The Jayhawks Smile 180g 2LP

The Jayhawks

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SKU:

UNILP90955

UPC:

602537909551

Description

180g Vinyl Double LP Reissue! Plated & Pressed at QRP!
Features Remastered Audio, New Liner Notes, & Photos!

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Smile is an album by the American alt-country and alt-rock band The Jayhawks, released in 2000. It reached #129 on the Billboard 200 and #14 on Billboard's Top Internet Albums chart. With Smile, the Jayhawks drop yet another sizable chunk of their alt-country sound by the roadside, adding in its place healthy doses of power pop and modern electronic music. Almost half of Smile's songs feature looped percussion, overdubbed drum tracks, or flat-out, funky backbeats. Despite the modern touches, though, the fact remains that Smile retains just enough of a distinctly Americana feeling.

On the warm and twangy "Better Days," one of Louris' best songs, he sings with genuine regret and heartache the way he treated a long ago lover, and on "Break in the Clouds" he celebrates the comforts of domestic contentment, complete with pedal steel and soaring harmonies that recall the band's landmark work Hollywood Town Hall from 1992. What never changes on the Jayhawks' albums, it seems, are the blissful melodies and well-constructed tunes. This remastered edition includes bonus tracks.

All of the original tracks were remastered in April 2014 by renowned mastering engineer Vic Anesini at Battery Studios in NYC using original analog sources when possible. Features bonus tracks, fresh artwork and new liner notes.

Features:
180g Vinyl
Double LP
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Remastered from Original Analog Sources when possible
New Liner Notes by Bob Ezrin
New Photos
Includes 6 bonus tracks, 5 previously unreleased

Selections:
LP 1 - Side 1:
1. Smile
2. Im Gonna Make You Love Me
3. What Led Me To This Town
4. Somewhere in Ohio
LP 1 - Side 2:
1. A Break in the Clouds
2. Queen of the World
3. Life Floats By
4. Broken Harpoon
5. Pretty Thing

LP 2 - Side 3:
1. Mr. Wilson
2. (In My) Wildest Dreams
3. Better Days
4. Baby, Baby, Baby
LP 2 - Side 4:
Bonus Tracks
1. Who Made You King
2. Gypsy in the Mood
3. A Part of You (Demo)
4. Life's Little Ups and Downs (Live)
5. Greta Garbo (Demo)
6. Five Cornered Blues (Demo)