''Below the Radio'' is a

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put together by

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of American

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band Grandaddy, released in 2004 by

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Ultra. The album also included a new Grandaddy track, " Nature Anthem".

Background

Ultra Records had approached Grandaddy frontman

via his management some time earlier with the idea for him to compile a

, and he decided to include tracks that he considered "sleeper hits", identifying a common theme: "They all seem to have pretty conventional and familiar chord progressions. They all have vivid imagery for me with their words. There also seems to be a bit of sadness, but not necessarily despair."

Reception

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's Matt Collar stated the album "plays like a K-Tel commercial for Gen X sad-sackism", calling it "pretty cool". Brian Howe of Pitchfork wrote "for the most part, the songs ytleselected sound quite a bit like his own band. Lush yet sleek and slightly sterile is the dominant style of ''Below the Radio''".

Track listing

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– "We Live Again" # Beulah – "Burned by the Sun" # Earlimart – "Color Bars" #

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– "Run" # Goldenboy – "Wild Was The Night" #

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– "Bottom Line Man" # Fruit Bats – "The Little Acorn" # Home – "Comin' Up Empty Again" # Jackpot – "If We Could Go Backwards" #

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– "I Fell" #

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– "Sand Canyon" # Pavement – "Motion Suggests" # Blonde Redhead – "For the Damaged" # Virgil Shaw – "Twisted Layer" # Grandaddy – " Nature Anthem"

References

External links

* {{Grandaddy 2004 compilation albums Grandaddy albums