''The Broken Down Comforter Collection'' is a compilation album by American

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...

band

Grandaddy Grandaddy is an American indie rock band from Modesto, California. The group was formed in 1992, and featured Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Kevin Garcia and Tim Dryden, until Garcia's death in 2017 following a stroke. After several ...

, released in June 1999 by record label

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. It is a combination of the tracks from the mini-album '' A Pretty Mess by This One Band'' and the EP ''Machines Are Not She''.

Reception

The ''

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'' gave it a grade of 8 out of 10 and called it "patchy" but stated "there are gems hidden on here iridescent enough to render the collection essential".

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writer Ben Davies gave it a three-star review, stating that the "low points come around rarely, and are far outnumbered by the quality tracks".

Track listing

All tracks written by

Jason Lytle Jason Lytle ( ; born March 26, 1969) is an American musician best known for his work in the indie rock group Grandaddy. The group split in 2005, and Lytle continued to release music as a solo artist and in collaboration with other musicians. Gra ...

. # "Gentle Spike Resort" # "Wretched Songs" # "Levitz" # "Away Birdies with Special Sounds" # "Kim You Bore Me to Death" # "For the Dishwasher" # "Pre Merced" # "Sikh in a Baja VW Bug" # "Lava Kiss" # "Fentry" # "Taster" # "Egg Hit and Jack Too" # "You Drove Your Car into a Moving Train" (hidden track)

References

External links

* 1999 albums Grandaddy albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub