Heyday 1979-1983 (2xCD)
The Embarrassment, the original Kansas punk rockers, are back just as their legend looms larger than ever. Hey Day 1979 - 1983, a two-CD set on Bar/None Records, brings the best of the Embarrassment together for the first time. Disc One subtitled "The Standards" includes the original "Sex Drive" and familiar radio songs like "Elizabeth Montgomery's Face". Disc Two, "The Scarcities", has live cuts of Michael Jackson and Led Zep songs, as well as rare unreleased originals.
| Tracklisting | |
| Disk | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | Berliner's Night Out |
| 2 | After the Disco |
| 3 | Dress Like a Man [#] |
| 4 | Two-Week Vacation |
| 5 | The Man With the Extra Special Eyes |
| 6 | Lifespan |
| 7 | Sound of Wasps |
| 8 | Can't Forget |
| 9 | Sexy Singer Girl |
| 10 | Sex Drive/Pants Down/Gibberish |
| 11 | Dino in the Congo |
| 12 | Godfrey Harold Hardy |
| 13 | D-Rings |
| 14 | Chapter 12 |
| 15 | Jazzface |
| 16 | Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough |
| 17 | Casual Man |
| 18 | Immigrant Song |
| 19 | She's One of the Other Kind |
| Todd Kunkler
- Jamesburg, NJ, USA |
| This record, pardon the cliche, kicks ass. So jittery. So spazzy (in a good way). Is there a better organ-driven song than "Two Week Vacation"? And they're from Kansas. 'nuff said. | |