Biggest Bluest Hi Fi Explained

Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Type:	Album
Artist:	Camera Obscura
Cover:	Biggest bluest hi fi.jpg
Released:	November 12, 2001
Genre:	Indie pop
Label:	Andmoresound
Producer:	Stuart Murdoch
Next Title:	Underachievers Please Try Harder
Next Year:	2003

Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi is the debut LP from the indie pop band Camera Obscura. It was released in 2001 by Andmoresound and in 2002 by Elefant, then re-released in 2004 by Merge.

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, critic Tim Sendra praised the album, writing that it "makes a strong case for Camera Obscura as one of the best indie pop bands to come down the pike since, well, Belle and Sebastian." Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media called it "charmingly understated."

Track listing

2002 and 2004 re-releases

1. "Happy New Year"
2. "Eighties Fan"
3. "Houseboat"
4. "Shine Like a New Pin"
5. "Pen and Notebook"
6. "Swimming Pool"
7. "Anti-Western"
8. "Let's Go Bowling"
9. "I Don't Do Crowds"
10. "The Sun on His Back"
11. "Double Feature"
12. "Arrangements of Shapes and Space"

Personnel

Band

• Tracyanne Campbell – vocals, guitar
• Gavin Dunbar - bass
• John Henderson - vocals, percussion
• Kenny Mckeeve - guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Lee Thomson - drums
• Lindsay Boyd - keyboards

Other

• Arranged By [Strings] – Camera Obscura, Stuart Murdoch
• Bells [Sleighbells] – Geoff Allan
• Design, Layout – Anne Maclean
• Engineer – Geoff Allan
• Mastered By – Frank Arkwright
• Other [The Cover Star] – Fiona Morrison
• Strings – Cheryll Crockett, Elin Edwards, Greg Lawson, Lisa Webb, Lorna Leitch, Murray Ferguson
• Trumpet – Nigel Baillie