radio One session recorded in March 1987 for the Janice Long show. A re-recorded version of "Never Go Back" was included the following year on the band's major label debut, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart .

The UK edition on Rough Trade Records featured an extra track on Side 1 - "Good Guys & Bad Guys" from their self-titled 1986 album Camper Van Beethoven .

Critical reception

Billboard called the EP "typically funny and provocative." [2] Trouser Press deemed it "enjoyable odds and ends," and praised the "jolly" cover of "Photograph". [11]

US Track listing

  1. "Heart" – 3:08
  2. "Never Go Back" – 3:24
  3. "Seven Languages" – 4:11
  4. "Ice Cream Everyday" – 4:03
  5. "Processional" – 3:48
  6. "Photograph" – 3:14

UK Track listing

  1. "Good Guys & Bad Guys" - 3:55
  2. "Heart" – 3:08
  3. "Never Go Back" – 3:24
  4. "Seven Languages" – 4:11
  5. "Ice Cream Everyday" – 4:03
  6. "Processional" – 3:48
  7. "Photograph" – 3:14

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
UK Indie Chart [12] 24

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 26, 1987 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Vampire Can Mating Oven - Camper Van Beethoven | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ "Robert Christgau: Album: Camper Van Beethoven: Vampire Can Mating Oven". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 283.
  6. ↑ Solanas, Jane (12 December 1987). "Camper Van Beethoven: Vampire Can Mating Oven". New Musical Express . p. 33.
  7. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (January 2, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743201698 – via Google Books.
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