Telephone Free Landslide Victory

Their debut album reissued with bonus tracks! Features songs from the long out-of-print "Take the Skinheads Bowling" EP and bonus tracks, including: "Epigram 5," "At Kuda," "Epigram 2," "Cowboys From Hollywood (Original Version)," "Colonel Enrique Adolfo Bermudez," and “Wasting All Your Time" (a kit bash of two songs: "Take The Skinheads Bowling" and "Devil Song"). "They say 'never say never,' but it's still extremely unlikely something so goofily low-key, inventive, and fun will ever achieve cult status so quickly again, especially in terms of musical range on display. Not simply a rock group but not anything else, Camper Van Beethoven pulled off a series of entertaining fusions throughout its debut record...Eastern European folk, tropical grooves, post-punk atmospherics, country laid-back good times, psych/garage band aesthetics, lyrics about Mao, Greece, and more — a lot of stuff went into the Santa Cruz band's brew, and most of it came up trumps on Telephone." -- Ned Raggett, All Music Guide