''Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi'' is the debut LP from the

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band

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. It was released in 2001 by Andmoresound and in 2002 by

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, then re-released in 2004 by

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Reception

Writing for

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, 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 ''

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'' called it "charmingly understated."

Track listing

2002 and 2004 re-releases

#"Happy New Year" #"Eighties Fan" #"Houseboat" #"Shine Like a New Pin" #"Pen and Notebook" #"Swimming Pool" #"Anti-Western" #"Let's Go Bowling" #"I Don't Do Crowds" #"The Sun on His Back" #"Double Feature" #"Arrangements of Shapes and Space"

Personnel

Band

Tracyanne Campbell Tracyanne Campbell (born 18 May 1974) is a Scottish singer and musician who is the lead vocalist of the Glasgow-based indie pop band Camera Obscura. Born in Glasgow, Campbell founded Camera Obscura alongside John Henderson and Gavin Dunbar in 19 ...

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

Other

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

References

2001 debut albums Camera Obscura (band) albums {{2000s-indie-pop-album-stub