''Mobile Safari'' is the third album by the Scottish band
The Pastels
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, released in 1995.
Production
The album was recorded at Glasgow's Stuffhouse Studios and CAVA Sound Workshops.
Dean Wareham
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contributed guitar to a few tracks.
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"Flightpaths to Each Other" was also the name of an art exhibit organized by the band in 1994, in Glasgow.]
Critical reception
AllMusic
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wrote that the band "stretched out to an American audience with their calm and reflective style of blissful indie pop."The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
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'' called the album "an enjoyable collection of ragamuffin odes to life in and outside of an underachieving indie band."[ '']Trouser Press
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'' wrote that the album "builds upon the Pastels’ oft-copied shambling pop sound, but rounds off some of the songs’ rough edges with fleshed-out arrangements and sensitive, clear production."
Track listing
All songs written by Stephen McRobbie, except where noted.
#"Exploration Team" (David Keegan, McRobbie) – 3:04
#"Mandarin" (Katrina Mitchell) – 3:26
#"Yoga" (McRobbie, Annabel Wright) – 4:17
#"Mobile Deli" (Wright) – 1:32
#"Exotic Arcade" – 2:58
#"Classic Line-Up" – 3:17
#"Flightpaths to Each Other" (Keegan, McRobbie) – 2:12
#"Basement Scam" – 4:50
#"Strategic Gear" – 1:52
#"Token Collecting" (Mitchell) – 3:13
#"Coolport" – 3:32
#"Worlds of Possibility" (Wright, Mitchell, McRobbie) – 3:46
Personnel
* Stephen McRobbie (or Stephen Pastel) – guitar
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, vocals
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* Katrina Mitchell – drums, vocals, percussion, keyboards, guitar
* Annabel Wright (or Aggi) – bass, vocals, keyboards, guitar, artwork
* David Keegan – guitar
* Dean Wareham – guitar
* Norman Blake – guitar, vocals, percussion
* Gerard Love
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– guitar, vocals
* Sarah Ward – flute
* Judi Mitchell – cor anglais
* Dawn Kelly – French horn
* Maureen Roberts – saxophone
* Luke Williams – trombone
* Darren Ramsay – trumpet
* Laura Mitchell – viola
References
External links
*
Mobile Safari
' at Domino Records
1995 albums
Domino Recording Company albums
The Pastels albums
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